Deuteronomy 27:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Cursed is he who has sex relations with his father's wife, for he has put shame on his father. And let all the people say, So be it.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 22:30 : 30 A man may not take his father's wife or have sex relations with a woman who is his father's.
  • Lev 18:8 : 8 And you may not have sex relations with your father's wife: she is your father's.
  • Lev 20:11 : 11 And the man who has sex relations with his father's wife has put shame on his father: the two of them are to be put to death; their blood will be on them.
  • 1 Cor 5:1 : 1 It is said, in fact, that there is among you a sin of the flesh, such as is not seen even among the Gentiles, that one of you has his father's wife.
  • Gen 35:22 : 22 Now while they were living in that country, Reuben had connection with Bilhah, his father's servant-woman: and Israel had news of it.
  • Gen 49:4 : 4 But because you were uncontrolled, the first place will not be yours; for you went up to your father's bed, even his bride-bed, and made it unclean.
  • 2 Sam 16:22 : 22 So they put up the tent for Absalom on the top of the house, and Absalom went in to his father's women before the eyes of all Israel.
  • 1 Chr 5:1 : 1 And the sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, (for he was the oldest son, but, because he made his father's bride-bed unclean, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel; but he is not to be given the place of the oldest.
  • Ezek 22:10 : 10 In you they have let the shame of their fathers be seen; in you they have done wrong to a woman at the time when she was unclean.
  • Amos 2:7 : 7 Crushing the head of the poor, and turning the steps of the gentle out of the way: and a man and his father go in to the same young woman, putting shame on my holy name:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 27:21-26
    6 verses
    88%

    21Cursed is he who has sex relations with any sort of beast. And let all the people say, So be it.

    22Cursed is he who has sex relations with his sister, the daughter of his father or of his mother. And let all the people say, So be it.

    23Cursed is he who has sex relations with his mother-in-law. And let all the people say, So be it.

    24Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's life secretly. And let all the people say, So be it.

    25Cursed is he who for a reward puts to death one who has done no wrong. And let all the people say, So be it.

    26Cursed is he who does not take this law to heart to do it. And let all the people say, So be it.

  • Deut 27:15-19
    5 verses
    84%

    15Cursed is the man who makes any image of wood or stone or metal, disgusting to the Lord, the work of man's hands, and puts it up in secret. And let all the people say, So be it.

    16Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.

    17Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's landmark from its place. And let all the people say, So be it.

    18Cursed is he by whom the blind are turned out of the way. And let all the people say, So be it.

    19Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.

  • Lev 20:9-14
    6 verses
    81%

    9Every man cursing his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death; because of his curse on his father or his mother, his blood will be on him.

    10And if a man has sex relations with another man's wife, even the wife of his neighbour, he and she are certainly to be put to death.

    11And the man who has sex relations with his father's wife has put shame on his father: the two of them are to be put to death; their blood will be on them.

    12And if a man has sex relations with his son's wife, the two of them are to be put to death: it is unnatural; their blood will be on them.

    13And if a man has sex relations with a man, the two of them have done a disgusting thing: let them be put to death; their blood will be on them.

    14And if a man takes as wife a woman and her mother, it is an act of shame; let them be burned with fire, all three of them, so that there may be no shame among you.

  • Deut 22:30
    80%

    30A man may not take his father's wife or have sex relations with a woman who is his father's.

  • Lev 18:6-8
    3 verses
    77%

    6You may not have sex connection with anyone who is a near relation: I am the Lord.

    7You may not have sex relations with your father or your mother: she is your mother, you may not take her.

    8And you may not have sex relations with your father's wife: she is your father's.

  • Lev 20:17-21
    5 verses
    76%

    17And if a man takes his sister, daughter of his father or his mother, and has sex relations with her and she with him, it is an act of shame: they are to be cut off before the children of their people; he has had sex relations with his sister, and his sin will be on him.

    18And if a man has sex relations with a woman at the time when she is unwell, he has seen her fountain and she has let the fountain of her blood be uncovered, and the two of them are to be cut off from among their people.

    19And you may not have sex connection with your mother's sister or your father's sister, for they are his near relations: their sin will be on them.

    20And if a man has sex relations with the wife of his father's brother, he has put shame on his father's brother: their sin will be on them; till the day of their death they will have no children.

    21And if a man takes his brother's wife, it is an unclean act; he has put shame on his brother; they will have no children.

  • Ezek 22:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10In you they have let the shame of their fathers be seen; in you they have done wrong to a woman at the time when she was unclean.

    11And in you one man has done what was disgusting with his neighbour's wife; and another has made his daughter-in-law unclean; and another has done wrong to his sister, his father's daughter.

  • Lev 18:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11Or your father's wife's daughter, the child of your father, for she is your sister.

    12You may not have sex connection with your father's sister, for she is your father's near relation.

  • Lev 18:14-17
    4 verses
    73%

    14You may not have sex relations with the wife of your father's brother, for she is of your family;

    15Or with your daughter-in-law, for she is your son's wife, and you may not take her.

    16You may not have sex relations with your brother's wife, for she is your brother's.

    17You may not take as wife a woman and her daughter, or her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter, for they are of one family: it is an act of shame.

  • Lev 18:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19And you may not go near a woman or have sex relations with her when she is unclean, at her regular time.

    20And you may not have sex relations with your neighbour's wife, making yourself unclean with her.

  • Lev 19:20
    72%

    20If any man has sex relations with a servant-woman who has given her word to be married to a man, and has not been made free for a price or in any other way, the thing will be looked into; but they will not be put to death because she was not a free woman.

  • Num 5:21
    72%

    21Then the priest will put the oath of the curse on the woman, and say to her, May the Lord make you a curse and an oath among your people, sending on you wasting of the legs and disease of the stomach;

  • Amos 2:7
    71%

    7Crushing the head of the poor, and turning the steps of the gentle out of the way: and a man and his father go in to the same young woman, putting shame on my holy name:

  • Deut 28:18
    71%

    18A curse will be on the fruit of your body, and on the fruit of your land, on the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock.

  • Exod 21:17
    71%

    17Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.

  • Job 31:11
    71%

    11For that would be a crime; it would be an act for which punishment would be measured out by the judges:

  • Lev 18:22
    71%

    22You may not have sex relations with men, as you do with women: it is a disgusting thing.

  • Prov 30:11
    71%

    11There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.

  • Prov 20:20
    70%

    20If anyone puts a curse on his father or his mother, his light will be put out in the blackest night.

  • Num 5:13
    70%

    13By taking as her lover another man, and keeps it secret so that her husband has no knowledge of it, and there is no witness against her, and she is not taken in the act;

  • Lev 18:27
    70%

    27(For all these disgusting things were done by the men of this country who were there before you, and the land has been made unclean by them;)

  • Lev 24:15
    70%

    15And say to the children of Israel, As for any man cursing God, his sin will be on his head.