Deuteronomy 27:20
'Cursed is he who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
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Referenced Verses
- Deut 22:30 : 30 A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt.
- Lev 18:8 : 8 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife: it is your father's nakedness.
- Lev 20:11 : 11 "'The man who 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.
- 1 Cor 5:1 : 1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that one has his father's wife.
- Gen 35:22 : 22 It happened, while Israel lived in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
- Gen 49:4 : 4 Boiling over as water, you shall not excel; because you went up to your father's bed, then defiled it. He went up to my couch.
- 2 Sam 16:22 : 22 So they spread Absalom a tent on the top of the house; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
- 1 Chr 5:1 : 1 The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn; but, because he defiled his father's couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
- Ezek 22:10 : 10 In you have they uncovered their fathers' nakedness; in you have they humbled her who was unclean in her impurity.
- Amos 2:7 : 7 They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and deny justice to the oppressed; and a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name;
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Deut 27:21-266 verses88%
21 'Cursed is he who lies with any kind of animal.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
22 'Cursed is he who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
23 'Cursed is he who lies with his mother-in-law.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
24 'Cursed is he who strikes his neighbor in secret.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
25 'Cursed is he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
26 'Cursed is he who doesn't confirm the words of this law to do them.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'"
- Deut 27:15-195 verses84%
15 'Cursed is the man who makes an engraved or molten image, an abomination to Yahweh, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.' All the people shall answer and say, 'Amen.'
16 'Cursed is he who sets light by his father or his mother.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
17 'Cursed is he who removes his neighbor's landmark.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
18 'Cursed is he who makes the blind to wander out of the way.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
19 'Cursed is he who wrests the justice [due] to the foreigner, fatherless, and widow.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
- Lev 20:9-146 verses81%
9 "'For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
10 "'The man who commits adultery with another man's wife, even he who commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
11 "'The man who 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.
12 "'If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have committed a perversion; their blood shall be upon them.
13 "'If a man lies with a male, as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
14 "'If a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there may be no wickedness among you.
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30 A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt.
- Lev 18:6-83 verses77%
6 "'None of you shall approach anyone who are his close relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am Yahweh.
7 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, nor the nakedness of your mother: she is your mother. You shall not uncover her nakedness.
8 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife: it is your father's nakedness.
- Lev 20:17-215 verses76%
17 "'If a man takes his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and sees her nakedness, and she sees his nakedness; it is a shameful thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people: he has uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
18 "'If a man lies with a woman having her monthly period, and uncovers her nakedness; he has made naked her fountain, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
19 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, nor of your father's sister; for he has made naked his close relative: they shall bear their iniquity.
20 If a man lies with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
21 "'If a man takes his brother's wife, it is an impurity: he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
- Ezek 22:10-112 verses75%
10 In you have they uncovered their fathers' nakedness; in you have they humbled her who was unclean in her impurity.
11 One has committed abomination with his neighbor's wife; and another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in you has humbled his sister, his father's daughter.
- Lev 18:11-122 verses74%
11 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, conceived by your father, since she is your sister.
12 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister: she is your father's near kinswoman.
- Lev 18:14-174 verses73%
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.
16 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.
17 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter. You shall not take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
- Lev 18:19-202 verses73%
19 "'You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.
20 "'You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, and defile yourself with her.
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20 "'If a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave girl, pledged to be married to another man, and not ransomed, or given her freedom; they shall be punished. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free.
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21 then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall tell the woman, "Yahweh make you a curse and an oath among your people, when Yahweh allows your thigh to fall away, and your body to swell;
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7 They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and deny justice to the oppressed; and a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name;
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18 The fruit of your body, the fruit of your ground, the increase of your livestock, and the young of your flock shall be cursed.
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17 "Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
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11 For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges:
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22 "'You shall not lie with a man, as with a woman. That is detestable.
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11 There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn't bless their mother.
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20 Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
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13 and a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and is kept close, and she is defiled, and there is no witness against her, and she isn't taken in the act;
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27 (for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land became defiled);
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15 You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.