Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'betrothed' occurs 9 times in the standard works.

4 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'betrothed' in the standard works and contain 44.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 21:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

 21:8 If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

 21:9 And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.




Deut. 22:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 9 0 9
NT 0 0 0
BM 0 0 0
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 9 0 9

Ex. 21:8
If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

Ex. 21:9
And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.

Ex. 22:16
And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.

Lev. 19:20
And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

Deut. 20:7
And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

Deut. 22:23
If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;

Deut. 22:25
But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:

Deut. 22:27
For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.

Deut. 22:28
If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;