Bible Verses about “marriage between cousins”
The Bible contains 39 verses about marriage between cousins across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Marriage [is] honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.”
“¶ Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
“¶ 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:”
“So then he that giveth [her] in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth [her] not in marriage doeth better.”
“Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it [is] abomination.”
“¶ [Whoso] findeth a wife findeth a good [thing], and obtaineth favour of the LORD.”
“¶ None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover [their] nakedness: I [am] the LORD.”
“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 father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it [is] thy father's nakedness.”
“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.”
“Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she [is] thy father's near kinswoman.”
“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.”
“The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she [is] thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.”
“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 uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she [is] thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.”
“Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it [is] thy brother's nakedness.”
“Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she [is] thy mother's near kinswoman.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex [her], to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life [time].”
“And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through [the fire] to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I [am] the LORD.”
“¶ Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.”
“Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.”
“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.”
“Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit [any] of these abominations; [neither] any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:”
“Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:”
“And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.”
“(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which [were] before you, and the land is defiled;)”
“That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that [were] before you.”
“¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,”
“Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.”
“Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I [am] the LORD your God.”
“Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I [am] the LORD.”
“For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit [them] shall be cut off from among their people.”
“Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that [ye] commit not [any one] of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I [am] the LORD your God.”
“‹The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,›”
“But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.”
“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 Padanaram, 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.”