Matthew 14:4

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For John had said to him, It is not lawful or right for you to have her. [Lev. 18:16; 20:21.]

Cross References

Leviticus 20:21

And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is impurity; he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless [not literally, but in a legal sense].

Leviticus 18:16

You shall not have intercourse with your brother's wife; she belongs to your brother.

Mark 6:18

For John had told Herod, It is not lawful and you have no right to have your brother's wife.

Proverbs 28:1

THE WICKED flee when no man pursues them, but the [uncompromisingly] righteous are bold as a lion. [Lev. 26:17, 36; Ps. 53:5.]

Isaiah 8:20

[Direct such people] to the teaching and to the testimony! If their teachings are not in accord with this word, it is surely because there is no dawn and no morning for them.

1 Kings 21:19

Say to him, Thus says the Lord: Have you killed and also taken possession? Thus says the Lord: In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your blood, even yours.

2 Samuel 12:7

Then Nathan said to David, You are the man! Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: I anointed you king of Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.

Proverbs 28:4

Those who forsake the law [of God and man] praise the wicked, but those who keep the law [of God and man] contend with them. [Prov. 29:18.]

Jeremiah 34:6

Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah, in Jerusalem,