Deuteronomy 27:20
"Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen."
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- Deuteronomy 22:30
"A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt."
Read in chapter → - Leviticus 18:8
"The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness."
Read in chapter → - Leviticus 20:11
"And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them."
Read in chapter → - 1 Corinthians 5:1
"It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife."
Read in chapter → - 2 Samuel 16:22
"So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel."
Read in chapter → - 1 Chronicles 5:1
"Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 49:4
"Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 35:22
"And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:"
Read in chapter → - Amos 2:7
"That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:"
Read in chapter → - Ezekiel 22:10
"In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution."
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