Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
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Bible References
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Leviticus 18:16
You are not to have sexual intercourse with your brother’s wife; it will shame your brother.
Leviticus 20:21
If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is impurity. He has shamed his brother; they will be childless.
1 Kings 22:14
But Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, I will say whatever the Lord says to me.”
Ezekiel 3:18
If I say to the wicked person, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him—you don’t speak out to warn him about his wicked way in order to save his life—that wicked person will die for his iniquity. Yet I will hold you responsible for his blood.
Matthew 14:3
For Herod had arrested John, chained him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,
Acts 20:26
Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of everyone’s blood,
Acts 24:24
After some days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and listened to him on the subject of faith in Christ Jesus.
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Matthew 14:4
since John had been telling him, “It’s not lawful for you to have her!”
Luke 3:19
But Herod the tetrarch, being rebuked by him about Herodias, his brother’s wife, and about all the evil things Herod had done,