Marriage Between Cousins

None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the Lord.

This is the thing which the Lord doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.

Arise, go to Padan–aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.

But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.

But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:

And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:

For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.

The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,

The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.

If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →

And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath–sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. — read the full passage →

If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the Lord. — read the full passage →

Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: — read the full passage →

Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.

Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,

Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; — read the full passage →

And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. — read the full passage →

For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia:

Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.

But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: — read the full passage →

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. — read the full passage →

But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. — read the full passage →

Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.

Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me. — read the full passage →

And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not:

Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel: — read the full passage →

None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the Lord. — read the full passage →

And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: — read the full passage →

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. — read the full passage →

Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:

For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. — read the full passage →

Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. — read the full passage →

Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord remaineth under curtains. — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is thy brother’s nakedness.

The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness.

Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the Lord your God.

Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.

Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, — read the full passage →