Deuteronomy 21:11

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;

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  • Gen 6:2 : 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they [were] fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
  • Gen 12:14-15 : 14 ¶ And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she [was] very fair. 15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
  • Gen 29:18-20 : 18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. 19 And Laban said, [It is] better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me. 20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him [but] a few days, for the love he had to her.
  • Gen 34:3 : 3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
  • Gen 34:8 : 8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
  • Num 31:18 : 18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
  • Judg 14:2-3 : 2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife. 3 Then his father and his mother said unto him, [Is there] never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.
  • Prov 6:25 : 25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
  • Prov 31:10 : 10 ¶ Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price [is] far above rubies.
  • Prov 31:30 : 30 Favour [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain: [but] a woman [that] feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

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    10¶ When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,

  • Deut 21:12-14
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    12Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;

    13And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.

    14And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.

  • Prov 6:25
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    25Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

  • Deut 20:7
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    7And what man [is there] that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

  • Lev 21:13-14
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    13And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

    14A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, [or] an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.

  • Exod 22:16
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    16¶ And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.

  • Deut 22:23-28
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    23If a damsel [that is] a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;

    24Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, [being] in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.

    25But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:

    26But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; [there is] in the damsel no sin [worthy] of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so [is] this matter:

    27For he found her in the field, [and] the betrothed damsel cried, and [there was] none to save her.

    28If a man find a damsel [that is] a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;

  • Ps 45:11
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    11So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he [is] thy Lord; and worship thou him.

  • Exod 21:8-11
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    8If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

    9And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.

    10If he take him another [wife]; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.

    11And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.

  • Deut 22:13-14
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    13¶ If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,

    14And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:

  • Judg 21:21-22
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    21And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.

    22And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, [that] ye should be guilty.

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    12Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,

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    30Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

  • Josh 23:12
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    12Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, [even] these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:

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    13And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:

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    1¶ When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give [it] in her hand, and send her out of his house.

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  • Deut 24:4-5
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    4Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that [is] abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance.

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    20But if this thing be true, [and the tokens of] virginity be not found for the damsel:

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    18But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

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