Topic
Benevolence
2 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
These works date from 1896–1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Exodus 21:10ISBE
If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
- 1 Corinthians 7:3ISBE
Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 3 references
be-nev'-o-lens: the King James Version translation of phrase in Textus Receptus of the New Testament of 1Co 7:3, rejected by the Revised Version (British and American) which following Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek translates Greek opheile, "due." This reference to the marriage relation is explained in 7:4. Compare Ex 21:10.
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 0 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → See ALMS
- → See BENEVOLENCE
- → See CHARITABLENESS
- → See LIBERALITY
- → See LOVE
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.