Matthew 1:19
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and was unwilling to disgrace her publicly, he resolved to divorce her quietly.”
Read Matthew 1:19 in the flow of Matthew1 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Matthew1 to see the surrounding context.
“Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and was unwilling to disgrace her publicly, he resolved to divorce her quietly.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and Joseph her husband being righteous, and not willing to make her an example, did wish privately to send her away.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 1:19 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 6:9This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
- Genesis 38:24About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”
- Leviticus 19:20If a man lies carnally with a slave girl promised to another man but who has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be due punishment. But they are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed.
- Leviticus 20:10If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.
- Deuteronomy 22:21she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.
- Deuteronomy 24:1If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.
- Psalms 112:4Light dawns in the darkness for the upright— for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
- Mark 6:20because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man. When he heard John’s words, he was greatly perplexed; yet he listened to him gladly.
- Mark 10:4They answered, “Moses permitted a man to write his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away.”
- Luke 2:25Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
- John 8:4and said, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.
- Acts 10:22“Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”
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