What the Bible says about
Incest
32 references · Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · tap any verse for study tools
“None of you are to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.”— Leviticus 18:6-18 BSB
“If a man lies with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness. Both must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.”— Leviticus 20:11 BSB
“If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both must surely be put to death. They have acted perversely; their blood is upon them.”— Leviticus 20:12 BSB
“If a man marries his sister, whether the daughter of his father or of his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of their people. He has uncovered the nakedness of his sister; he shall bear his iniquity.”— Leviticus 20:17 BSB
“You must not have sexual relations with the sister of your mother or your father, for it is exposing one’s own kin; both shall bear their iniquity.”— Leviticus 20:19-21 BSB
“A man is not to marry his father’s wife, so that he will not dishonor his father’s marriage bed.”— Deuteronomy 22:30 BSB
“‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he has violated his father’s marriage bed.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’”— Deuteronomy 27:20-23 BSB
“One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife; another wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law; and yet another violates his sister, his own father’s daughter.”— Ezekiel 22:11 BSB
All 32 references
Leviticus 18:6-18Leviticus 20:11Leviticus 20:12Leviticus 20:17Leviticus 20:19-21Deuteronomy 22:30Deuteronomy 27:20-23Ezekiel 22:111 Chronicles 5:1Genesis 19:31-36Genesis 20:12Genesis 20:13Genesis 11:29Genesis 35:22Genesis 49:4Exodus 6:20Genesis 38:16-181 Chronicles 2:42 Samuel 13:142 Samuel 16:212 Samuel 16:22Matthew 14:3Matthew 14:4Mark 6:17Mark 6:18Luke 3:19Amos 2:7Genesis 24:15Genesis 24:67Genesis 29:23Genesis 29:302 Chronicles 11:18