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.

General references

Bible References

The woman

Genesis 2:23
and the man saith, 'This is the proper step! bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh!' for this it is called Woman, for from a man hath this been taken;
Numbers 30:7
and her husband hath heard, and in the day of his hearing, he hath kept silent at her, then have her vows been established, and her bonds which she hath bound on her soul are established.
1 Corinthians 7:4
the wife over her own body hath not authority, but the husband; and, in like manner also, the husband over his own body hath not authority, but the wife.

General references

Exodus 20:14
'Thou dost not commit adultery.
Numbers 30:9
'As to the vow of a widow or cast-out woman, all that she hath bound on her soul is established on her.
Mark 10:9
what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.'