Deuteronomy 27:23

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Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his mother-in-law. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

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  • Lev 20:14 : 14 If a man marries a woman and her mother, it is depravity. He and they must be burned with fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.
  • Lev 18:17 : 17 Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. Do not take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter to uncover their nakedness; they are her close relatives. That is wickedness.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 27:15-22
    8 verses
    88%

    15Cursed is anyone who makes a carved or cast idol, an abomination to the LORD, the work of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

    16Cursed is anyone who dishonors his father or mother. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

    17Cursed is anyone who moves his neighbor's boundary marker. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

    18Cursed is anyone who leads a blind person astray on the road. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

    19Cursed is anyone who denies justice to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

    20Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his father's wife, for he has dishonored his father's bed. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

    21Cursed is anyone who has sexual relations with any animal. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

    22Cursed is anyone who has sexual relations with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

  • Deut 27:24-26
    3 verses
    81%

    24Cursed is anyone who kills his neighbor secretly. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

    25Cursed is anyone who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

    26Cursed is anyone who does not uphold the words of this law by carrying them out. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

  • Lev 20:9-14
    6 verses
    73%

    9Anyone who curses his father or mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood is upon him.

    10If a man commits adultery with another man's wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.

    11If a man sleeps with his father's wife, he has uncovered his father's nakedness. Both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

    12If a man sleeps with his daughter-in-law, both of them must surely be put to death. They have committed a perversion; their blood is upon them.

    13If a man lies with a male as one lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

    14If a man marries a woman and her mother, it is depravity. He and they must be burned with fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.

  • Prov 30:11
    72%

    11There is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother.

  • Exod 21:17
    71%

    17Anyone who curses his father or mother shall surely be put to death.

  • Num 5:21-22
    2 verses
    69%

    21then the priest will put the woman under the curse oath and say to her, 'May the Lord make you a curse and an example of cursing among your people by making your thigh waste away and your abdomen swell.'

    22May this water that brings a curse enter your body, causing your abdomen to swell and your thigh to waste away.' And the woman shall say, 'Amen, Amen.'

  • Ezek 22:11
    69%

    11One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife, another defiles his daughter-in-law with wickedness, and another violates his sister, his father’s daughter.

  • Lev 18:13-15
    3 verses
    69%

    13Do not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, because she is your mother’s close relative.

    14Do not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations; she is your aunt.

    15Do not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you must not uncover her nakedness.

  • Lev 20:19-21
    3 verses
    69%

    19You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister or your father's sister, for this would dishonor a close relative. They shall bear their iniquity.

    20If a man lies with his aunt, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness. They shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

    21If a man marries his brother's wife, it is impurity. He has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

  • Prov 20:20
    69%

    20Whoever curses their father or mother, their lamp will be extinguished in utter darkness.

  • Lev 18:7
    68%

    7Do not dishonor your father by uncovering your mother’s nakedness. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.

  • Lev 18:17
    68%

    17Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. Do not take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter to uncover their nakedness; they are her close relatives. That is wickedness.

  • Gen 27:13
    68%

    13His mother said to him, 'Let your curse be on me, my son. Just listen to me and go, get them for me.'

  • Deut 28:18
    67%

    18Cursed will be the fruit of your womb, the produce of your land, the offspring of your cattle, and the increase of your flocks.

  • Lev 18:20
    67%

    20Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife and defile yourself with her.

  • Exod 21:15
    67%

    15Anyone who strikes his father or mother shall surely be put to death.

  • Lev 18:22
    67%

    22Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.

  • Deut 22:22
    67%

    22If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man and the woman who were together must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.

  • Job 31:11
    67%

    11For that would be wickedness, a sin to be judged.

  • Lev 24:15
    66%

    15And speak to the Israelites, saying: If any man curses his God, he will bear the consequences of his sin.

  • Judg 17:2
    66%

    2He said to his mother, 'The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse and even spoke it in my hearing—look, the silver is with me; I took it.' And his mother said, 'May the LORD bless my son!'

  • Prov 31:2
    66%

    2What, my son? What, son of my womb? What, son of my vows?

  • Num 5:27
    66%

    27When he makes her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings a curse will enter her, causing her abdomen to swell and her thigh to shrink. The woman will then become a curse among her people.

  • Ps 109:14
    66%

    14May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord, and may the sin of his mother not be blotted out.

  • Prov 23:22
    66%

    22Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

  • Gen 27:29
    66%

    29May nations serve you and peoples bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. Cursed be those who curse you, and blessed be those who bless you.

  • Lev 19:20
    66%

    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.