Bible Verses About Marriage Between Cousins
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for marriage between cousins, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 371 votes, led by Leviticus 18:6. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Marriage Between Cousins
Leviticus 18:641 votes
None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the Lord.
Numbers 36:633 votes
This is the thing which the Lord doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.
Genesis 28:230 votes
Arise, go to Padan–aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.
Proverbs 18:2229 votes
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.
Genesis 24:428 votes
But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
Revelation 1:123 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Leviticus 18:1-3020 votes
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Hebrews 13:417 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
1 Corinthians 7:3816 votes
So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.
Proverbs 22:613 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Matthew 22:211 votes
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
Exodus 21:1010 votes
If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
Psalms 78:6310 votes
The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
Matthew 22:910 votes
Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
Matthew 22:3010 votes
For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
Luke 20:3410 votes
And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
Luke 20:3510 votes
But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
John 2:210 votes
And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.
John 3:1610 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 14:2710 votes
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
John 15:1310 votes
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
1 Corinthians 5:110 votes
It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.
What does the Bible say about marriage between cousins?
Readers most often cite Leviticus 18:6 on the subject of marriage between cousins. Across 371 votes, 22 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Numbers 36:6, Genesis 28:2, Proverbs 18:22. This page lists all 22 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.