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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Leviticus 18:16
You must not expose the nakedness of your brother's wife; she [is] your brother's nakedness.
Leviticus 20:21
As for a man who marries his brother's wife, it [is] an abomination; he has exposed his brother's nakedness--they shall be childless.
1 Kings 22:14
Then Micaiah said, "{As Yahweh lives}, surely only as Yahweh speaks to me, that will I speak."
Ezekiel 3:18
{When I say} to the wicked, 'Surely you will die,' and you do not warn him and you do not speak to warn [the] wicked from his wicked way {so that he may live}, that wicked [person] will die because of his guilt, and from your hand I will seek his blood.
Matthew 14:3
For Herod, [after] arresting John, bound him and put [him] in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip,
Acts 20:26
Therefore I testify to you on this very day that I am guiltless of the blood of all [of you],
Acts 24:24
And after some days, [when] Felix arrived with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and listened to him concerning faith in Christ Jesus.

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Matthew 14:4
because John had been saying to him, "It is not permitted for you to have her."
Luke 3:19
But Herod the tetrarch, who had been reproved by him concerning Herodias, his brother's wife, and concerning all the evil deeds that Herod had done,