Adultery: General Scriptures Concerning

Scripture references

Gen 20:3 One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You
2Sa 12:14 Nevertheless, because by this deed you have shown utter contempt for the
Job 24:15–18 The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will
Job 31:1 “I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at
Pro 2:16–19 It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with
Pro 5:3–22 Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is
Pro 6:24–29, 32, 33 to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the
Pro 7:5–23 that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with
Pro 9:13–18 The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing. / She
Pro 22:14 The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of
Pro 23:27, 28 For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well. /
Pro 29:3 A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of
Pro 30:18–20 There are three things too wonderful for me, four that I cannot
Pro 31:3 Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings.
Isa 57:3, 4 “But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers
Jer 3:1 “If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he
Jer 5:7, 8 “Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by
Jer 7:9, 10 Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to
Jer 23:10 For the land is full of adulterers—because of the curse, the land mourns
Eze 18:5, 6 Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right: / He
Hos 4:1, 2, 11 Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a
Mat 5:28, 32 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has
Mat 15:19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual
Mat 19:9 Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual
Mar 7:21 For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality,
Mar 10:11, 12, 19 So He told them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another
Luk 16:18 Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery,
Act 15:20, 29 Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted
Rom 1:28, 29, 32 Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He
Rom 7:3 So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive,
1Co 5:9, 10 I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.
1Co 6:15–18 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then
1Co 10:8 We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one
2Co 12:21 I am afraid that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and
Gal 5:19, 21 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and
1Ti 1:9, 10 We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the
2Ti 3:6 They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate
Jam 2:11 For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If
1Pe 4:3, 4 For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires
2Pe 2:9, 10, 14 if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from
Jde 1:7 In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged
Rev 2:20–22 But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls
Rev 9:21 Furthermore, they did not repent of their murder, sorcery, sexual