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
Do not have sexual intercourse with your sister-in-law. She is your brother's wife.
Leviticus 20:21
He who marries his brother's wife violates his brother's marriage and does an unclean thing. That man and woman will have no children.
1 Kings 22:14
Micaiah answered: By the living God Jehovah I promise that I will say what he tells me to say!
Ezekiel 3:18
When I tell a wicked man that he will surely die, but you do not warn him or speak out so that he can change his wicked way in order to save his life; that wicked man will die because of his sin. I will hold you responsible for his death.
Matthew 14:3
Herod locked John in prison to please Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.
Acts 20:26
I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of all men.
Acts 24:24
A few days later Felix arrived with Drusilla his wife, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and listened to him concerning faith in Christ.
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Matthew 14:4
For John had said to him: It is not lawful for you to have her.
Luke 3:19
John reproved Herod the tetrarch for all the evil things he had done for he took his brother Herodias' wife.