Deuteronomy 25:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him; and if he stands firm, and says, 'I do not want to take her,'

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  • Ruth 4:6 : 6 The kinsman replied, 'I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption for yourself, for I cannot redeem it.'

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  • Deut 25:5-7
    3 verses
    88%

    5If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry outside to a stranger; her husband's brother shall go to her and take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.

    6And it shall be, that the firstborn which she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name may not be put out of Israel.

    7And if the man does not want to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate to the elders, and say, 'My husband's brother refuses to raise up a name for his brother in Israel; he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.'

  • Deut 25:9-10
    2 verses
    80%

    9Then his brother's wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, remove his shoe from his foot, spit in his face, and shall answer and say, 'So shall it be done to the man who will not build up his brother's house.'

    10And his name shall be called in Israel, 'The house of him who had his shoe removed.'

  • Deut 22:13-20
    8 verses
    74%

    13If any man takes a wife and goes in to her and hates her,

    14And gives occasions of speech against her, and brings up an evil name upon her, and says, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a virgin.

    15Then shall the father of the young woman, and her mother, take and bring forth the evidence of the young woman's virginity to the elders of the city at the gate.

    16And the young woman's father shall say to the elders, I gave my daughter to this man as a wife, and he hates her;

    17And behold, he has given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not your daughter a virgin; and yet these are the signs of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.

    18And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him.

    19And they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the father of the young woman, because he has brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel; and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.

    20But if this thing is true, and the evidence of virginity is not found for the young woman,

  • Gen 24:8
    73%

    8And if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be released from this oath; only do not take my son back there."

  • Exod 22:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16If a man entices a maid who is not betrothed and lies with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.

    17If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

  • Gen 24:37-39
    3 verses
    71%

    37Now my master made me swear, saying, 'You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell;

    38but you shall go to my father's house and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.'

    39And I said to my master, 'Perhaps the woman will not follow me.'

  • Deut 20:7
    70%

    7And what man is there who has betrothed a wife, and has not taken her? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

  • Exod 21:8-11
    4 verses
    70%

    8If she does not please her master, who has betrothed her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her.

    9And if he has betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom of daughters.

    10If he takes another wife, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, or her marriage rights.

    11And if he does not do these three things for her, then she shall go out free, without paying money.

  • Deut 24:1
    70%

    1When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it comes to pass that she finds no favor in his eyes, because he has found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a certificate of divorce, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

  • Judg 15:2
    69%

    2Her father said, I truly thought you hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? Take her instead, I ask you.

  • Deut 21:14-15
    2 verses
    68%

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

    15If a man has two wives, one beloved and another hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son is hers that was hated,

  • Deut 22:29
    68%

    29Then the man who lay with her shall give to the young woman's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he has humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.

  • Num 30:11
    68%

    11And her husband heard it and held his peace at her and did not disallow her, then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she bound her soul shall stand.

  • Deut 15:16
    68%

    16And it shall be, if he says to you, 'I will not go away from you,' because he loves you and your house, because he is well with you;

  • Gen 24:5
    68%

    5And the servant said to him, "Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I take your son back to the land from which you came?"

  • 1 Kgs 20:8
    68%

    8And all the elders and all the people said to him, Do not listen to him, nor consent.

  • Matt 22:25
    68%

    25Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no offspring, left his wife to his brother.

  • Deut 24:3
    68%

    3And if the latter husband dislikes her, and writes her a certificate of divorce, and gives it in her hand, and sends her out of his house; or if the latter husband dies, who took her to be his wife;

  • Judg 14:3
    68%

    3Then his father and mother said to him, Is there not a woman among the daughters of your brothers or among all my people, that you go to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said to his father, Get her for me, for she pleases me well.

  • 2 Sam 15:26
    68%

    26But if he says thus, I have no delight in you; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seems good to him.

  • Lev 25:26
    68%

    26And if the man has nothing to redeem it, and himself is able to redeem it;

  • Deut 22:23-24
    2 verses
    68%

    23If a young woman who is a virgin is betrothed to a husband, and a man finds her in the city and lies with her,

    24Then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them with stones so that they die; the young woman because she did not cry out, being in the city; and the man because he has humbled his neighbor's wife; so you shall put away the evil from among you.

  • Num 30:8
    68%

    8But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it, then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, with which she bound her soul, of no effect, and the LORD shall forgive her.

  • Deut 28:30
    67%

    30You shall marry a wife, and another man shall lie with her: you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell therein: you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not gather the grapes thereof.

  • Judg 19:28
    67%

    28He said to her, "Get up, let us be going." But there was no answer. Then he put her on the donkey, and the man rose up and went to his place.

  • 2 Sam 13:12
    67%

    12And she answered him, No, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing should be done in Israel: do not commit this disgrace.

  • Gen 24:41
    67%

    41You will be clear from this oath when you arrive among my family, for if they will not give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.'

  • Deut 19:12
    67%

    12Then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, so that he may die.

  • Judg 21:22
    67%

    22And it shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to us to complain, that we will say to them, Be kind to them for our sakes, because we did not reserve each man his wife in the war; for you did not give them to them at this time, so you would not be guilty.

  • Num 27:10
    67%

    10And if he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father's brothers.

  • Ruth 4:8
    67%

    8So the kinsman said to Boaz, 'Buy it for yourself.' And he removed his sandal.