Leviticus 18:17

Geneva Bible (1560)

Thou 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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 20:14 : 14 Likewise 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 27:23 : 23 Cursed be he that lyeth with his mother in law: And all the people shal say: So be it.
  • 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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  • Lev 18:6-16
    11 verses
    91%

    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.

    9Thou shalt not discouer the shame of thy sister the daughter of thy father, or the daughter of thy mother, whether shee bee borne at home, or borne without: thou shalt not discouer their shame.

    10The shame of thy sonnes daughter, or of thy daughters daughter, thou shalt not, I say, vncouer their shame: for it is thy shame.

    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.

    13Thou shalt not discouer the shame of thy mothers sister: for she is thy mothers kinsewoman.

    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.

  • Lev 18:18-24
    7 verses
    86%

    18Also thou shalt not take a wife with her sister, during her life, to vexe her, in vncouering her shame vpon her.

    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.

    21Also thou shalt not giue thy children to offer them vnto Molech, neither shalt thou defile the name of thy God: for I am the Lord.

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

    23Thou shalt not also lie with any beast to bee defiled therewith, neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie downe thereto: for it is abomination.

    24Yee shall not defile your selues in any of these things: for in al these the nations are defiled, which I will cast out before you:

  • Lev 20:17-21
    5 verses
    86%

    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.

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

  • 79%

    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.

  • 29Thou shalt not make thy daughter common, to cause her to be a whore, least the lande also fall to whoredome, and the lande bee full of wickednesse.

  • 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.

  • Lev 20:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

  • 16And least thou take of their daughters vnto thy sonnes, and their daughters goe a whoring after their gods, and make thy sonnes goe a whoring after their gods.

  • 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.

  • 20Cursed be hee that lyeth with his fathers wife: for he hath vncouered his fathers skirt: And all the people shal say: So be it.

  • 3Neither shalt thou make marriages with them, neither giue thy daughter vnto his sonne, nor take his daughter vnto thy sonne.

  • 9If a Priestes daughter fall to play the whore, she polluteth her father: therefore shal she be burnt with fire.

  • Lev 21:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2But by his kinseman that is neere vnto him: to wit, by his mother, or by his father, or by his sonne, or by his daughter, or by his brother,

    3Or by his sister a maid, that is neere vnto him, which hath not had a husband: for her he may lament.

  • 17There shalbe no whore of the daughters of Israel, neither shal there be a whore keeper of the sonnes of Israel.

  • 18If he that hath an issue of seede, do lie with a woman, they shall both wash themselues with water, and be vncleane vntill the euen.

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

  • 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,

  • 16(30:17) These are the ordinances which the Lorde commanded Moses, betweene a man & his wife, and betweene the father and his daughter, being young in her fathers house.

  • 15That hath not eaten vpon the mountaines, neither hath lift vp his eyes to the idols of ye house of Israel, nor hath defiled his neighbours wife,

  • 2Thou shalt not take thee a wife, nor haue sonnes nor daughters in this place.

  • 56The tender and deintie woman among you, which neuer woulde venture to set the sole of her foote vpon the grounde (for her softnesse and tendernesse) shalbe grieued at her husbande that lieth in her bosome, and at her sonne, and at her daughter,

  • 26Neither shalt thou goe vp by steppes vnto mine altar, that thy filthines be not discouered thereon.

  • 25And they shal come at no dead person to defile theselues, except at their father, or mother, or sone, or daughter, brother or sister, that hath had yet none husband: in these may they be defiled.

  • 11Though he doe not all these things, but either hath eaten vpon the mountaines, or defiled his neighbours wife,

  • 45Thou art thy mothers daughter, that hath cast off her husband and her children, and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which forsooke their husbandes and their children: your mother is an Hittite, and your father an Amorite.