Jeremiah 16:2

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Thou shalt take thee no wife, nor beget children in this place.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 7:26-27 : 26 I suppose therfore that it is good for the present necessitie: for I say it is good for a man so to be. 27 Art thou bounde vnto a wife? seke not to be loosed: Art thou loosed from a wyfe? seke not a wyfe.
  • Gen 19:14 : 14 And Lot went out, and spake vnto his sonnes in lawe which maried his daughters, saying: Stande vp, get ye out of this place, for the Lorde wyll ouerthrowe this citie. But he seemed as though he had mocked, vnto his sonnes in lawe.
  • Luke 21:23 : 23 But wo vnto the that are with childe, & to them that geue sucke in those days: For there shalbe great distresse in the lande, and wrath ouer this people.
  • Luke 23:29 : 29 For beholde, the dayes wyll come, in the which they shal say: Happy are the barren, & the wombes that neuer bare, & the pappes which neuer gaue sucke.
  • Matt 24:19 : 19 Wo shalbe in those dayes, to them that are with chylde, and to them that geue sucke.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 16:3
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    3For of the children that are borne in this place, of their mothers that haue borne them, and of their fathers that haue begotten them in this lande, thus saith the Lorde.

  • Jer 16:1
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    1Thus sayde the Lorde vnto me:

  • Exod 34:16-17
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    78%

    16And thou take of their daughters vnto thy sonnes, and their daughters go a whoryng after their gods, and make thy sonnes go a whoryng after their gods also.

    17Thou shalt make thee no gods of mettall.

  • Jer 29:6
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    6Take you wiues to beare you sonnes and daughters, prouide wiues for your sonnes, and husbandes for your daughters, that they may get sonnes & daughters: and that ye may multiplie there, and decrease not.

  • Deut 7:3
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    3Thou shalt make no mariages with them: neither geue thy daughter vnto his sonne, nor take his daughter vnto thy sonne.

  • Deut 28:41
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    41Thou shalt beget sonnes and daughters, but shalt not haue them: for they shalbe carryed away captiue.

  • Ezra 9:12
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    12Therfore shal ye not geue your daughters vnto their sonnes, and their daughters shall ye not take vnto your sonnes, nor seke their peace and wealth for euer: that ye may be strong and enioy the goodnesse of the lande, and that ye and your children may haue the inheritaunce of it for euermore.

  • Lev 18:15-19
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    15Thou shalt not discouer ye nakednesse of thy daughter in lawe, for she is thy sonnes wyfe: therefore shalt thou not vncouer her nakednesse.

    16Thou shalt not vncouer the nakednesse of thy brothers wife, for that is thy brothers nakednesse.

    17Thou shalt not discouer the nakednesse of the wyfe and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her sonnes daughter, or her daughters daughter, to vncouer their nakednesse: For they are her kinswomen, and it were wickednesse.

    18Thou shalt not take a wyfe and her sister also, to vexe her, that thou wouldest vncouer her nakednesse vpon her in her lyfe tyme.

    19Thou shalt also not go vnto a woman to vncouer her nakednesse, as long as she is put apart for her vncleannesse.

  • Ezek 44:22
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    22They shall mary no widowe, neither one that is put from her husband: but a maide of the seede of the house of Israel, or a widowe that hath had a priest before.

  • Deut 28:30
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    30Thou shalt be betrouthed vnto a wyfe, and another man shall lye with her: Thou shalt buylde an house, and not dwell therein: thou shalt also plant a vineyarde, and shalt not gather the grapes.

  • Amos 7:16-17
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    73%

    16Now therfore heare thou the word of the Lorde: Thou sayest, Prophecie not against Israel, and speake nothing against the house of Isaac.

    17Therfore thus sayth the Lorde, Thy wyfe shalbe an harlot in the citie, and thy sonnes and thy daughters shall fall by the sworde, and thy land shalbe deuided by line, and thou shalt die in a polluted land, and Israel shall surely go into captiuitie foorth of his lande.

  • Lev 19:29
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    29Thou shalt not make thy daughter common, that thou wouldest cause her to be an whore, lest the lande also fall to whoredome, and become ful of wickednesse.

  • Lev 21:7
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    7Let them not take a wyfe that is an whore, or polluted, nor put from her husband: for such a one is holy vnto his god.

  • Neh 10:30
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    30And that we woulde not geue our daughters vnto the people of the lande, neither to take their daughters for our sonnes.

  • Lev 21:13-15
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    13He shall take a mayde vnto his wife.

    14But a wydowe, a deuorsed woman, or a polluted, or a harlot, these shall he not marrie: but shall take a mayde of his owne people to wyfe.

    15Neither shal he defile his seede among his people: for I am the Lorde whiche sanctifie hym.

  • Deut 23:17
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    17There shalbe no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor whore keper of the sonnes of Israel.

  • Jer 16:7-9
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    7They shall not wryng their handes in mournyng wise on their dead one to comfort another: one shall not offer another the cup of consolation, to forget their heauinesse for their father and mother.

    8Thou shalt not go into their feast house, to sit downe to eate or drynke with them:

    9For thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel: Beholde, I shall take away out of this place the voyce of mirth and gladnesse, the voyce of the bridegrome and of the bride, yea and that in your dayes, that ye may see it.

  • Deut 22:30
    71%

    30No man shall take his fathers wife, nor vnheale his fathers couering.

  • Ezek 16:20
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    20Thou hast taken thyne owne sonnes and daughters whom thou hast begotten vnto me, and these hast thou offred vp vnto them to be deuoured: is this but a small whordome of thyne?

  • Deut 17:17
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    17Also he ought not to multiplie wyues to him selfe, lest his heart turne away, neither shall he gather hym siluer and golde to much.

  • Gen 24:37-38
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    71%

    37And my maister made me sweare, saying: thou shalt not take a wyfe to my sonne amongest the daughters of the Chanaanites, in whose lande I dwell:

    38But thou shalt go vnto my fathers house, and to my kinred, and take a wife vnto my sonne.

  • Jer 22:30
    71%

    30Thus saith the Lorde, Write this man destitute of chyldren: for no prosperitie shall this man haue all his dayes, neyther shall any of his seede be so happie as to sit vpon the seate of Dauid, and to beare rule any more in Iuda.

  • Jer 14:16
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    16And the people to whom they preache shalbe cast out of Hierusalem, dye of hunger, and be slayne with the sworde, and there shalbe no man to bury them, both they, and their wiues, their sonnes, and their daughters: for thus wyll I poure their wickednesse vpon them.

  • Gen 24:3
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    3And I wyll make thee sweare by the Lorde God of heauen, and God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wyfe vnto my sonne of the daughters of the Chanaanites, amongest which I dwel:

  • Ezek 16:32
    70%

    32But as a wyfe that breaketh wedlocke, and taketh other in steede of her husbande.

  • Exod 23:26
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    26There shall no woman haue any vntymely byrth, nor be vnfruitefull in thy lande: the number of thy dayes I wyll fulfill.

  • Mic 2:5
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    5Therefore there shalbe no man to deuide thee thy portion in the congregation of the Lorde.

  • Jer 35:7
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    7Yea ye shall haue no vineyardes: but for al your tyme ye shall dwel in tentes, that ye may liue long in the land wherin ye be straungers.

  • Isa 39:7
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    7Yea and part of thy sonnes that shall come of thee, & whom thou shalt beget, shalbe caryed hence, and become gelded chamberlaynes in the kyng of Babylons court.

  • Lev 26:29
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    29And ye shall eate the fleshe of your sonnes, and the fleshe of your daughters shall ye deuour.

  • Judg 21:18
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    18Howbeit, we may not geue the wyues of our daughters. For the children of Israel had sworne, saying: Cursed be he that geueth a wyfe to Beniamin.

  • Lev 20:21
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    21If a man take his brothers wyfe, it is an vncleane thyng: he hath vncouered his brothers nakednesse, they shalbe chyldlesse.

  • Deut 28:56
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    56Yea, and the woman that is so tender and delicate, that she dare not aduenture to set the sole of her foote vpon the grounde, for softnesse and tendernesse, shalbe greeued to loke on her husbande that lieth in her bosome, & on her sonne, and on her daughter,

  • Exod 22:24
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    24And then wyl my wrath waxe hotte, and I wyll kyll you with the sworde, & your wyues shalbe widowes, and your chyldren fatherlesse.

  • Ezek 16:45
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    45Thou art euen thy mothers owne daughter, that hath cast of her husband and her chyldren: yea thou art the sister of thy sisters, which forsoke their husbandes & their chyldren: your mother is an Hittito, & your father an Amorite.

  • Ezek 24:16
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    16Thou sonne of man, behold I wil take away from thee the pleasure of thyne eyes with a plague, yet shalt thou neither mourne nor weepe, neither shal thy teares run downe.

  • Ezek 16:61
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    61Then shalt thou remember thy wayes, and be ashamed when thou shalt receaue thy sisters, both thy elder and thy younger: and I wyll geue them vnto thee for daughters, but not by thy couenaunt.

  • Deut 4:16
    69%

    16Lest ye marre your selues, & make you a grauen image, & picture of any maner of figure, whether it be the likenesse of man or woman.

  • 2 Kgs 20:18
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    18And of thy sonnes that shall proceede out of thee, and which thou shalt beget, shall they take away, and they shalbe chamberlaynes in the palace of the king of Babylon.