Topic
Mother-in-Law
7 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Leviticus 18:17Nave Not to be defiled
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
- Leviticus 20:14Nave Not to be defiled
And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
- Deuteronomy 27:23Nave Not to be defiled
Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Ruth 1:14–17Nave Beloved by Ruth
And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her. And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law. And Ruth said,…
- Matthew 10:35Nave General scriptures concerning
For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
- Mark 1:30Nave Peter's, healed by Jesus
But Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell him of her.
- Mark 1:31Nave Peter's, healed by Jesus
And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
In the topical indexes
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.