Mother-in-Law
A 19th-century editor grouped these passages under ‘Mother-in-Law’. It’s a historical finding aid — one editor’s arrangement of the text, not Scripture’s own.
Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.
Showing 1–7 of 7 verses grouped under this topic.
Nave's Topical Bible
Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.
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For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
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“ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter. You shall not take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness. They are near kinswomen. It is wickedness.
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“ ‘If a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness. They shall be burned with fire, both he and they, that there may be no wickedness among you.
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‘Cursed is he who lies with his mother-in-law.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
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Ruth 1:14-17 OT
They lifted up their voices and wept again; then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth stayed with her. She said, “Behold, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her god. Follow your sister-in-law.” Ruth said, “Don’t urge…
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Mark 1:30 NT
Now Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him about her.
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Mark 1:31 NT
He came and took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her immediately, and she served them.