Mark 6:18
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18 John had been telling Herod, “It is against God’s law for you to marry your brother’s wife.”
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Leviticus 20:21
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21 “If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is an act of impurity. He has violated his brother, and the guilty couple will remain childless.
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Leviticus 18:16
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16 “Do not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife, for this would violate your brother.
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Ezekiel 3:18-19
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18 If I warn the wicked, saying, ‘You are under the penalty of death,’ but you fail to deliver the warning, they will die in their sins. And I will hold you responsible for their deaths. 19 If you warn them and they refuse to repent and keep on sinning, they will die in their sins. But you will have saved yourself because you obeyed me.
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1 Kings 22:14
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14 But Micaiah replied, “As surely as the Lord lives, I will say only what the Lord tells me to say.”
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Acts 24:24-26
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24 A few days later Felix came back with his wife, Drusilla, who was Jewish. Sending for Paul, they listened as he told them about faith in Christ Jesus. 25 As he reasoned with them about righteousness and self-control and the coming day of judgment, Felix became frightened. “Go away for now,” he replied. “When it is more convenient, I’ll call for you again.” 26 He also hoped that Paul would bribe him, so he sent for him quite often and talked with him.
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Acts 20:26-27
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26 I declare today that I have been faithful. If anyone suffers eternal death, it’s not my fault,[a] 27 for I didn’t shrink from declaring all that God wants you to know.
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- 20:26 Greek I am innocent of the blood of all.
Matthew 14:3-4
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3 For Herod had arrested and imprisoned John as a favor to his wife Herodias (the former wife of Herod’s brother Philip). 4 John had been telling Herod, “It is against God’s law for you to marry her.”
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