Leviticus 18:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.

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  • Lev 20:21 : 21 And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
  • Deut 25:5 : 5 If 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.
  • Matt 22:24 : 24 Saying, Teacher, Moses said that if a man dies without having children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.
  • Mark 12:19 : 19 'Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man's brother dies and leaves behind a wife and no children, his brother should marry the wife and raise up offspring for his brother.
  • Luke 3:19 : 19 But Herod the tetrarch, being rebuked by him for Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
  • Mark 6:17 : 17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, for he had married her.
  • Matt 14:3-4 : 3 For Herod had seized John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. 4 For John had said to him, It is not lawful for you to have her.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 18:6-15
    10 verses
    89%

    6 None of you shall approach anyone who is near of kin to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.

    7 The nakedness of your father or the nakedness of your mother you shall not uncover: she is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness.

    8 The nakedness of your father's wife you shall not uncover: it is your father's nakedness.

    9 The nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father or daughter of your mother, whether born at home or born abroad, their nakedness you shall not uncover.

    10 The nakedness of your son's daughter, or of your daughter's daughter, their nakedness you shall not uncover: for theirs is your own nakedness.

    11 The nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, begotten by your father, she is your sister, you shall not uncover her nakedness.

    12 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister: she is your father's near kinswoman.

    13 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister: for she is your mother's near kinswoman.

    14 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother; you shall not approach his wife: she is your aunt.

    15 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law: she is your son's wife; you shall not uncover her nakedness.

  • Lev 18:17-20
    4 verses
    88%

    17 You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, nor shall you take her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.

    18 Nor shall you take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her lifetime.

    19 Also you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.

    20 Moreover, you shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, to defile yourself with her.

  • Lev 20:17-21
    5 verses
    84%

    17 And 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 has uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.

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

    19 And you shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, nor of your father's sister, for he uncovers his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.

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

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

  • Deut 22:30
    80%

    30 A man shall not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's bed.

  • Ezek 22:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10 In you they have uncovered their fathers' nakedness: in you they have humbled her who was set apart for impurity.

    11 One has committed abomination with his neighbor's wife; another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in you has humbled his sister, his father's daughter.

  • Deut 25:5
    74%

    5 If 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.

  • Lev 20:11
    74%

    11 And the man that lies with his father's wife has uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

  • Num 5:13
    74%

    13 And a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and she is undetected, though she has defiled herself, and there is no witness against her, nor is she caught in the act;

  • Prov 6:29
    74%

    29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; whoever touches her shall not be innocent.

  • Ezek 18:15
    73%

    15 Who has not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, has not defiled his neighbor's wife,

  • Deut 22:1
    73%

    1 You shall not see your brother's ox or his sheep go astray and hide yourself from them; you shall certainly bring them back to your brother.

  • Lev 18:22
    72%

    22 You shall not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is an abomination.

  • Deut 5:18
    72%

    18 Neither shall you commit adultery.

  • Gen 2:25
    72%

    25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

  • Job 22:6
    72%

    6 For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

  • Lev 21:3
    71%

    3 And for his sister, a virgin who is near to him, who has had no husband; for her he may defile himself.

  • Deut 28:30
    71%

    30 You 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.

  • Mark 6:18
    71%

    18 For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife.

  • Ezek 18:11
    71%

    11 And does not do any of those duties, but has eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbor's wife,

  • Exod 20:26
    71%

    26 Nor shall you go up by steps to My altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed on it.

  • Deut 27:22
    71%

    22 Cursed be he who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Deut 27:20
    71%

    20 Cursed be he who lies with his father's wife; because he uncovers his father's bed. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Gen 38:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8 Then Judah said to Onan, Go to your brother’s wife, marry her, and raise offspring for your brother.

    9 But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so when he went to his brother’s wife, he spilled his seed on the ground, to avoid giving offspring to his brother.

  • Exod 20:14
    71%

    14 You shall not commit adultery.

  • Deut 22:5
    70%

    5 A woman shall not wear what pertains to a man, nor shall a man put on a woman's garment; for all who do so are an abomination to the LORD your God.

  • Lev 15:18
    70%

    18 The woman also with whom a man lies with seed of emission, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.

  • Lev 20:14
    70%

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

  • Ezek 23:18
    70%

    18 So she uncovered her harlotries, and uncovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, just as my mind was alienated from her sister.

  • Lev 19:29
    70%

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

  • Exod 34:16
    70%

    16 And you take their daughters for your sons, and their daughters go whoring after their gods, and make your sons go whoring after their gods.

  • Deut 25:7
    70%

    7 And 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.'

  • Jer 16:2
    70%

    2 You shall not take a wife for yourself, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place.