Verse 3

So then{G686}{G3767} if{G1437}, while her husband{G435} liveth{G2198}{(G5723)}, she be married{G1096}{(G5638)} to another{G2087} man{G435}, she shall be called{G5537}{(G5692)} an adulteress{G3428}: but{G1161} if{G1437} her husband{G435} be dead{G599}{(G5632)}, she is{G2076}{(G5748)} free{G1658} from{G575} that law{G3551}; so that she{G846} is{G1511}{(G5750)} no{G3361} adulteress{G3428}, though she be married{G1096}{(G5637)} to another{G2087} man{G435}.

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 5:32 : 32 But{G1161} I{G1473} say{G3004}{(G5719)} unto you{G5213}, That{G3754} whosoever{G3739}{G302} shall put away{G630}{(G5661)} his{G846} wife{G1135}, saving{G3924} for the cause{G3056} of fornication{G4202}, causeth{G4160}{(G5719)} her{G846} to commit adultery{G3429}{(G5738)}: and{G2532} whosoever{G3739}{G1437} shall marry{G1060}{(G5661)} her that is divorced{G630}{(G5772)} committeth adultery{G3429}{(G5736)}.
  • Mark 10:6-9 : 6 But{G1161} from{G575} the beginning{G746} of the creation{G2937} God{G2316} made{G4160}{(G5656)} them{G846} male{G730} and{G2532} female{G2338}. 7 For this cause{G1752}{G5127} shall{G2641} a man{G444} leave{G2641}{(G5692)} his{G846} father{G3962} and{G2532} mother{G3384}, and{G2532} cleave{G4347}{(G5701)} to{G4314} his{G846} wife{G1135}; 8 And{G2532} they twain{G1417} shall be{G2071}{(G5704)} one{G1519}{G3391} flesh{G4561}: so then{G5620} they are{G1526}{(G5748)} no more{G3765} twain{G1417}, but{G235} one{G3391} flesh{G4561}. 9 What{G3739} therefore{G3767} God{G2316} hath joined together{G4801}{(G5656)}, let{G5563} not{G3361} man{G444} put asunder{G5563}{(G5720)}. 10 And{G2532} in{G1722} the house{G3614} his{G846} disciples{G3101} asked{G1905}{(G5656)} him{G846} again{G3825} of{G4012} the same{G846} matter. 11 And{G2532} he saith{G3004}{(G5719)} unto them{G846}, Whosoever{G3739}{G1437} shall put away{G630}{(G5661)} his{G846} wife{G1135}, and{G2532} marry{G1060}{(G5661)} another{G243}, committeth adultery{G3429}{(G5736)} against{G1909} her{G846}. 12 And{G2532} if{G1437} a woman{G1135} shall put away{G630}{(G5661)} her{G846} husband{G435}, and{G2532} be married{G1060}{(G5686)} to another{G243}, she committeth adultery{G3429}{(G5736)}.
  • John 8:3-5 : 3 And{G1161} the scribes{G1122} and{G2532} Pharisees{G5330} brought{G71}{(G5719)} unto{G4314} him{G846} a woman{G1135} taken{G2638}{(G5772)} in{G1722} adultery{G3430}; and{G2532} when they had set{G2476}{(G5660)} her{G846} in{G1722} the midst{G3319}, 4 They say{G3004}{(G5719)} unto him{G846}, Master{G1320}, this{G3778} woman{G1135} was taken{G2638}{(G5681)} in adultery{G3431}{(G5746)}, in the very act{G1888}. 5 Now{G1161} Moses{G3475} in{G1722} the law{G3551} commanded{G1781}{(G5662)} us{G2254}, that such{G5108} should be stoned{G3036}{(G5745)}: but{G3767} what{G5101} sayest{G3004}{(G5719)} thou{G4771}?
  • 1 Tim 5:11-14 : 11 But{G1161} the younger{G3501} widows{G5503} refuse{G3868}{(G5737)}: for{G1063} when{G3752} they have begun to wax wanton against{G2691}{(G5661)} Christ{G5547}, they will{G2309}{(G5719)} marry{G1060}{(G5721)}; 12 Having{G2192}{(G5723)} damnation{G2917}, because{G3754} they have cast off{G114}{(G5656)} their first{G4413} faith{G4102}. 13 And{G1161}{G2532} withal{G260} they learn{G3129}{(G5719)} to be idle{G692}, wandering about{G4022}{(G5740)} from house to house{G3614}; and{G1161} not{G3756} only{G3440} idle{G692}, but{G235} tattlers{G5397} also{G2532} and{G2532} busybodies{G4021}, speaking{G2980}{(G5723)} things which{G3588} they ought{G1163}{(G5752)} not{G3361}. 14 I will{G1014}{(G5736)} therefore{G3767} that the younger women{G3501} marry{G1060}{(G5721)}, bear children{G5041}{(G5721)}, guide the house{G3616}{(G5721)}, give{G1325}{(G5721)} none{G3367} occasion{G874} to the adversary{G480}{(G5740)} to{G5484} speak reproachfully{G3059}.
  • Exod 20:14 : 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery{H5003}{(H8799)}.
  • Lev 20:10 : 10 And the man{H376} that committeth adultery{H5003}{(H8799)} with another man's{H376} wife{H802}, even he that committeth adultery{H5003}{(H8799)} with his neighbour's{H7453} wife{H802}, the adulterer{H5003}{(H8802)} and the adulteress{H5003}{(H8802)} shall surely{H4191}{(H8800)} be put to death{H4191}{(H8714)}.
  • Num 5:13-31 : 13 And a man{H376} lie{H7901}{(H8804)} with her carnally{H7902}{H2233}, and it be hid{H5956}{(H8738)} from the eyes{H5869} of her husband{H376}, and be kept close{H5641}{(H8738)}, and she be defiled{H2930}{(H8738)}, and there be no witness{H5707} against her, neither she be taken{H8610}{(H8738)} with the manner; 14 And the spirit{H7307} of jealousy{H7068} come{H5674}{(H8804)} upon him, and he be jealous{H7065}{(H8765)} of his wife{H802}, and she be defiled{H2930}{(H8738)}: or if the spirit{H7307} of jealousy{H7068} come{H5674}{(H8804)} upon him, and he be jealous{H7065}{(H8765)} of his wife{H802}, and she be not defiled{H2930}{(H8738)}: 15 Then shall the man{H376} bring{H935}{(H8689)} his wife{H802} unto the priest{H3548}, and he shall bring{H935}{(H8689)} her offering{H7133} for her, the tenth{H6224} part of an ephah{H374} of barley{H8184} meal{H7058}; he shall pour{H3332}{(H8799)} no oil{H8081} upon it, nor put{H5414}{(H8799)} frankincense{H3828} thereon; for it is an offering{H4503} of jealousy{H7068}, an offering{H4503} of memorial{H2146}, bringing{H2142} iniquity{H5771} to remembrance{H2142}{(H8688)}. 16 And the priest{H3548} shall bring her near{H7126}{(H8689)}, and set{H5975}{(H8689)} her before{H6440} the LORD{H3068}: 17 And the priest{H3548} shall take{H3947}{(H8804)} holy{H6918} water{H4325} in an earthen{H2789} vessel{H3627}; and of the dust{H6083} that is in the floor{H7172} of the tabernacle{H4908} the priest{H3548} shall take{H3947}{(H8799)}, and put{H5414}{(H8804)} it into the water{H4325}: 18 And the priest{H3548} shall set{H5975}{(H8689)} the woman{H802} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068}, and uncover{H6544}{(H8804)} the woman's{H802} head{H7218}, and put{H5414}{(H8804)} the offering{H4503} of memorial{H2146} in her hands{H3709}, which is the jealousy{H7068} offering{H4503}: and the priest{H3548} shall have in his hand{H3027} the bitter{H4751} water{H4325} that causeth the curse{H779}{(H8764)}: 19 And the priest{H3548} shall charge her by an oath{H7650}{(H8689)}, and say{H559}{(H8804)} unto the woman{H802}, If no man{H376} have lain{H7901}{(H8804)} with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside{H7847}{(H8804)} to uncleanness{H2932} with another instead of thy husband{H376}, be thou free{H5352}{(H8734)} from this bitter{H4751} water{H4325} that causeth the curse{H779}{(H8764)}: 20 But if thou hast gone aside{H7847}{(H8804)} to another instead of thy husband{H376}, and if thou be defiled{H2930}{(H8738)}, and some man{H376} have{H5414}{(H8799)} lain{H7903} with thee beside{H1107} thine husband{H376}: 21 Then the priest{H3548} shall charge{H7650}{(H8689)} the woman{H802} with an oath{H7621} of cursing{H423}, and the priest{H3548} shall say{H559}{(H8804)} unto the woman{H802}, The LORD{H3068} make{H5414}{(H8799)} thee a curse{H423} and an oath{H7621} among{H8432} thy people{H5971}, when the LORD{H3068} doth make{H5414}{(H8800)} thy thigh{H3409} to rot{H5307}{(H8802)}, and thy belly{H990} to swell{H6639}; 22 And this water{H4325} that causeth the curse{H779}{(H8764)} shall go{H935}{(H8804)} into thy bowels{H4578}, to make thy belly{H990} to swell{H6638}{(H8687)}, and thy thigh{H3409} to rot{H5307}{(H8687)}: And the woman{H802} shall say{H559}{(H8804)}, Amen{H543}, amen{H543}. 23 And the priest{H3548} shall write{H3789}{(H8804)} these curses{H423} in a book{H5612}, and he shall blot{H4229}{(H8804)} them out with the bitter{H4751} water{H4325}: 24 And he shall cause the woman{H802} to drink{H8248}{(H8689)} the bitter{H4751} water{H4325} that causeth the curse{H779}{(H8764)}: and the water{H4325} that causeth the curse{H779}{(H8764)} shall enter{H935}{(H8804)} into her, and become bitter{H4751}. 25 Then the priest{H3548} shall take{H3947}{(H8804)} the jealousy{H7068} offering{H4503} out of the woman's{H802} hand{H3027}, and shall wave{H5130}{(H8689)} the offering{H4503} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068}, and offer{H7126}{(H8689)} it upon the altar{H4196}: 26 And the priest{H3548} shall take an handful{H7061}{(H8804)} of the offering{H4503}, even the memorial{H234} thereof, and burn{H6999}{(H8689)} it upon the altar{H4196}, and afterward{H310} shall cause the woman{H802} to drink{H8248}{(H8686)} the water{H4325}. 27 And when he hath made her to drink{H8248}{(H8689)} the water{H4325}, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled{H2930}{(H8738)}, and have done{H4603}{(H8799)} trespass{H4604} against her husband{H376}, that the water{H4325} that causeth the curse{H779}{(H8764)} shall enter{H935}{(H8804)} into her, and become bitter{H4751}, and her belly{H990} shall swell{H6638}{(H8804)}, and her thigh{H3409} shall rot{H5307}{(H8804)}: and the woman{H802} shall be a curse{H423} among{H7130} her people{H5971}. 28 And if the woman{H802} be not defiled{H2930}{(H8738)}, but be clean{H2889}; then she shall be free{H5352}{(H8738)}, and shall conceive{H2232}{(H8738)} seed{H2233}. 29 This is the law{H8451} of jealousies{H7068}, when a wife{H802} goeth aside{H7847}{(H8799)} to another instead of her husband{H376}, and is defiled{H2930}{(H8738)}; 30 Or when the spirit{H7307} of jealousy{H7068} cometh{H5674}{(H8799)} upon him{H376}, and he be jealous{H7065}{(H8765)} over his wife{H802}, and shall set{H5975}{(H8689)} the woman{H802} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068}, and the priest{H3548} shall execute{H6213}{(H8804)} upon her all this law{H8451}. 31 Then shall the man{H376} be guiltless{H5352}{(H8738)} from iniquity{H5771}, and this{H1931} woman{H802} shall bear{H5375}{(H8799)} her iniquity{H5771}.
  • Deut 22:22-24 : 22 If a man{H376} be found{H4672}{(H8735)} lying{H7901}{(H8802)} with a woman{H802} married{H1166}{(H8803)} to an husband{H1167}, then they shall both of them{H8147} die{H4191}{(H8804)}, both the man{H376} that lay{H7901}{(H8802)} with the woman{H802}, and the woman{H802}: so shalt thou put away{H1197}{(H8765)} evil{H7451} from Israel{H3478}. 23 If a damsel{H5291} that is a virgin{H1330} be betrothed{H781}{(H8794)} unto an husband{H376}, and a man{H376} find{H4672}{(H8804)} her in the city{H5892}, and lie{H7901}{(H8804)} with her; 24 Then ye shall bring{H3318}{(H8689)} them both{H8147} out unto the gate{H8179} of that city{H5892}, and ye shall stone{H5619}{(H8804)} them with stones{H68} that they die{H4191}{(H8804)}; the damsel{H5291}, because{H834}{H1697} she cried{H6817}{(H8804)} not, being in the city{H5892}; and the man{H376}, because{H834}{H1697} he hath humbled{H6031}{(H8765)} his neighbour's{H7453} wife{H802}: so thou shalt put away{H1197}{(H8765)} evil{H7451} from among{H7130} you.
  • Ruth 2:13 : 13 Then she said{H559}{(H8799)}, Let me find{H4672}{(H8799)} favour{H2580} in thy sight{H5869}, my lord{H113}; for that thou hast comforted{H5162}{(H8765)} me, and for that thou hast spoken{H1696}{(H8765)} friendly{H3820} unto thine handmaid{H8198}, though I be not like unto one{H259} of thine handmaidens{H8198}.
  • 1 Sam 25:39-42 : 39 And when David{H1732} heard{H8085}{(H8799)} that Nabal{H5037} was dead{H4191}{(H8804)}, he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Blessed{H1288}{(H8803)} be the LORD{H3068}, that hath pleaded{H7378}{(H8804)} the cause{H7379} of my reproach{H2781} from the hand{H3027} of Nabal{H5037}, and hath kept{H2820}{(H8804)} his servant{H5650} from evil{H7451}: for the LORD{H3068} hath returned{H7725}{(H8689)} the wickedness{H7451} of Nabal{H5037} upon his own head{H7218}. And David{H1732} sent{H7971}{(H8799)} and communed{H1696}{(H8762)} with Abigail{H26}, to take{H3947}{(H8800)} her to him to wife{H802}. 40 And when the servants{H5650} of David{H1732} were come{H935}{(H8799)} to Abigail{H26} to Carmel{H3760}, they spake{H1696}{(H8762)} unto her, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, David{H1732} sent{H7971}{(H8804)} us unto thee, to take{H3947}{(H8800)} thee to him to wife{H802}. 41 And she arose{H6965}{(H8799)}, and bowed{H7812}{(H8691)} herself on her face{H639} to the earth{H776}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Behold, let thine handmaid{H519} be a servant{H8198} to wash{H7364}{(H8800)} the feet{H7272} of the servants{H5650} of my lord{H113}. 42 And Abigail{H26} hasted{H4116}{(H8762)}, and arose{H6965}{(H8799)}, and rode{H7392}{(H8799)} upon an ass{H2543}, with five{H2568} damsels{H5291} of hers that went{H1980}{(H8802)} after{H7272} her; and she went{H3212}{(H8799)} after{H310} the messengers{H4397} of David{H1732}, and became his wife{H802}.