Deuteronomy 22:14
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And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:and he then accuses her of shameful conduct and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman and had relations with her, but I discovered she was not a virgin.”
In other translations
And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:and he then accuses her of shameful conduct and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman and had relations with her, but I discovered she was not a virgin.”
Hebrew words
וְשָׂםvesamand he will makeH7760לָהּlahto <the> herעֲלִילֹת'alilotdeeds ofH5949דְּבָרִיםdevarimwordsH1697וְהוֹצִיאvehotzi'and he will send forthH3318עָלֶיהָ'aleihaon herH5921שֵׁםshema nameH8034רָעra'badH7451וְאָמַרve'amarand he will sayH559אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הָאִשָּׁהha'ishahthe womanH802הַזֹּאתhazot<the> thisH2063לָקַחְתִּיlakachtiI tookH3947וָאֶקְרַבva'ekravand I drew nearH7126אֵלֶיהָ'eleihato herH413וְלֹא־velo'-and notH3808מָצָאתִיmatzatiI foundH4672לָהּlahto <the> herבְּתוּלִים׃betulimvirginiti<es>H1331
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Related verses
- Exodus 20:16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
- 1 Timothy 5:14I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.
- Proverbs 18:21Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
- Proverbs 18:8The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
- Exodus 23:1Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
- Deuteronomy 22:19And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.They are also to fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given a virgin of Israel a bad name. And she shall remain his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.
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