Leviticus 21:7

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They shall not take a wife who is a whore, or profane; nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband: for he is holy to his God.

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  • Lev 21:13-14 : 13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity. 14 A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or a harlot, these he shall not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people as a wife.
  • Ezek 44:22 : 22 Neither shall they marry widows, nor her who is divorced; but they shall take virgins of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow who had a priest before.
  • Deut 24:1-4 : 1 When 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. 2 And when she has departed from his house, she may go and be another man's wife. 3 And 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; 4 Her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after she is defiled; for that is an abomination before the LORD: and you shall not cause the land to sin, which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance.
  • Lev 21:8 : 8 You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread of your God: he shall be holy to you: for I the LORD, who sanctify you, am holy.
  • Isa 50:1 : 1 Thus says the LORD, Where is the certificate of your mother's divorce, whom I have put away? Or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities you have sold yourselves, and for your transgressions your mother is put away.
  • 1 Tim 3:11 : 11 In the same way, their wives must be dignified, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ezek 44:21-23
    3 verses
    86%

    21No priest shall drink wine when they enter the inner court.

    22Neither shall they marry widows, nor her who is divorced; but they shall take virgins of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow who had a priest before.

    23And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

  • Lev 21:11-16
    6 verses
    86%

    11Neither shall he go near any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

    12Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.

    13And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

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

    15Neither shall he profane his descendants among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.

    16And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Lev 21:3-6
    4 verses
    82%

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

    4But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

    5They shall not make baldness upon their heads, nor shave off the corner of their beards, nor make any cuts in their flesh.

    6They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God: for they offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God: therefore they shall be holy.

  • Lev 21:8-9
    2 verses
    79%

    8You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread of your God: he shall be holy to you: for I the LORD, who sanctify you, am holy.

    9And the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the whore, she profanes her father: she shall be burned with fire.

  • Lev 22:12
    75%

    12If the priest's daughter also is married to a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.

  • Lev 22:15
    75%

    15And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;

  • Deut 7:3
    74%

    3Neither shall you make marriages with them; your daughter you shall not give to his son, nor his daughter shall you take for your son.

  • Deut 24:4
    73%

    4Her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after she is defiled; for that is an abomination before the LORD: and you shall not cause the land to sin, which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance.

  • Lev 20:21
    73%

    21And 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.

  • Lev 21:21-23
    3 verses
    73%

    21No man who has a blemish of the descendants of Aaron the priest shall come near to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he has a blemish; he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.

    22He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.

    23Only he shall not go beyond the veil, nor come near the altar, because he has a blemish; that he does not profane my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.

  • Lev 18:18-20
    3 verses
    73%

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

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

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

  • Deut 22:30
    73%

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

  • Ezek 18:6
    72%

    6And has not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, nor defiled his neighbor's wife, nor come near to a menstruous woman,

  • Lev 22:2
    72%

    2Speak unto Aaron and his sons, that they set themselves apart from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they do not profane my holy name in those things which they consecrate unto me: I am the LORD.

  • Jer 16:2
    72%

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

  • Exod 34:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice to their gods, and one of them invites you, and you eat his sacrifice.

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

  • Lev 22:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9They shall therefore keep my ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die thereby, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.

    10No stranger shall eat of the holy thing: a temporary resident of the priest, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

  • Ezek 18:15
    71%

    15Who 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,

  • Lev 20:7
    71%

    7Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy: for I am the LORD your God.

  • Deut 23:17
    71%

    17There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

  • Deut 17:17
    71%

    17Neither shall he multiply wives for himself, lest his heart turn away; nor shall he greatly multiply silver and gold for himself.

  • Lev 22:32
    71%

    32Neither shall you profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD who sanctifies you,

  • Lev 19:29
    70%

    29Do 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.

  • Mal 2:11
    70%

    11Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.

  • Exod 21:10
    70%

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

  • Num 6:7
    70%

    7He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or his mother, for his brother, or his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.

  • 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.

  • 1 Cor 7:2
    70%

    2Nevertheless, to avoid sexual immorality, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

  • 2 Chr 23:6
    70%

    6But let none come into the house of the LORD, except the priests, and those that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.

  • Ezek 44:25
    70%

    25And they shall not go near a dead person to defile themselves; but for a father, or for a mother, or for a son, or for a daughter, for a brother, or for a sister who has had no husband, they may defile themselves.

  • Judg 21:7
    70%

    7What shall we do for wives for those who remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them our daughters as wives?

  • Heb 13:4
    69%

    4Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

  • Ezek 44:13
    69%

    13And they shall not come near to me, to perform the office of a priest to me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place; but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.