Leviticus 18:20

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Thou shalt not lye with thy neghbours wife to medle with her, for to defyle thy self withall.

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  • Exod 20:14 : 14 Thou shalt not breake wedlocke.
  • Lev 20:10 : 10 He that breaketh wedlocke with eny mas wife, shal dye the death (both the aduouterer and ye aduouteresse) because he hath broken wedlocke with his neghbours wife.
  • Matt 5:27-28 : 27 Ye haue herde, how it was sayde to them of olde tyme: Thou shalt not committe aduoutrie. 28 But I saye vnto you, that whosoeuer loketh on a wife lustinge after her, hath committed aduoutrie with hir already in his hert.
  • 1 Cor 6:9 : 9 Knowe ye not that ye vnrighteous shal not inheret the kyngdome of God? Be not disceaued. Nether whoremongers, ner worshippers off ymages, ner breakers off wedlocke, ner weaklinges, nether abusers of them selues with mankynde,
  • Heb 13:4 : 4 Let wedlocke be had in pryce in all poyntes, & let ye chamber be vndefyled. For whorekepers and aduouterers God wil iudge.
  • Deut 5:18 : 18 Thou shalt not breake wedlocke.
  • Deut 22:22 : 22 Yf a man be founde lienge with a woma that hath a maried husbande, they shal dye both the man, & the woma that he hath lien withall. And so shalt thou put awaye euell from Israel.
  • Deut 22:25 : 25 But yf a man get an handfested damsell vpon the felde, and take her, and lye wt her, then the man that laye with her, shal dye alone,
  • 2 Sam 11:3-4 : 3 And Dauid sent, and caused to axe what woman it was, and sayde: Is not that Bethseba the doughter of Eliam the wife of Vrias the Hethite? 4 And Dauid sent messaugers, and caused for to fetch her. And wha she was come in vnto him, he laye with her. Neuertheles she halowed hir selfe from hir vnclennes, and turned agayne vnto hir house.
  • 2 Sam 11:27 : 27 But wha she had made an ende of mournynge, Dauid sent, and caused her be fetched vnto his palace, and she became his wyfe, and bare him a sonne. Neuertheles this dede yt Dauid dyd, displeased the LORDE.
  • Prov 6:25 : 25 yt thou lust not after her beuty in thine herte, & lest thou be take wt hir fayre lokes.
  • Prov 6:29-33 : 29 Euen so, who so euer goeth in to his neghbours wife, and toucheth her, can not be vngiltie. 30 Men do not vtterly despyse a thefe, that stealeth to satisfie his soule, when he is hongerie: 31 but yf he maye be gotten, he restoreth agayne seuen tymes asmoch, or els he maketh recompence with all the good of his house. 32 But who so comitteth aduoutrie with a woma, he is a foole, and bryngeth his life to destruccion. 33 He getteth him self also shame & dishonor, soch as shal neuer be put out.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 I will come & punysh you, & I myself wil be a swift wytnes agaynst the witches, agaynst the aduouterers, agaynst false swearers: yee ad agaynst those, that wrogeously kepe backe the hyrelynges dewty: which vexe the wyddowes & the fatherlesse, & oppresse the straunger, and feare not me, sayeth the LORDE of hoostes.
  • Gal 5:19 : 19 The dedes of ye flesh are manifest, which are these: Aduoutrye, whordome, vnclenes, wantanes,
  • Rom 2:22 : 22 Thou sayest, that a man shulde not breake wedlocke, and thou breakest wedlocke. Thou abhorrest ymages, and robbest God of his honoure.

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    11Thou shalt not vncouer ye preuytie of yi fathers wiues doughter, which is borne vnto him, and is thy sister.

    12Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy fathers sister, for it is thy fathers nexte kynswoman.

    13Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy mothers sister, for it is yi mothers nexte kynswoman.

    14Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy fathers brother, to take his wife, for she is thine awnte.

    15Thou shalt not vncouer ye preuytie of yi doughter in lawe, for she is yi sonnes wife, therfore shalt thou not vncouer hir preuitie.

    16Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy brothers wife, for it is thy brothers preuytie.

    17Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy wife and of hir doughter also, nether shalt thou take hir sonnes doughter or hir doughters doughter, to vncouer their preuyties, for they are hir nexte kynswomen. And it is wickednesse.

    18Thou shalt not take a wife and hir sister also, to vncouer hir preuytie, whyle she is yet alyue.

    19Thou shalt not go vnto a woman to vncouer hir preuytie, so longe as she hath hir disease in hir vnclennesse.

  • Lev 18:21-24
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    21Thou shalt not geue of thy sede also, to be burnt vnto Moloch, lest thou vnhalowe the name of thy God, for I am the LORDE.

    22Thou shalt not lye with mankynde as with womankynde, for yt is abhominacion.

    23Thou shalt lye with no maner of beest, to defyle yi self therwith. And no woman shal haue to do wt a beest, for it is abhominacion.

    24Ye shal defyle youre selues in none of these thinges. For ye Heithen (whom I wil cast out before you) haue stayned them selues in all these,

  • Exod 20:14-17
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    14Thou shalt not breake wedlocke.

    15Thou shalt not steale.

    16Thou shalt beare no false wytnesse agaynst thy neghboure.

    17Thou shalt not lust after yi neghbours house. Thou shalt not lust after thy neghbours wife, ner his seruaut, ner his mayde, ner his oxe, ner his Asse, ner all that thy neghboure hath

  • Deut 5:18
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    18Thou shalt not breake wedlocke.

  • Deut 5:20-21
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    20Thou shalt beare no false witnes against thy neghboure.

    21Thou shalt not lust after yi neghbours wyfe.Thou shalt not lust after thy neghbours house, londe, seruaunt, mayde, oxe, Asse, or what so euer he hath.

  • Ezek 18:15
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    15Namely, he eateth not vpon the mountaynes: he lifteth not his eyes vp to the Idols of Israel: he defyleth not his neghbours wife:

  • Num 5:12-13
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    12Speake to the children of Israel, and saye vnto them: Whan eny mans wife goth asyde, and trespaceth agaynst him,

    13& eny ma lye with her fleshlye, and the thinge be yet hyd from his eyes, and is not come to light that she is defiled, and he can brynge no witnesse agaynst her (for she was not take therin)

  • Lev 18:6-8
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    79%

    6No ma shal come at his nexte kinswoma, to vncouer hir preuytie: for I am ye LORDE.

    7Thou shalt not vncouer ye preuytie of yi father & of yi mother. It is thy mother, therfore shalt thou not vncouer hir preuytie.

    8Thou shalt not vncouer ye preuytie of yi fathers wife, for it is yi fathers preuytie.

  • Lev 20:10-11
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    10He that breaketh wedlocke with eny mas wife, shal dye the death (both the aduouterer and ye aduouteresse) because he hath broken wedlocke with his neghbours wife.

    11Yf eny man lye with his fathers wife, so yt he vncouer his fathers preuyte, they shal both dye the death: their bloude be vpo the.

  • Ezek 18:11
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    11(though he do not all) he eateth vpon the hilles: he defyleth his neghbours wife:

  • Lev 19:20
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    20Whan a man lyeth with a woman, and hath to do with her, which is a bonde woman, and hath bene medled withall of another man, but not lowsed out, ner hath optayned fredome, it shalbe punyshed, but they shal not suffre death, because she was not fre.

  • Num 5:20
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    20But yf thou hast gone asyde from thy hu?bande, so that thou art defyled, and some other man hath lyen with the besyde thy hu?bande,

  • Prov 6:29
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    29Euen so, who so euer goeth in to his neghbours wife, and toucheth her, can not be vngiltie.

  • Ezek 22:11
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    11Euery ma hath dealte shamefully with his neghbours wife, & abhominably defyled his doughter in lawe. In the hath euery man forced his owne sister, euen his fathers doughter:

  • Deut 22:30
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    30Noma shal take his fathers wife, ner vncouer his fathers couerynge.

  • Lev 20:18-21
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    18Yf a man lye with a woman in the tyme of hir sicknesse, and vncouer hir secretes, & open vp hir founteyne, and she vncouer the fountayne of hir bloude, they shall both be roted out from amonge their people.

    19Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy mothers sister, and of thy fathers sister: for soch one hath vncouered his nexte kynswoman, and they shal beare their synne.

    20Yf eny man lye with his vncles wyfe, the same hath vncovered the preuytie of his uncle: they shall beare their synne, without children shal they dye.

    21Yf eny man take his brothers wyfe, yt is an vncleane thinge: they shalbe without children, because he hath vncouered his brothers secretes.

  • Ezek 18:6
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    6(he eateth not vpon the hilles: he lifteth not his eyes vp to the Idols of Israel: he defyleth not his neghbours wife: he medleth wt no menstruous woman:

  • Lev 19:29
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    29Thou shalt not holde thy doughter to whordome, that the londe fall not to whordome, and waxe full of wickednesse.

  • Lev 19:11
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    11Ye shal not steale, nether lye, ner deale falsely one with another.

  • Lev 18:27
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    27(for all soch abhominacions haue ye people of this lode done which were before you, & haue defyled the lande)

  • Lev 15:18
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    18A woman, by whom soch one lyeth, shall bathe hir self wt water, and be vncleane vntyll the euen.

  • Ezek 33:26
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    26Ye leane vpon youre sweardes, ye worke abhominacions, euery one defyleth his neghbours wife: and shal ye then possesse the londe?

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    30Therfore kepe ye my statutes, that ye do not after ye abhominable customes, which were before you, that ye be not defyled therwith: For I am the LORDE youre God.

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    30Thou shalt spouse a wife, but another shal lye with her. Thou shalt buylde an house, but another shall dwell therin. Thou shalt plante a vynyarde, but shalt not make it comen.

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    14If eny man take a wyfe, and hir mother therto, the same hath wrought wickednes: he shalbe burnt with fyre, and so shal they also, that there be no wickednes amoge you.

  • Deut 22:22
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    22Yf a man be founde lienge with a woma that hath a maried husbande, they shal dye both the man, & the woma that he hath lien withall. And so shalt thou put awaye euell from Israel.

  • Exod 34:15
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    15lest (yf thou make any agrement with the indwellers of the londe, and whan they go a whoringe after their goddes, and do sacrifice vnto their goddes) they call ye, and thou eate of their sacrifice,

  • Jer 3:2
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    2Lift vp thine eyes on euery syde, and loke, yf thou be not defyled. Thou hast waited for them in the stretes, and as a murtherer in the wildernesse. Thorow thy whordome and shamefull blasphemies, is the londe defyled.