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Genesis 2:17 But of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you may not take; for on the day when you take of it, death will certainly come to you.
Genesis 3:1 Now the snake was wiser than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, Has God truly said that you may not take of the fruit of any tree in the garden?
Genesis 9:4 But flesh with the life-blood in it you may not take for food.
Genesis 14:23 That I will not take so much as a thread or the cord of a shoe of yours; so that you may not say, I have given wealth to Abram:
Exodus 20:5 You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters;
Exodus 22:28 You may not say evil of the judges, or put a curse on the ruler of your people.
Leviticus 11:4 But, at the same time, of those beasts, you may not take for food the camel, because its food comes back but the horn of its foot is not parted in two; it is unclean to you.
Leviticus 11:43 You are not to make yourselves disgusting with anything which goes about flat on the earth; you may not make yourselves unclean with them, in such a way that you are not holy to me.
Leviticus 17:14 For the blood is the life of all flesh: and so I have said to the children of Israel, You may not take any sort of blood as food, and any man who does so will be cut of.
Leviticus 18:3 You may not do those things which were done in the land of Egypt where you were living; and you may not do those things which are done in the land of Canaan where I am taking you, or be guided in your behaviour by their rules.
Leviticus 18:6 You may not have sex connection with anyone who is a near relation: I am the Lord.
Leviticus 18:7 You may not have sex relations with your father or your mother: she is your mother, you may not take her.
Leviticus 18:8 And you may not have sex relations with your father's wife: she is your father's.
Leviticus 18:9 You may not take your sister, the daughter of your father or of your mother, wherever her birth took place, among you or in another country.
Leviticus 18:10 You may not have sex relations with your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter, for they are part of yourself;
Leviticus 18:12 You may not have sex connection with your father's sister, for she is your father's near relation.
Leviticus 18:13 You may not have sex connection with your mother's sister, for she is your mother's near relation.
Leviticus 18:14 You may not have sex relations with the wife of your father's brother, for she is of your family;
Leviticus 18:15 Or with your daughter-in-law, for she is your son's wife, and you may not take her.
Leviticus 18:16 You may not have sex relations with your brother's wife, for she is your brother's.
Leviticus 18:17 You may not take as wife a woman and her daughter, or her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter, for they are of one family: it is an act of shame.
Leviticus 18:18 And you may not take as wife a woman and at the same time her sister, to be in competition with her in her life-time.
Leviticus 18:19 And you may not go near a woman or have sex relations with her when she is unclean, at her regular time.
Leviticus 18:20 And you may not have sex relations with your neighbour's wife, making yourself unclean with her.
Leviticus 18:21 And you may not make any of your children go through the fire as an offering to Molech, and you may not put shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord.
Leviticus 18:22 You may not have sex relations with men, as you do with women: it is a disgusting thing.
Leviticus 18:23 And you may not have sex relations with a beast, making yourself unclean with it; and a woman may not give herself to a beast: it is an unnatural act.
Leviticus 18:30 So then, keep my orders, so that you may not do any of these disgusting things which were done before you, or make yourselves unclean through them: I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:26 Nothing may be used for food with its blood in it; you may not make use of strange arts, or go in search of signs and wonders.
Leviticus 19:28 You may not make cuts in your flesh in respect for the dead, or have marks printed on your bodies: I am the Lord.
Leviticus 20:19 And you may not have sex connection with your mother's sister or your father's sister, for they are his near relations: their sin will be on them.
Leviticus 22:20 But anything which has a mark you may not give; it will not make you pleasing to the Lord.
Leviticus 22:22 Anything blind or broken or damaged or having any disease or any mark on it may not be offered to the Lord; you may not make an offering of it by fire on the altar to the Lord.
Leviticus 22:25 And from one who is not an Israelite you may not take any of these for an offering to the Lord; for they are unclean, there is a mark on them, and the Lord will not be pleased with them.
Leviticus 23:31 You may not do any sort of work: this is an order for ever through all your generations wherever you may be living.
Leviticus 25:46 And they will be your children's heritage after you, to keep as their property; they will be your servants for ever; but you may not be hard masters to your countrymen, the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy 4:16 So that you may not be turned to evil ways and make for yourselves an image in the form of any living thing, male or female,
Deuteronomy 5:8 You may not make for yourselves an image in the form of anything in heaven or on earth or in the waters under the earth:
Deuteronomy 5:9 You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters;
Deuteronomy 7:26 And you may not take a disgusting thing into your house, and so become cursed with its curse: but keep yourselves from it, turning from it with fear and hate, for it is a cursed thing.
Deuteronomy 12:16 But you may not take the blood for food, it is to be drained out on the earth like water.
Deuteronomy 12:23 But see that you do not take the blood for food; for the blood is the life; and you may not make use of the life as food with the flesh.
Deuteronomy 14:10 But any which have no skin-plates or wings for swimming, you may not take; they are unclean for you.
Deuteronomy 14:12 But these birds you may not take: the eagle and the gier-eagle and the ospray;
Deuteronomy 14:21 You may not have as food anything which has come to a natural death; the man from another country who is living with you may take it for food, or you may get a price for it from one of another nation; for you are a holy people to the Lord your God. The young goat is not to be cooked in its mother's milk.
Deuteronomy 20:18 So that you may not take them as your example and do all the disgusting things which they do in the worship of their gods, so sinning against the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 21:14 But if you have no delight in her, you are to let her go wherever she will; you may not take a price for her as if she was your property, for you have made use of her for your pleasure.
Deuteronomy 23:24 When you go into your neighbour's vine-garden, you may take of his grapes at your pleasure, but you may not take them away in your vessel.
Deuteronomy 23:25 When you go into your neighbour's field, you may take the heads of grain with your hand; but you may not put your blade to his grain.
2 Samuel 21:17 But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, came to his help, and, turning on the Philistine, gave him his death-blow. Then David's men took an oath, and said, Never again are you to go out with us to the fight, so that you may not put out the light of Israel.
1 Kings 14:2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Now come, put on different clothing so that you may not seem to be the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh; see, Ahijah is there, the prophet who said I would be king over this people.
Proverbs 25:16 If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down.
Jeremiah 5:15 See, I will send you a nation from far away, O people of Israel, says the Lord; a strong nation and an old nation, a nation whose language is strange to you, so that you may not get the sense of their words.
Zechariah 13:3 And if anyone goes on acting as a prophet, then his father and his mother who gave him life will say to him, You may not go on living, for you are saying what is false in the name of the Lord; and his father and his mother will put a sword through him when he does so.
Matthew 4:7 Jesus said to him, Again it is in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.
Matthew 5:21 You have knowledge that it was said in old times, You may not put to death; and, Whoever puts to death will be in danger of being judged:
Matthew 5:27 You have knowledge that it was said, You may not have connection with another man's wife:
Matthew 5:36 You may not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.
Matthew 6:24 No man is able to be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other, or he will keep to one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.
Matthew 23:8 But you may not be named Teacher: for one is your teacher, and you are all brothers.
Matthew 23:10 And you may not be named guides: because one is your Guide, even Christ.
Matthew 26:41 Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test: the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.
Mark 14:38 Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test; the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.
Luke 4:12 And Jesus made answer and said to him, It is said in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.
Luke 16:13 No man may be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other; or he will keep to the one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.