Numbers 30:9

World English Bible (2000)

"But the vow of a widow, or of her who is divorced, [even] everything with which she has bound her soul, shall stand against her.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 21:7 : 7 "'They shall not marry a woman who is a prostitute, or profane; neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband: for he is holy to his God.
  • Luke 2:37 : 37 and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn't depart from the temple, worshipping with fastings and petitions night and day.
  • Rom 7:2 : 2 For the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 30:10-16
    7 verses
    88%

    10"If she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,

    11and her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and didn't disallow her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she bound her soul shall stand.

    12But if her husband made them null and void in the day that he heard them, then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband has made them void; and Yahweh will forgive her.

    13Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

    14But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day, then he establishes all her vows, or all her bonds, which are on her: he has established them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.

    15But if he shall make them null and void after that he has heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity."

    16These are the statutes, which Yahweh commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, being in her youth, in her father's house.

  • Num 30:2-8
    7 verses
    86%

    2When a man vows a vow to Yahweh, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

    3"Also when a woman vows a vow to Yahweh, and binds herself by a bond, being in her father's house, in her youth,

    4and her father hears her vow, and her bond with which she has bound her soul, and her father holds his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she has bound her soul shall stand.

    5But if her father disallow her in the day that he hears, none of her vows, or of her bonds with which she has bound her soul, shall stand: and Yahweh will forgive her, because her father disallowed her.

    6"If she is [married] to a husband, while her vows are on her, or the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul,

    7and her husband hear it, and hold his peace at her in the day that he hears it; then her vows shall stand, and her bonds with which she has bound her soul shall stand.

    8But if her husband disallow her in the day that he hears it, then he shall make void her vow which is on her, and the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul: and Yahweh will forgive her.

  • Rom 7:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2For the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband.

    3So then if, while the husband lives, she is joined to another man, she would be called an adulteress. But if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she is joined to another man.

  • 1 Cor 7:39
    73%

    39A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whoever she desires, only in the Lord.

  • 1 Tim 5:9
    72%

    9Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,

  • Deut 24:1-4
    4 verses
    72%

    1When a man takes a wife, and marries her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he has found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorce, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

    2When she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's [wife].

    3If the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorce, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, who took her to be his wife;

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

  • 1 Cor 7:11
    72%

    11(but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.

  • Exod 21:9-11
    3 verses
    71%

    9If he marries her to his son, he shall deal with her as a daughter.

    10If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marital rights.

    11If he doesn't do these three things for her, she may go free without paying any money.

  • Lev 21:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13"'He shall take a wife in her virginity.

    14A widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute, these he shall not marry: but a virgin of his own people shall he take as a wife.

  • Prov 2:17
    70%

    17who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God:

  • Matt 5:31-32
    2 verses
    70%

    31"It was also said, 'Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,'

    32but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.

  • Num 5:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

    19The priest shall cause her to swear, and shall tell the woman, "If no man has lain with you, and if you haven't gone aside to uncleanness, being under your husband, be free from this water of bitterness that brings a curse.

    20But if you have gone astray, being under your husband, and if you are defiled, and some man has lain with you besides your husband:"

  • Mark 10:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her.

    12If a woman herself divorces her husband, and marries another, she commits adultery."

  • 1 Cor 7:37
    70%

    37But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own heart, to keep his own virgin, does well.

  • Ezek 44:22
    70%

    22Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her who is put away; but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.

  • Deut 28:30
    70%

    30You shall betroth 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 use its fruit.

  • Deut 22:14
    70%

    14and accuses her of shameful things, and brings up an evil name on her, and says, "I took this woman, and when I came near to her, I didn't find in her the tokens of virginity;"

  • Exod 22:17
    70%

    17If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

  • Num 6:2
    70%

    2"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: 'When either man or woman shall make a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to Yahweh,

  • 1 Tim 5:11
    70%

    11But refuse younger widows, for when they have grown wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;

  • Mal 2:14
    69%

    14Yet you say, 'Why?' Because Yahweh has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion, and the wife of your covenant.

  • 1 Tim 5:5
    69%

    5Now she who is a widow indeed, and desolate, has her hope set on God, and continues in petitions and prayers night and day.

  • Ezek 16:32
    69%

    32A wife who commits adultery! who takes strangers instead of her husband!

  • Jer 44:25
    69%

    25Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, saying, You and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and with your hands have fulfilled it, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink offerings to her: establish then your vows, and perform your vows.

  • 1 Tim 5:16
    69%

    16If any man or woman who believes has widows, let them relieve them, and don't let the assembly be burdened; that it might relieve those who are widows indeed.

  • Job 31:10
    68%

    10then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her.

  • Num 5:29
    68%

    29"'This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goes astray, and is defiled;

  • Num 5:27
    68%

    27When 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.