Job 31:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 20:10 : 10 And 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.
  • Deut 22:22-24 : 22 If a man is taken in the act of going in to a married woman, the two of them, the man as well as the woman, are to be put to death: so you are to put away the evil from Israel. 23 If a young virgin has given her word to be married to a man, and another man meeting her in the town, has connection with her; 24 Then you are to take the two of them to the doorway of the town, and have them stoned to death; the young virgin, because she gave no cry for help, though it was in the town, and the man, because he has put shame on his neighbour's wife: so you are to put away evil from among you.
  • Job 31:28 : 28 That would have been another sin to be rewarded with punishment by the judges; for I would have been false to God on high.
  • Gen 38:24 : 24 Now about three months after this, word came to Judah that Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had been acting like a loose woman and was with child. And Judah said, Take her out and let her be burned.
  • Gen 39:9 : 9 So that no one has more authority in this house than I have; he has kept nothing back from me but you, because you are his wife; how then may I do this great wrong, sinning against God?
  • Exod 20:14 : 14 Do not be false to the married relation.
  • Gen 20:9 : 9 Then Abimelech sent for Abraham, and said, What have you done to us? what wrong have I done you that you have put on me and on my kingdom so great a sin? You have done to me things which are not to be done.
  • Gen 26:10 : 10 Then Abimelech said, What have you done to us? one of the people might well have had connection with your wife, and the sin would have been ours.
  • Prov 6:29-33 : 29 So it is with him who goes in to his neighbour's wife; he who has anything to do with her will not go free from punishment. 30 Men do not have a low opinion of a thief who takes food when he is in need of it: 31 But if he is taken in the act he will have to give back seven times as much, giving up all his property which is in his house. 32 He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul. 33 Wounds will be his and loss of honour, and his shame may not be washed away.
  • Ezek 16:38 : 38 And you will be judged by me as women are judged who have been untrue to their husbands and have taken life; and I will let loose against you passion and bitter feeling.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 31:10
    84%

    10Then let my wife give pleasure to another man and let others make use of her body.

  • Job 31:12
    78%

    12It would be a fire burning even to destruction, and taking away all my produce.

  • Job 31:28
    74%

    28That would have been another sin to be rewarded with punishment by the judges; for I would have been false to God on high.

  • Ezek 22:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • Num 5:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12Say to the children of Israel, If any man's wife does wrong, sinning against him

    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;

  • Ezek 16:32
    73%

    32The untrue wife who takes strange lovers in place of her husband!

  • Deut 22:24
    73%

    24Then you are to take the two of them to the doorway of the town, and have them stoned to death; the young virgin, because she gave no cry for help, though it was in the town, and the man, because he has put shame on his neighbour's wife: so you are to put away evil from among you.

  • Deut 22:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21Then they are to make the girl come to the door of her father's house and she will be stoned to death by the men of the town, because she has done evil and put shame on Israel, by acting as a loose woman in her father's house: so you are to put away evil from among you.

    22If a man is taken in the act of going in to a married woman, the two of them, the man as well as the woman, are to be put to death: so you are to put away the evil from Israel.

  • Num 5:29
    73%

    29This is the law for testing a wife who goes with another in place of her husband and becomes unclean;

  • Jer 11:15
    72%

    15About Judah. What have you to do in my house? is it your thought that oaths and holy flesh will get you out of your trouble? will you make yourself safe in this way?

  • Ezek 18:11
    72%

    11Who has taken flesh with the blood as food, and has had connection with his neighbour's wife,

  • Deut 17:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4If word of this comes to your ears, then let this thing be looked into with care, and if there is no doubt that it is true, and such evil has been done in Israel;

    5Then you are to take the man or woman who has done the evil to the public place of your town, and they are to be stoned with stones till they are dead.

  • Deut 13:11
    72%

    11And all Israel, hearing of it, will be full of fear, and no one will again do such evil as this among you.

  • Lev 20:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 12:11
    72%

    11The Lord says, From those of your family I will send evil against you, and before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to your neighbour, and he will take your wives to his bed by the light of this sun.

  • Ezek 23:45
    71%

    45And upright men will be her judges, judging her as false wives and women who take lives are judged; because she has been untrue to me and blood is on her hands.

  • Deut 22:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13If any man takes a wife, and having had connection with her, has no delight in her,

    14And says evil things about her and gives her a bad name, saying, I took this woman, and when I had connection with her it was clear to me that she was not a virgin:

  • Job 31:3
    71%

    3Is it not trouble for the sinner, and destruction for the evil-doers?

  • Deut 22:18
    71%

    18Then the responsible men of the town are to give the man his punishment;

  • Lev 20:14
    71%

    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 25:12
    71%

    12Her hand is to be cut off; have no pity on her.

  • Ezek 16:38
    71%

    38And you will be judged by me as women are judged who have been untrue to their husbands and have taken life; and I will let loose against you passion and bitter feeling.

  • Prov 6:29
    71%

    29So it is with him who goes in to his neighbour's wife; he who has anything to do with her will not go free from punishment.

  • 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 27:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

    20Cursed 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.

  • Mal 2:11
    71%

    11Judah has been acting falsely, and a disgusting thing has been done in Jerusalem; for Judah has made unclean the holy place of the Lord which is dear to him, and has taken as his wife the daughter of a strange god.

  • Num 5:20
    71%

    20But if you have been with another in place of your husband and have made yourself unclean with a lover:

  • Jer 3:9
    70%

    9So that through all her loose behaviour the land became unclean, and she was untrue, giving herself to stones and trees.

  • Lev 19:20
    70%

    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.

  • Isa 3:11
    70%

    11Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.

  • Deut 17:2
    70%

    2If there is any man or woman among you, in any of the towns which the Lord your God gives you, who does evil in the eyes of the Lord your God, sinning against his agreement,

  • Prov 5:9
    70%

    9For fear that you may give your honour to others, and your wealth to strange men:

  • Num 5:31
    70%

    31Then the man will be free from all wrong, and the woman's sin will be on her.

  • Deut 25:16
    70%

    16For all who do such things, and all whose ways are not upright, are disgusting to the Lord your God.

  • Jer 5:30
    70%

    30A thing of wonder and fear has come about in the land;

  • Prov 30:23
    70%

    23A hated woman when she is married; and a servant-girl who takes the place of her master's wife.

  • Prov 16:12
    70%

    12Evil-doing is disgusting to kings: for the seat of the ruler is based on righteousness.

  • Zech 5:8
    70%

    8And he said, This is Sin; and pushing her down into the ephah, he put the weight of lead on the mouth of it.

  • Job 36:17
    70%

    17...

  • Exod 22:24
    70%

    24And in the heat of my wrath I will put you to death with the sword, so that your wives will be widows and your children without fathers.

  • Prov 6:33
    70%

    33Wounds will be his and loss of honour, and his shame may not be washed away.

  • Ezek 23:10
    70%

    10By these her shame was uncovered: they took her sons and daughters and put her to death with the sword: and she became a cause of wonder to women; for they gave her the punishment which was right.

  • Deut 25:2
    70%

    2And if the wrongdoer is to undergo punishment by whipping, the judge will give orders for him to go down on his face and be whipped before him, the number of the blows being in relation to his crime.