Deuteronomy 21:11

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if you see among the captives a beautiful woman and are attracted to her, you may take her as your wife.

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  • Gen 6:2 : 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of humanity were beautiful, and they took wives for themselves from whomever they chose.
  • Gen 12:14-15 : 14 When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman. 15 Pharaoh's officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh, and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's palace.
  • Gen 29:18-20 : 18 Jacob loved Rachel, so he said, 'I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.' 19 Laban replied, 'It is better for me to give her to you than to another man. Stay here with me.' 20 So Jacob worked seven years for Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.
  • Gen 34:3 : 3 But his heart was deeply attached to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.
  • Gen 34:8 : 8 Hamor spoke with them, saying, "My son Shechem has set his heart on your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.
  • Num 31:18 : 18 But you may keep alive for yourselves all the young women who have not known a man by lying with him.
  • Judg 14:2-3 : 2 He returned and told his father and mother, 'I have seen a woman in Timnah from the daughters of the Philistines. Now get her for me as a wife.' 3 But his father and mother said to him, 'Is there no woman among the daughters of your relatives or among all our people, that you must go and take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?' Yet Samson said to his father, 'Get her for me, because she is right in my eyes.'
  • Prov 6:25 : 25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her captivate you with her eyes.
  • Prov 31:10 : 10 A wife of noble character, who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.
  • Prov 31:30 : 30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

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  • Deut 21:10
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    10When you go out to war against your enemies, and the LORD your God gives them into your hand and you take captives,

  • Deut 21:12-14
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    83%

    12Bring her into your home, and she shall shave her head and trim her nails.

    13She shall remove the clothes of her captivity and remain in your house, mourning her father and mother for a full month. After that, you may go to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.

    14But if you are not pleased with her, you must let her go wherever she wishes. You are not to sell her for money or treat her as a slave, because you have humiliated her.

  • Prov 6:25
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    25Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her captivate you with her eyes.

  • Deut 20:7
    75%

    7If anyone is engaged to a woman but has not yet married her, let him go back to his house, lest he die in battle and another man marry her.

  • Lev 21:13-14
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    13He must marry a woman who is a virgin.

    14He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute. He may only marry a virgin from among his own people.

  • Exod 22:16
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    16If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man must still pay the bride price for virgins.

  • Deut 22:23-28
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    23If there is a young woman who is a virgin betrothed to a man, and another man finds her in the city and lies with her,

    24then you shall bring both of them to the gate of that city and stone them to death: the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he violated another man’s wife. You must purge the evil from among you.

    25But if a man finds a betrothed young woman in the countryside, and forces her and lies with her, only the man who has done this shall die.

    26You shall do nothing to the young woman; she has committed no sin deserving death. This case is like when a man rises against his neighbor and murders him.

    27For he found her in the field, and though the betrothed young woman cried out for help, there was no one to rescue her.

    28If a man finds a young woman who is a virgin and not betrothed, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,

  • Ps 45:11
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    11Listen, daughter, consider and incline your ear; forget your people and your father's house.

  • Exod 21:8-11
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    8If she does not please her master, who has designated her for himself, he must let her be redeemed. He does not have the right to sell her to foreigners, because he has broken faith with her.

    9If he designates her for his son, he must grant her the rights of a daughter.

    10If he takes another wife, he must not diminish her food, clothing, or marital rights.

    11If he does not provide these three things for her, she is to go free, without any payment.

  • Deut 22:13-14
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    13If a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and then turns against her,

    14accusing her of misconduct and giving her a bad name by saying, 'I married this woman, but when I came to her, I did not find proof of her virginity,'

  • Judg 21:21-22
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    21'Watch, and when the young women of Shiloh come out to join in the dances, rush out from the vineyards and each of you seize a wife for yourself from the daughters of Shiloh. Then return to the land of Benjamin.'

    22'When their fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we will say to them, "Do us a favor by allowing them to have these wives, for we did not obtain wives for them during the battle. And you did not give your daughters to them, so you are not guilty of breaking your oath."'

  • Num 5:12-13
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    12Speak to the Israelites: If a man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him,

    13and another man has sexual relations with her secretly, and it is hidden from her husband, and she is not caught but has become defiled, even though there is no witness against her,

  • Deut 28:30
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    30You will become engaged to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not enjoy its fruit.

  • Josh 23:12
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    12But if you turn away and ally yourselves with the survivors of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry with them and associate with them,

  • Deut 20:13-14
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    13When the LORD your God delivers it into your hands, strike down every male there with the sword.

    14However, you may take the women, children, livestock, and everything else in the city as your spoils. You may enjoy the plunder from your enemies that the LORD your God has given you.

  • Deut 24:1-2
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    72%

    1If a man marries a woman but she does not find favor in his eyes because he finds something indecent about her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, give it to her, and send her away from his house.

    2When she leaves his house, she may go and become another man's wife.

  • Deut 24:4-5
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    4then her first husband, who sent her away, is not allowed to take her back to be his wife after she has been defiled. That would be detestable to the LORD. You must not bring guilt upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

    5If a man has recently married, he is not to be sent to war or have any duty laid on him. He is to be free to stay at home for one year and bring joy to his wife whom he has married.

  • Deut 22:20-21
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    71%

    20But if the accusation is true and there is no proof of the young woman's virginity,

    21then they shall bring the young woman to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones. She has committed a disgraceful act in Israel by being promiscuous while in her father’s house. You must purge the evil from among you.

  • Judg 21:11
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    11This is what you are to do: Completely destroy every male and every woman who has had relations with a man.

  • Num 5:29
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    29This is the law regarding jealousy when a woman goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband's authority.

  • Job 31:10
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    10then may my wife grind grain for another, and may others kneel over her.

  • Num 31:18
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    18But you may keep alive for yourselves all the young women who have not known a man by lying with him.

  • Num 5:20
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    20But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority and defiled yourself, and if a man other than your husband has had sexual relations with you—

  • Deut 25:11-12
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    11If two men fight with each other, and the wife of one comes to rescue her husband from the hand of the one striking him, and she reaches out her hand and grabs him by his private parts,

    12then you shall cut off her hand; show no pity.

  • Prov 5:20
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    20Why, my son, should you be captivated by a forbidden woman or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

  • Deut 7:3
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    3Do not intermarry with them: do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

  • Lev 19:20
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    20If a man has sexual relations with a woman who is a slave designated for another man but who has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be an inquiry, but they are not to be put to death because she had not been freed.

  • Lev 18:18
    69%

    18Do not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.

  • Song 4:9
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    9You have captivated my heart, my sister, my bride; you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace.