Deuteronomy 22:14

and he then accuses her of shameful conduct and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman and had relations with her, but I discovered she was not a virgin.”

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:

In Context

13Suppose a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and comes to hate her,

15Then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gate

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Cross References

Exodus 23:1“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.

Proverbs 18:8The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

1 Timothy 5:14So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 22:14-30

The Punishment of Fornication. ( b. c. 1451.) 13 If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, 14 And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid: 15 Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate: 16 And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and… Read the whole commentary →

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