Marrying Cousins

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 →

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

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, — 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.

Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

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

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

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.

Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. — 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.

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son’s wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

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 →

The nakedness of thy father’s wife’s daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen. — 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 son’s daughter, or of thy daughter’s daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness.

The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.

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.

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

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

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

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

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.

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

That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

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

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

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.

Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

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.

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

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.

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

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

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. — 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 we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: — read the full passage →

And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →

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.

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.

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 →

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.

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: she is thy father’s near kinswoman. — read the full passage →

And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things. — read the full passage →

And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. — read the full passage →

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

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

For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, — read the full passage →

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.

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.

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.

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

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

Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt.

Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.

The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. — read the full passage →

By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; — read the full passage →

But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:

I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.

But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;

Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; — read the full passage →

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

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

Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;

And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: — read the full passage →

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

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 →

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

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

And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.

How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: — read the full passage →

One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. — read the full passage →