Deuteronomy 22:14

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

and makes up charges against her, slandering her by saying, ‘I married this woman, but when I lay with her, I did not find evidence of her virginity.’

Cross References

Exodus 20:16

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Exodus 23:1

“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with the wicked to act as a malicious witness.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.

Deuteronomy 22:13

“Suppose a man marries a woman but after going in to her dislikes her

Deuteronomy 22:15

The father of the young woman and her mother shall then submit the evidence of the young woman’s virginity to the elders of the city at the gate.

Deuteronomy 22:19

they shall fine him one hundred shekels of silver (which they shall give to the young woman’s father) because he has slandered a virgin of Israel. She shall remain his wife; he shall not be permitted to divorce her as long as he lives.

1 Timothy 5:14

So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, and manage their households, so as to give the adversary no occasion to revile us.