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, now, is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh! This, one shall be called Woman, for, out of a man, hath this one been taken.
Numbers 30:7
and her husband heard it, and on the day that he heard, he held his peace at her, then shall her vows stand and her bonds which she hath bound upon her soul, shall stand,
1 Corinthians 7:4
The wife, over her own body, hath not authority, but the husband, and, in like manner, the husband also, over his own body, hath not authority, but the wife.
General references
Exodus 20:14
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Numbers 30:9
But as for the vow of a widow, or of a woman divorced, whatsoever she hath bound on her soul, shall stand against her.
Mark 10:9
What then, God, hath yoked together, let, a man, not put asunder.