Virgin

Proofs of

• Deuteronomy 22:13–21

  If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, 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: 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: …

Dowry of

• Exodus 22:17

  If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

Character of, to be protected

• Deuteronomy 22:17–21

  And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city. And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him; And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days. …

• Deuteronomy 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;

• Deuteronomy 22:24

  Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.

Betrothal of, a quasi-marriage

• Deuteronomy 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;

• Deuteronomy 22:24

  Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.

Distinguishing apparel of

• 2 Samuel 13:18

  And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.

A priest could marry only a

• Leviticus 21:14

  A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.

Mourn in the temple

• Lamentations 1:4

  The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.

• Lamentations 2:10

  The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

Virginity of, bewailed

• Judges 11:37–39

  And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows. And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains. And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,

Parable of the wise and foolish

• Matthew 25:1–13

  Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: …

Mother of Jesus was a

• Isaiah 7:14

  Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

• Matthew 1:23

  Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

• Luke 1:27

  To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.

Advised by Paul not to marry

1 Corinthians 7

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