Deuteronomy 27:23
‘Cursed is the one who goes to bed with his mother-in-law.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
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Referenced Verses
- Lev 20:14 : 14 If a man has marital relations with both a woman and her mother, it is lewdness. Both he and they must be burned to death, so there is no lewdness in your midst.
- Lev 18:17 : 17 You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter; you must not take as wife either her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter to have sexual relations with them. They are closely related to her– it is lewdness.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Deut 27:15-228 verses88%
15 ‘Cursed is the one who makes a carved or metal image– something abhorrent to the LORD, the work of the craftsman– and sets it up in a secret place.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
16 ‘Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
17 ‘Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor’s boundary marker.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
18 ‘Cursed is the one who misleads a blind person on the road.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
19 ‘Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
20 ‘Cursed is the one who goes to bed with his father’s former wife, for he dishonors his father.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
21 ‘Cursed is the one who commits bestiality.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
22 ‘Cursed is the one who goes to bed with his sister, the daughter of either his father or mother.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
- Deut 27:24-263 verses81%
24 ‘Cursed is the one who kills his neighbor in private.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
25 ‘Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
26 ‘Cursed is the one who refuses to keep the words of this law.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
- Lev 20:9-146 verses73%
9 Family Life and Sexual Prohibitions“‘If anyone curses his father and mother he must be put to death. He has cursed his father and mother; his blood guilt is on himself.
10 If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.
11 If a man goes to bed with his father’s wife, he has exposed his father’s nakedness. Both of them must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.
12 If a man goes to bed with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death. They have committed perversion; their blood guilt is on themselves.
13 If a man goes to bed with a male as one goes to bed with a woman, the two of them have committed an abomination. They must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.
14 If a man has marital relations with both a woman and her mother, it is lewdness. Both he and they must be burned to death, so there is no lewdness in your midst.
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11 There is a generation who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
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17 “Whoever treats his father or his mother disgracefully must surely be put to death.
- Num 5:21-222 verses69%
21 Then the priest will put the woman under the oath of the curse and will say to her,“The LORD make you an attested curse among your people, if the LORD makes your thigh fall away and your abdomen swell;
22 and this water that causes the curse will go into your stomach, and make your abdomen swell and your thigh rot.” Then the woman must say,“Amen, amen.”
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11 One commits an abominable act with his neighbor’s wife; another obscenely defiles his daughter-in-law; another violates his sister– his father’s daughter– within you.
- Lev 18:13-153 verses69%
13 You must not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, because she is your mother’s flesh.
14 You must not expose the nakedness of your father’s brother; you must not approach his wife to have marital relations with her. She is your aunt.
15 You must not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law; she is your son’s wife. You must not have sexual relations with her.
- Lev 20:19-213 verses69%
19 You must not expose the nakedness of your mother’s sister and your father’s sister, for such a person has laid bare his own close relative. They must bear their punishment for iniquity.
20 If a man goes to bed with his aunt, he has exposed his uncle’s nakedness; they must bear responsibility for their sin, they will die childless.
21 If a man has marital relations with his brother’s wife, it is indecency. He has exposed his brother’s nakedness; they will be childless.
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20 The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.
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30 (23:1) A man may not marry his father’s former wife and in this way dishonor his father.
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7 You must not expose your father’s nakedness by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.
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17 You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter; you must not take as wife either her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter to have sexual relations with them. They are closely related to her– it is lewdness.
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13 So his mother told him,“Any curse against you will fall on me, my son! Just obey me! Go and get them for me!”
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18 Your children will be cursed, as well as the produce of your soil, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.
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20 You must not have sexual relations with the wife of your fellow citizen to become unclean with her.
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15 “Whoever strikes his father or his mother must surely be put to death.
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22 You must not have sexual relations with a male as one has sexual relations with a woman; it is a detestable act.
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22 If a man is discovered in bed with a married woman both the man lying in bed with the woman and the woman herself must die; in this way you will purge evil from Israel.
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11 For I would have committed a shameful act, an iniquity to be judged.
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15 Moreover, you are to tell the Israelites,‘If any man curses his God he will bear responsibility for his sin,
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2 He said to his mother,“You know the eleven hundred pieces of silver which were stolen from you, about which I heard you pronounce a curse? Look here, I have the silver. I stole it, but now I am giving it back to you.” His mother said,“May the LORD reward you, my son!”
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2 O my son, O son of my womb, O son of my vows,
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27 When he has made her drink the water, then, if she has defiled herself and behaved unfaithfully toward her husband, the water that brings a curse will enter her to produce bitterness– her abdomen will swell, her thigh will fall away, and the woman will become a curse among her people.
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14 May his ancestors’ sins be remembered by the LORD! May his mother’s sin not be forgotten!
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22 Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
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29 May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. You will be lord over your brothers, and the sons of your mother will bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”
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20 Lying with a Slave Woman“‘When a man goes to bed with a woman for intercourse, although she is a slave woman designated for another man and she has not yet been ransomed, or freedom has not been granted to her, there will be an obligation to pay compensation. They must not be put to death, because she was not free.