Judges 11:37

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She also said to her father, 'Let me do this one thing: Allow me two months to roam the hills and weep with my friends because I will never marry.'

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  • Luke 1:25 : 25 'The Lord has done this for me. He has looked with favor on me in these days, to take away my disgrace among the people.'
  • 1 Sam 1:6 : 6 Her rival provoked her severely to irritate her because the LORD had closed her womb.

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  • Judg 11:38-40
    3 verses
    93%

    38He said, 'Go,' and he sent her away for two months. She and her friends went to the hills and wept because she would never marry.

    39After the two months, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. And she was a virgin. From this, it became a custom in Israel

    40Each year the daughters of Israel would go out for four days to commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.

  • Judg 11:35-36
    2 verses
    83%

    35When he saw her, he tore his clothes and cried, 'Oh no, my daughter! You have brought me to my knees and made me miserable, for I have made a vow to the Lord that I cannot break.'

    36She said to him, 'My father, you have given your word to the Lord. Do to me just as you promised, since the Lord has avenged you of your enemies, the Ammonites.'

  • Judg 19:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2But his concubine was unfaithful to him and left him, going to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. She stayed there for four months.

    3Then her husband arose and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back. He took with him his servant and a pair of donkeys. When he arrived at her father’s house, the woman’s father saw him and was glad to welcome him.

  • Deut 21:13
    74%

    13She shall remove the clothes of her captivity and remain in your house, mourning her father and mother for a full month. After that, you may go to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.

  • Ruth 1:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12Return home, my daughters. I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me—even if I had a husband tonight and then gave birth to sons—

    13would you wait until they grew up? Would you remain unmarried for them? No, my daughters, it is more bitter for me than for you because the LORD’s hand has turned against me."

  • Josh 2:16
    72%

    16She said to them, "Go to the hill country so the pursuers won’t find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they return, and then go on your way."

  • Gen 38:19
    71%

    19Then she got up and left, took off her veil, and put back on her widow's garments.

  • Gen 24:55
    71%

    55But her brother and her mother said, 'Let the young woman stay with us ten days or so; then you may go.'

  • 2 Sam 13:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12She answered him, 'No, my brother! Don’t force me. Such a thing should not be done in Israel! Don’t do this outrageous thing.'

    13What about me? Where could I get rid of my disgrace? And you would be like one of the wicked fools in Israel. Please speak to the king; he will not withhold me from you.

  • 1 Sam 1:10-11
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    70%

    10In her deep anguish, Hannah prayed to the LORD, weeping bitterly.

    11She made a vow, saying, 'LORD of Hosts, if You will indeed look upon the affliction of Your servant and remember me, and not forget Your servant, but give Your servant a son, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever touch his head.'

  • Judg 15:2
    70%

    2Her father said, "I thought you completely hated her, so I gave her to your companion. Isn't her younger sister more attractive? Take her instead."

  • Deut 22:14
    70%

    14accusing her of misconduct and giving her a bad name by saying, 'I married this woman, but when I came to her, I did not find proof of her virginity,'

  • Ruth 1:18
    70%

    18When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to persuade her.

  • Gen 38:16-17
    2 verses
    69%

    16He turned aside to her by the roadside and said, 'Come now, let me sleep with you.' He did not know she was his daughter-in-law. She asked, 'What will you give me to sleep with you?'

    17He replied, 'I will send you a young goat from my flock.' She said, 'Will you give me something as a pledge until you send it?'

  • 1 Sam 1:22-23
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    69%

    22Hannah did not go. She said to her husband, 'After the boy is weaned, I will take him to appear before the LORD, and he will remain there permanently.'

    23Elkanah her husband said to her, 'Do what seems best to you. Stay here until you have weaned him; only may the LORD establish His word.' So the woman stayed and nursed her son until she weaned him.

  • Judg 14:17
    69%

    17She cried before him the entire seven days of the feast, and on the seventh day, he told her because she pressed him so much. Then she revealed the answer to the riddle to her people.

  • Hos 3:3
    69%

    3And I said to her, "You must stay with me for many days. You shall not engage in prostitution or belong to another man, and I will also remain loyal to you."

  • Deut 22:20-21
    2 verses
    69%

    20But if the accusation is true and there is no proof of the young woman's virginity,

    21then they shall bring the young woman to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones. She has committed a disgraceful act in Israel by being promiscuous while in her father’s house. You must purge the evil from among you.

  • Deut 22:17
    69%

    17And now he has made false accusations against her, saying, 'I did not find your daughter to be a virgin.' But here is the evidence of my daughter's virginity.' Then they shall spread out the cloth before the elders of the city.

  • Hos 2:3
    68%

    3Say to your brothers, 'My people,' and to your sisters, 'She has received mercy.'

  • Joel 1:8
    68%

    8Mourn like a young woman dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.

  • Judg 19:8-9
    2 verses
    68%

    8On the fifth day, he got up early in the morning to leave, but the woman’s father said, “Please refresh yourself and wait until the day declines.” So the two of them ate together.

    9When the man, his concubine, and his servant arose to leave, his father-in-law, the woman’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Stay here tonight; the day is almost over. Spend the night here, and let your heart be content. You can rise early tomorrow and continue on your way home.”

  • Judg 19:28
    68%

    28He said to her, "Get up, let us go." But there was no answer. So he put her on the donkey, and the man set out for home.

  • Num 30:3
    68%

    3If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to bind himself by a promise, he must not break his word; he must do everything he said.

  • Deut 22:27
    68%

    27For he found her in the field, and though the betrothed young woman cried out for help, there was no one to rescue her.

  • 1 Sam 1:18
    68%

    18She said, 'May your servant find favor in your eyes.' Then she went her way, and she ate, and her face was no longer downcast.

  • Gen 24:37
    68%

    37My master made me swear an oath, saying, 'You must not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I live.

  • Ruth 1:7
    68%

    7She left the place where she had been living, along with her two daughters-in-law, and they began to travel on the road back to the land of Judah.

  • Josh 2:21
    68%

    21She said, "Let it be as you say." So she sent them away, and they departed. Then she tied the scarlet cord in the window.

  • Judg 19:24
    68%

    24Look, here is my virgin daughter and his concubine. Let me bring them out to you now, and you may abuse them and do to them whatever you think best. But do not commit this disgraceful act against this man.

  • Ruth 3:16
    68%

    16When Ruth came to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked, 'How did it go, my daughter?' Then she told her everything the man had done for her.

  • Gen 31:35
    68%

    35Rachel said to her father, 'Let my lord not be angry that I cannot stand up in your presence, for I am having my period.' So he searched, but he did not find the household idols.

  • 1 Sam 1:16
    68%

    16Do not consider your servant a worthless woman. It is out of my great sorrow and distress that I have been speaking until now.'

  • 2 Sam 13:16
    67%

    16But she said to him, 'No! Sending me away would be a greater wrong than what you have already done to me.' But he refused to listen to her.

  • 2 Kgs 4:23
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    23He asked, "Why are you going to him today? It’s not a New Moon or a Sabbath." She replied, "It is well."

  • Gen 38:14
    67%

    14So she took off her widow's garments, covered herself with a veil, wrapped herself up, and sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. She saw that Shelah had grown up, but she had not been given to him as a wife.

  • 2 Kgs 8:3
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    3At the end of the seven years, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, and she went to appeal to the king for her house and her land.

  • Ruth 3:11
    67%

    11And now, my daughter, do not be afraid. I will do for you everything you ask, for everyone in town knows that you are a woman of noble character.