Deuteronomy 20:7

Geneva Bible (1560)

And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and returne againe vnto his house, lest he die in the battell, and another man take her.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 24:5 : 5 When a man taketh a new wife, he shall not goe a warfare, neither shalbe charged with any businesse, but shalbe free at home one yeere, and reioyce with his wife which he hath taken.
  • Deut 28:30 : 30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, & another man shal lye with her: thou shalt builde an house, and shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not eate the fruite.
  • Matt 1:18 : 18 Nowe the birth of Iesvs Christ was thus, When as his mother Mary was betrothed to Ioseph, before they came together, shee was found with childe of the holy Ghost.
  • Luke 14:18-20 : 18 But they all with one mind beganne to make excuse: The first saide vnto him, I haue bought a farme, and I must needes goe out and see it: I pray thee, haue me excused. 19 And another said, I haue bought fiue yoke of oxen, and I goe to proue them: I pray thee, haue me excused. 20 And another said, I haue maried a wife, and therefore I can not come.
  • 2 Tim 2:4 : 4 No man that warreth, entangleth himselfe with the affaires of this life, because he woulde please him that hath chosen him to be a souldier.
  • Deut 22:23-25 : 23 If a maid be betrothed vnto an husband, & a man finde her in the towne & lye with her, 24 Then shall yee bring them both out vnto the gates of the same citie, and shall stone them with stones to death: the mayde because she cried not, being in the citie, & the man, because he hath humbled his neighbours wife: so thou shalt put away euill from among you. 25 But if a man finde a betrothed mayde in the field, and force her, and lye with her, then the man that lay with her, shal dye alone:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 20:5-6
    2 verses
    82%

    5And let the officers speake vnto the people, saying, What man is there that hath buylt a new house, and hath not dedicate it? let him go and returne to his house, least he dye in the battel, and an other man dedicate it.

    6And what man is there that hath planted a vineyarde, and hath not eaten of the fruite? let him go & returne againe vnto his house, least he die in the battel, and another eate the fruite.

  • Deut 24:5
    80%

    5When a man taketh a new wife, he shall not goe a warfare, neither shalbe charged with any businesse, but shalbe free at home one yeere, and reioyce with his wife which he hath taken.

  • Deut 20:8
    78%

    8And let the officers speake further vnto the people, and say, Whosoeuer is afrayde and faynt hearted, let him go & returne vnto his house, least his brethrens heart faynt like his heart.

  • Deut 28:30
    76%

    30Thou shalt betroth a wife, & another man shal lye with her: thou shalt builde an house, and shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not eate the fruite.

  • Deut 21:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10Whe thou shalt go to warre against thine enemies, & the Lord thy God shal deliuer them into thine hands, & thou shalt take the captiues,

    11And shalt see among the captiues a beautifull woman, and hast a desire vnto her, & wouldest take her to thy wife,

  • Lev 21:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13Also he shall take a maide vnto his wife:

    14But a widowe, or a diuorced woman, or a polluted, or an harlot, these shall he not marrie, but shall take a maide of his owne people to wife:

  • Judg 21:21-22
    2 verses
    75%

    21And when ye see that the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catche you euery man a wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and goe into the land of Beniamin.

    22And when their fathers or their brethren come vnto vs to complaine, we wil say vnto them, Haue pitie on them for our sakes, because we reserued not to eche man his wife in the warre, and because ye haue not giuen vnto them hitherto, ye haue sinned.

  • Exod 21:10
    74%

    10If he take him another wife, he shall not diminish her foode, her rayment, and recompence of her virginitie.

  • Deut 22:23
    74%

    23If a maid be betrothed vnto an husband, & a man finde her in the towne & lye with her,

  • Deut 22:25
    73%

    25But if a man finde a betrothed mayde in the field, and force her, and lye with her, then the man that lay with her, shal dye alone:

  • Deut 25:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7And if the man will not take his kinsewoman, then let his kinsewoman goe vp to the gate vnto the Elders, and say, My kinsman refuseth to rayse vp vnto his brother a name in Israel: hee will not doe the office of a kinsman vnto me.

    8Then the Elders of his citie shall call him, and commune with him: if he stand and say, I wil not take her,

  • Deut 22:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13If a man take a wife, and when he hath lyen with her, hate her,

    14And laye slaunderous thinges vnto her charge, and bring vp an euill name vpon her, and say, I tooke this wife, and when I came to her, I found her not a mayde,

  • 1 Cor 7:2
    73%

    2Neuertheles, to auoide fornication, let euery man haue his wife, and let euery woman haue her owne husband.

  • Exod 22:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16And if a man entise a maide that is not betrothed, and lie with her, hee shall endowe her, and take her to his wife.

    17If her father refuse to giue her to him, hee shal pay money, according to ye dowry of virgins.

  • 1 Cor 7:27
    73%

    27Art thou bounde vnto a wife? Seeke not to be loosed: art thou loosed from a wife? Seeke not a wife.

  • Deut 22:27-28
    2 verses
    72%

    27For he found her in the fieldes: the betrothed mayde cryed, and there was no man to succour her.

    28If a man finde a mayde that is not betrothed, and take her, and lye with her, and they be founde,

  • Luke 14:20
    72%

    20And another said, I haue maried a wife, and therefore I can not come.

  • Deut 24:1-3
    3 verses
    72%

    1When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, if so be shee finde no fauour in his eyes, because hee hath espyed some filthinesse in her, then let him write her a bill of diuorcement, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

    2And when she is departed out of his house, & gone her way, and marrie with an other man,

    3And if the latter husband hate her, & write her a letter of diuorcement, & put it in her hand, and send her out of his house, or if the latter man die which tooke her to wife:

  • 1 Cor 7:36-38
    3 verses
    72%

    36But if any man thinke that it is vncomely for his virgine, if shee passe the flower of her age, and neede so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them be maried.

    37Neuerthelesse, hee that standeth firme in his heart, that hee hath no neede, but hath power ouer his owne will, and hath so decreed in his heart, that hee will keepe his virgine, hee doeth well.

    38So then hee that giueth her to mariage, doeth wel, but he that giueth her not to mariage, doeth better.

  • Deut 25:5
    72%

    5If brethren dwell together, and one of them dye & haue no sonne, the wife of the dead shall not marry without: that is, vnto a stranger, but his kinseman shall goe in vnto her, and take her to wife, and doe the kinsemans office to her.

  • Deut 21:13
    72%

    13And she shal put off the garment that shee was taken in, and she shal remaine in thine house, and bewaile her father & her mother a moneth long: and after that shalt thou go in vnto her, & marry her, and she shalbe thy wife.

  • Judg 21:7
    72%

    7How shal we do for wiues to them that remaine, seeing we haue sworne by the Lorde, that we will not giue them of our daughters to wiues?

  • 1 Cor 7:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10And vnto ye maried I comand, not I, but ye Lord, Let not ye wife depart from her husband.

    11But and if shee depart, let her remaine vnmaried, or be reconciled vnto her husband, & let not the husband put away his wife.

  • Deut 22:20
    71%

    20But if this thing be true, that the mayde be not found a virgine,

  • Matt 22:25
    71%

    25Nowe there were with vs seuen brethren, and the first maried a wife, and deceased: and hauing none yssue, left his wife vnto his brother.

  • Luke 20:29-30
    2 verses
    70%

    29Now there were seuen brethren, & the first tooke a wife, and he dyed without children.

    30And the second tooke the wife, and he dyed childelesse.

  • Num 5:20
    70%

    20But if thou hast turned fro thine husband, and so art defiled, and some man hath lyen with thee beside thine husband,

  • Mark 12:20
    70%

    20There were seuen brethren, and the first tooke a wife, and when he died, left no issue.

  • Lev 21:7
    70%

    7They shall not take to wife an whore, or one polluted, neither shall they marrie a woman diuorced from her husband: for such one is holy vnto his God.

  • Prov 7:19
    70%

    19For mine husbande is not at home: he is gone a iourney farre off.

  • Num 30:6
    70%

    6(30:7) And if she haue an husband when she voweth or pronounceth ought with her lips, wherewith she bindeth her selfe,

  • Deut 25:11
    70%

    11When men striue together, one with another, if the wife of the one come neere, for to ridde her husband out of the handes of him that smiteth him, and put foorth her hand, and take him by his priuities,

  • Gen 24:38
    70%

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

  • Rom 7:2
    69%

    2For the woman which is in subiection to a man, is bound by the Lawe to the man, while he liueth: but if the man bee dead, shee is deliuered from the lawe of the man.

  • Lev 19:20
    69%

    20Whosoeuer also lyeth and medleth with a woman that is a bonde mayde, affianced to a husbande, and not redeemed, nor freedome giuen her, she shalbe scourged, but they shall not die, because she is not made free.

  • Num 5:13
    69%

    13So that an other man lie with her fleshly, and it bee hid from the eyes of her husbande, and kept close, and yet she be defiled, and there be no witnesse against her, neither she taken with the maner,