Topic
Prostitution
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 They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently.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.
- Leviticus 19:29Nave Forbidden
¶ Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
- Deuteronomy 23:17Nave Forbidden
¶ There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
pros-ti-tu'-shun.
See CRIMES; HARLOT; PUNISHMENTS.
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 2 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → (Lascivious behavior)
- → Forbidden Le 19:29; De 23:17
- → See ADULTERY
- → See LASCIVIOUSNESS
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.