Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
The woman
General references
Bible References
The woman
Genesis 2:23
And the man said:
This one, at last, is bone of my bone
and flesh of my flesh;
this one will be called “woman,”
for she was taken from man.
and flesh of my flesh;
this one will be called “woman,”
for she was taken from man.
Numbers 30:7
and her husband hears about it and says nothing to her when he finds out, her vows are binding, and the obligations she put herself under are binding.
1 Corinthians 7:4
A wife does not have the right over her own body, but her husband does. In the same way, a husband does not have the right over his own body, but his wife does.
General references
Exodus 20:14 Do not commit adultery.
Numbers 30:9
“Every vow a widow or divorced woman puts herself under is binding on her.
Mark 10:9 Therefore what God has joined together, man must not separate.”