Leviticus 18:18

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex [her], to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life [time].

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  • Gen 4:19 : 19 ¶ And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one [was] Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
  • Gen 29:28 : 28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
  • Gen 30:15 : 15 And she said unto her, [Is it] a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.
  • Exod 26:3 : 3 The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and [other] five curtains [shall be] coupled one to another.
  • 1 Sam 1:6-8 : 6 And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb. 7 And [as] he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat. 8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? [am] not I better to thee than ten sons?
  • Mal 2:15 : 15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 18:19-20
    2 verses
    87%

    19¶ Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.

    20Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.

  • Lev 18:6-17
    12 verses
    87%

    6¶ None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover [their] nakedness: I [am] the LORD.

    7The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she [is] thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

    8The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it [is] thy father's nakedness.

    9The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, [whether she be] born at home, or born abroad, [even] their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.

    10The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, [even] their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs [is] thine own nakedness.

    11The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she [is] thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

    12Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she [is] thy father's near kinswoman.

    13Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she [is] thy mother's near kinswoman.

    14Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she [is] thine aunt.

    15Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she [is] thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

    16Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it [is] thy brother's nakedness.

    17Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; [for] they [are] her near kinswomen: it [is] wickedness.

  • Lev 20:17-21
    5 verses
    81%

    17And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it [is] a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.

    18And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.

    19And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.

    20And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

    21And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it [is] an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

  • Deut 22:30
    79%

    30A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.

  • Jer 16:2
    75%

    2Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.

  • Ezek 22:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.

    11And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.

  • Deut 28:30
    74%

    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.

  • Lev 21:3
    73%

    3And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.

  • Deut 5:18
    73%

    18Neither shalt thou commit adultery.

  • Exod 34:16
    73%

    16And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.

  • Deut 25:5
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    5¶ If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.

  • Lev 20:14
    73%

    14And if a man take a wife and her mother, it [is] wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.

  • Ezek 44:22
    73%

    22Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.

  • Num 5:13
    73%

    13And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and [there be] no witness against her, neither she be taken [with the manner];

  • Lev 19:29
    73%

    29Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.

  • Deut 7:3
    73%

    3Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

  • Ezek 18:15
    73%

    15[That] hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour's wife,

  • Lev 18:22-24
    3 verses
    73%

    22Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it [is] abomination.

    23Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it [is] confusion.

    24Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:

  • Deut 24:4
    72%

    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.

  • Ezek 23:18
    71%

    18So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister.

  • Lev 19:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19¶ Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.

    20And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that [is] a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

  • Lev 21:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

  • Lev 21:7
    71%

    7They shall not take a wife [that is] a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he [is] holy unto his God.

  • Deut 22:11
    71%

    11Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, [as] of woollen and linen together.

  • Lev 20:11
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    11And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood [shall be] upon them.

  • Lev 15:18
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    18The woman also with whom man shall lie [with] seed of copulation, they shall [both] bathe [themselves] in water, and be unclean until the even.

  • Prov 6:29
    70%

    29So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

  • Deut 27:22
    70%

    22Cursed [be] he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Exod 21:10
    70%

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