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 said Adam, "This is once bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. This shall be called woman: because she was taken of the man."
Numbers 30:7
and her husband heard it and held his peace thereat the same day he heard it: Then her vows and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul, shall stand in effect.
1 Corinthians 7:4
The wife hath not power over her own body: but the husband; And likewise the man hath not power over his own body: but the wife.
General references
Exodus 20:14
"Thou shalt not break wedlock.
Numbers 30:9
The vow of a widow and of her that is divorced, and all that they have bound their souls withal, shall stand in effect with them.
Mark 10:9
Therefore, what God hath coupled, let not man separate."