Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Bible References
General references
Deuteronomy 22:30
A man shall not take his father's wife, - neither shall he turn aside his father's coverlet.
Genesis 35:22
And it came to pass while Israel inhabited that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine; and Israel heard of it. And so the Sons of Israel came to be Twelve.
Genesis 49:4
Boiling over like water, thou mayest not have pre-eminence, Because thou didst mount the bed of thy father, - Then, wast thou profane - My marriage-bed, he mounted!
Leviticus 18:8
The shame of thy father's wife, shalt thou not uncover, - thy father's shame, it is.
Leviticus 20:11
And any man who lieth with his father's wife, the shame of his father, hath uncovered, - they both shall, surely be put to death - their blood shall be upon themselves.
2 Samuel 16:22
And they stretched out for Absolom a tent, upon the house-top, - and Absolom went in unto his father's concubines, in the sight of all Israel.
1 Chronicles 5:1
And the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, for, he, was the firstborn, but because he defiled the couch of his father, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, - and he is not to be enrolled in the place of firstborn,
Ezekiel 22:10
A father's shame hath been uncovered in thee, Her that was unclean in her removal, have they humbled in thee;
Amos 2:7
Who strive to bring the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and, the way of the oppressed, they pervert, - Yea, a man and his own father, go in unto the maid, to profane my holy Name!
1 Corinthians 5:1
On all hands, there is reported to be among you - fornication, and such fornication as this - which, not among the nations, is found , - as that one should have, his father's wife: -