Deuteronomy 27:23

World English Bible (2000)

'Cursed is he who lies with his mother-in-law.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 20:14 : 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.
  • Lev 18:17 : 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 27:15-22
    8 verses
    88%

    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.'

    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.'

    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.'

  • Deut 27:24-26
    3 verses
    81%

    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.'"

  • Lev 20:9-14
    6 verses
    73%

    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.

  • Prov 30:11
    72%

    11 There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn't bless their mother.

  • Exod 21:17
    71%

    17 "Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

  • Num 5:21-22
    2 verses
    69%

    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;

    22 and this water that brings a curse will go into your bowels, and make your body swell, and your thigh fall away." The woman shall say, "Amen, Amen."

  • Ezek 22:11
    69%

    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 18:13-15
    3 verses
    69%

    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 20:19-21
    3 verses
    69%

    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.

  • Prov 20:20
    69%

    20 Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

  • Deut 22:30
    68%

    30 A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt.

  • Lev 18:7
    68%

    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.

  • Lev 18:17
    68%

    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.

  • Gen 27:13
    68%

    13 His mother said to him, "Let your curse be on me, my son. Only obey my voice, and go get them for me."

  • Deut 28:18
    67%

    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.

  • Lev 18:20
    67%

    20 "'You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, and defile yourself with her.

  • Exod 21:15
    67%

    15 "Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.

  • Lev 18:22
    67%

    22 "'You shall not lie with a man, as with a woman. That is detestable.

  • Deut 22:22
    67%

    22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman: so you shall put away the evil from Israel.

  • Job 31:11
    67%

    11 For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges:

  • Lev 24:15
    66%

    15 You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.

  • Judg 17:2
    66%

    2 He said to his mother, "The eleven hundred [pieces] of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it." His mother said, "Blessed be my son of Yahweh."

  • Prov 31:2
    66%

    2 "Oh, my son! Oh, son of my womb! Oh, son of my vows!

  • Num 5:27
    66%

    27 When he has made her drink the water, then it shall happen, if she is defiled, and has committed a trespass against her husband, that the water that causes the curse will enter into her and become bitter, and her body will swell, and her thigh will fall away: and the woman will be a curse among her people.

  • Ps 109:14
    66%

    14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh. Don't let the sin of his mother be blotted out.

  • Prov 23:22
    66%

    22 Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old.

  • Gen 27:29
    66%

    29 Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you. Blessed be everyone who blesses you."

  • Lev 19:20
    66%

    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.