23 ‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his mother-in-law.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Deuteronomy 27:23
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Deuteronomy 27:15–17
15 ‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ 16 ‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people…
Book of Jubilees 33:11–13
11 And there shall be nothing unclean before our God in the nation which He has chosen for Himself as a possession. (JUB) 12 And again, it is written a second time: 'Cursed be he who lieth with the wife of his father, for he hath uncovered his father's shame'; and all the… (JUB)
Proverbs 20:19–21
19 He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips. 20 Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness. 21 An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.
2 Enoch 52:9–11
9 Blessed is he who keeps the foundations of his fathers made firm from the beginning. (2EN) 10 Cursed is he who perverts the decrees of his forefathers. (2EN) 11 Blessed is he who implants peace and love. (2EN)
Isaiah 45:9–11
9 Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker— one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’? 10 Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What have you begotten?’ or to his mother, ‘What have you brought f…
2 Enoch 52:3–5
3 Blessed is he who opens his lips blessing and praising God. (2EN) 4 Cursed is he before the Lord all the days of his life, who opens his lips to curse and abuse. (2EN) 5 Blessed is he who blesses all the Lord's works. (2EN)
Leviticus 20:10–12
10 If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death. 11 If a man lies with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness. Both must surely be put to death;… 12 …
Job 31:9–11
9 If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door, 10 then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her. 11 For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.
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