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
Then Adam said,
“This is now bone of my bones,
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called Woman,
Because she was taken out of Man.”
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called Woman,
Because she was taken out of Man.”
Numbers 30:7
and her husband hears of it and says nothing about it on the day he hears it, then her vows shall stand and her pledge by which she bound herself shall stand.
1 Corinthians 7:4
The wife does not have [exclusive] authority over her own body, but the husband shares with her; and likewise the husband does not have [exclusive] authority over his body, but the wife shares with him.
General references
Exodus 20:14
“You shall not commit adultery.
Numbers 30:9
“But the vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, everything by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her.
Mark 10:9 Therefore, what God has united and joined together, man must not separate [by divorce].”