What the Bible says about
Mother-in-Law
7 references · Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · tap any verse for study tools
“For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”— Matthew 10:35 BSB
“You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.”— Leviticus 18:17 BSB
“If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.”— Leviticus 20:14 BSB
“‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his mother-in-law.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’”— Deuteronomy 27:23 BSB
“Again they wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.”— Ruth 1:14-17 BSB
“Simon’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a fever, and they promptly told Jesus about her.”— Mark 1:30 BSB
“So He went to her, took her by the hand, and helped her up. The fever left her, and she began to serve them.”— Mark 1:31 BSB