Here are 11 Bible verses about bastards, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.
Deuteronomy 23:2 KJV
2 A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord.
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Hebrews 12:8 KJV
8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
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Judges 11:1 KJV
1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
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Romans 5:1 KJV
1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
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Ezekiel 23:1-49 KJV
1 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother: 3 And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity. 4 And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they …
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Job 24:9 KJV
9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
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Luke 3:23 KJV
23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
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Genesis 16:3 KJV
3 And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
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2 Samuel 11:2-5 KJV
2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. 3 And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? 4 And David sent messengers, and took her; …
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Galatians 4:22 KJV
22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
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Genesis 19:36 KJV
36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
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