"When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the ha…" — Deuteronomy 25:11

Deuteronomy 25:11 · KJV

“When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:”

— Deuteronomy 25:11

Verse 10

And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.

Verse 12

Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity {her}.

Deuteronomy 25 — Context

Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house.

And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.

When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:

Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity {her}.

Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. {divers...: Heb. a stone and a stone}

Cross References

1 Timothy 2:9

In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; {broided: or, plaited}

Romans 3:8

And not {rather}, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.