Numbers 5:12

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 5:19-20 : 19 And he will make her take an oath, and say to her, If no man has been your lover and you have not been with another in place of your husband, you are free from this bitter water causing the curse; 20 But if you have been with another in place of your husband and have made yourself unclean with a lover:
  • Prov 2:16-17 : 16 To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue; 17 Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 5:11
    87%

    11And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 5:13-15
    3 verses
    86%

    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;

    14If the spirit of doubt comes into her husband's heart, and he has doubts of his wife, with good cause; or if he has doubts of her without cause:

    15Then let him take her to the priest, offering for her the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal, without oil or perfume; for it is a meal offering of a bitter spirit, a meal offering keeping wrongdoing in mind.

  • Num 5:19-20
    2 verses
    84%

    19And he will make her take an oath, and say to her, If no man has been your lover and you have not been with another in place of your husband, you are free from this bitter water causing the curse;

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

  • Num 5:27-31
    5 verses
    83%

    27And it will be that if the woman has become unclean, sinning against her husband, when she has taken the bitter water it will go into her body, causing disease of the stomach and wasting of the legs, and she will be a curse among her people.

    28But if she is clean she will be free and will have offspring.

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

    30Or for a husband who, in a bitter spirit, has doubts in his heart about his wife; let him take her to the priest, who will put in force this law.

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

  • Num 5:5-6
    2 verses
    82%

    5And the Lord said to Moses,

    6Say to the children of Israel, If a man or a woman does any of the sins of men, going against the word of the Lord, and is in the wrong;

  • Lev 6:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1And the Lord said to Moses,

    2Give orders to Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law for the burned offering: the offering is to be on the fire-wood on the altar all night till the morning; and the fire of the altar is to be kept burning.

  • Deut 22:22-23
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

    23If 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;

  • Deut 22:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    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:

  • Lev 18:20
    74%

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

  • Deut 17:2
    74%

    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 6:29
    74%

    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.

  • Mark 10:11-12
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    74%

    11And he said to them, Whoever puts away his wife and takes another, is false to his wife;

    12And if she herself puts away her husband and takes another, she is false to her husband.

  • Matt 5:27
    73%

    27You have knowledge that it was said, You may not have connection with another man's wife:

  • Lev 20:10
    73%

    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.

  • Lev 12:1
    73%

    1And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Lev 4:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1And the Lord said to Moses,

    2Say to the children of Israel: These are the offerings of anyone who does wrong through error, doing any of the things which by the Lord's order are not to be done:

  • Jer 3:20
    72%

    20Truly, as a wife is false to her husband, so have you been false to me, O Israel, says the Lord.

  • Ezek 18:11
    72%

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

  • Josh 23:12
    72%

    12For if you go back, joining yourselves to the rest of these nations who are still among you, getting married to them and living with them and they with you:

  • Ezek 16:32
    72%

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

  • Job 31:10
    72%

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

  • Matt 5:31
    72%

    31Again, it was said, Whoever puts away his wife has to give her a statement in writing for this purpose:

  • Num 25:6
    72%

    6Then one of the children of Israel came to his brothers, taking with him a woman of Midian, before the eyes of Moses and all the meeting of the people, while they were weeping at the door of the Tent of meeting.

  • Lev 20:21
    72%

    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.

  • Lev 5:14
    72%

    14And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Deut 24:1
    72%

    1If a man takes a wife, and after they are married she is unpleasing to him because of some bad quality in her, let him give her a statement in writing and send her away from his house.

  • Deut 22:20
    72%

    20But if what he has said is true, and she is seen to be not a virgin,

  • Exod 22:16
    72%

    16If a man takes a virgin, who has not given her word to another man, and has connection with her, he will have to give a bride-price for her to be his wife.

  • Deut 5:18
    72%

    18Do not be false to the married relation.

  • Ezek 18:15
    72%

    15Who has not taken the flesh with the blood for food, or given worship to the images of the children of Israel, and has not had connection with his neighbour's wife,

  • Num 25:16
    72%

    16Then the Lord said to Moses,

  • 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 6:1
    71%

    1And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Exod 20:14
    71%

    14Do not be false to the married relation.

  • Lev 27:1
    71%

    1And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Deut 13:12
    71%

    12And if word comes to you, in one of the towns which the Lord your God is giving you for your resting-place,

  • Deut 24:3
    71%

    3And if the second husband has no love for her and, giving her a statement in writing, sends her away; or if death comes to the second husband to whom she was married;