Deuteronomy 27:20

Geneva Bible (1560)

Cursed be hee that lyeth with his fathers wife: for he hath vncouered his fathers skirt: And all the people shal say: So be it.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 22:30 : 30 No man shal take his fathers wife, nor shall vncouer his fathers skirt.
  • Lev 18:8 : 8 The shame of thy fathers wife shalt thou not discouer: for it is thy fathers shame.
  • Lev 20:11 : 11 And the man that lyeth with his fathers wife, because hee hath vncouered his fathers shame, they shall both dye: their blood shalbe vpon them.
  • 1 Cor 5:1 : 1 It is heard certainely that there is fornication among you: and such fornication as is not once named among the Gentiles, that one should haue his fathers wife.
  • Gen 35:22 : 22 Now, when Israel dwelt in that land, Reuben went, and lay with Bilhah his fathers concubine, and it came to Israels eare; Iaakob had twelue sonnes.
  • Gen 49:4 : 4 Thou wast light as water: thou shalt not be excellent, because thou wentest vp to thy fathers bed: then diddest thou defile my bed, thy dignitie is gone.
  • 2 Sam 16:22 : 22 So they spread Absalom a tent vpon the top of the house, and Absalom went in to his fathers concubines in the sight of all Israel.
  • 1 Chr 5:1 : 1 The sonnes also of Reuben the eldest sonne of Israel (for he was the eldest, but had defiled his fathers bed, therefore his birthright was giuen vnto the sonnes of Ioseph the sonne of Israel, so that the genealogie is not rekoned after his birthright.
  • Ezek 22:10 : 10 In thee haue they discouered their fathers shame: in thee haue they vexed her that was polluted in her floures.
  • Amos 2:7 : 7 They gape ouer the head of the poore, in the dust of the earth, and peruert the wayes of the meeke: and a man and his father will goe in to a mayde to dishonour mine holy Name.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 27:21-26
    6 verses
    88%

    21Cursed be he that lieth with any beast: And all the people shal say: So be it.

    22Cursed be he that lyeth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother: And all the people shal say: So be it.

    23Cursed be he that lyeth with his mother in law: And all the people shal say: So be it.

    24Cursed be hee that smiteth his neyghbour secretly: And all the people shal say: So be it.

    25Cursed be he that taketh a reward to put to death innocent blood: And all the people shal say: So be it.

    26Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the wordes of this Law, to do them: And all the people shal say: So be it.

  • Deut 27:15-19
    5 verses
    84%

    15Cursed be the man that shall make any carued or molten image, which is an abomination vnto the Lord, the worke of the hands of the craftesman, and putteth it in a secrete place: And all the people shal answere, and say: So be it.

    16Cursed be he that curseth his father & his mother: And all the people shal say: So be it.

    17Cursed be he that remoueth his neighbors marke: And all the people shal say: So be it.

    18Cursed be he that maketh ye blinde go out of the way: And all the people shal say: So be it.

    19Cursed be he that hindreth the right of the stranger, the fatherles, and the widow: And all the people shal say: So be it.

  • Lev 20:9-14
    6 verses
    81%

    9If there be any that curseth his father or his mother, he shall die the death: seeing hee hath cursed his father and his mother, his blood shalbe vpon him.

    10And the man that committeth adulterie with another mans wife, because he hath comitted adulterie with his neighbours wife, the adulterer and the adulteresse shall die the death.

    11And the man that lyeth with his fathers wife, because hee hath vncouered his fathers shame, they shall both dye: their blood shalbe vpon them.

    12Also the man that lyeth with his daughter in lawe, they both shall dye the death, they haue wrought abomination, their blood shalbe vpon them.

    13The ma also that lyeth with the male, as one lyeth with a woman, they haue both committed abomination: they shall dye the death, their blood shalbe vpon them.

    14Likewise he that taketh a wife and her mother, committeth wickednesse: they shal burne him and them with fire, that there be no wickednes among you.

  • Deut 22:30
    80%

    30No man shal take his fathers wife, nor shall vncouer his fathers skirt.

  • Lev 18:6-8
    3 verses
    77%

    6None shall come neere to any of ye kinred of his flesh to vncouer her shame: I am the Lord.

    7Thou shalt not vncouer the shame of thy father, nor the shame of thy mother: for she is thy mother, thou shalt not discouer her shame.

    8The shame of thy fathers wife shalt thou not discouer: for it is thy fathers shame.

  • Lev 20:17-21
    5 verses
    76%

    17Also the man that taketh his sister, his fathers daughter, or his mothers daughter, & seeth her shame and she seeth his shame, it is villenie: therefore they shall be cut off in the sight of their people, because he hath vncouered his sisters shame, he shall beare his iniquitie.

    18The man also that lyeth with a woman hauing her disease, and vncouereth her shame, and openeth her fountaine, and she open the foutaine of her blood, they shall bee euen both cut off from among their people.

    19Moreouer thou shalt not vncouer the shame of thy mothers sister, nor of thy fathers sister: because he hath vncouered his kin, they shall beare their iniquitie.

    20Likewise the man that lyeth with his fathers brothers wife, and vncouereth his vncles shame: they shall beare their iniquitie, and shall die childlesse.

    21So the man that taketh his brothers wife, committeth filthines, because he hath vncouered his brothers shame: they shalbe childles.

  • Ezek 22:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10In thee haue they discouered their fathers shame: in thee haue they vexed her that was polluted in her floures.

    11And euery one hath committed abomination with his neighbours wife, and euery one hath wickedly defiled his daughter in lawe, and in thee hath euery man forced his owne sister, euen his fathers daughter.

  • Lev 18:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11The shame of thy fathers wiues daughter, begotten of thy father (for she is thy sister) thou shalt not, I say, discouer her shame.

    12Thou shalt not vncouer the shame of thy fathers sister: for she is thy fathers kinswoman.

  • Lev 18:14-17
    4 verses
    73%

    14Thou shalt not vncouer the shame of thy fathers brother: that is, thou shalt not goe in to his wife, for she is thine aunte.

    15Thou shalt not discouer the shame of thy daughter in lawe: for she is thy sonnes wife: therefore shalt thou not vncouer her shame.

    16Thou shalt not discouer the shame of thy brothers wife. for it is thy brothers shame.

    17Thou shalt not discouer the shame of the wife and of her daughter, neither shalt thou take her sonnes daughter, nor her daughters daughter, to vncouer her shame: for they are thy kinsfolkes, and it were wickednesse.

  • Lev 18:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

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

    20Moreouer, thou shalt not giue thy selfe to thy neighbours wife by carnall copulation, to be defiled with her.

  • Lev 19:20
    72%

    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 5:21
    72%

    21(Then the Priest shall charge the woman with an oth of cursing, and the Priest shal say vnto the woman) The Lorde make thee to be accursed, and detestable for the othe among thy people, and the Lord cause thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell:

  • Amos 2:7
    71%

    7They gape ouer the head of the poore, in the dust of the earth, and peruert the wayes of the meeke: and a man and his father will goe in to a mayde to dishonour mine holy Name.

  • Deut 28:18
    71%

    18Cursed shall be the fruite of thy body, and the fruite of thy land, the increase of thy kine, & the flockes of thy sheepe.

  • Exod 21:17
    71%

    17And hee that curseth his father or his mother, shall die the death.

  • Job 31:11
    71%

    11For this is a wickednes, and iniquitie to bee condemned:

  • Lev 18:22
    71%

    22Thou shalt not lie with ye male as one lieth with a woman: for it is abomination.

  • Prov 30:11
    71%

    11There is a generation that curseth their father, and doeth not blesse their mother.

  • Prov 20:20
    70%

    20He that curseth his father or his mother, his light shalbe put out in obscure darkenes.

  • Num 5:13
    70%

    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,

  • Lev 18:27
    70%

    27(For all these abominations haue the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled:

  • Lev 24:15
    70%

    15And thou shalt speake vnto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoeuer curseth his God, shall beare his sinne.