13 Bible Verses about Adultery

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Abomination » Things that are, to God » Adultery

Adultery » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Characterized as an adulteress

Adultery » Adulterers and adulteresses

John 8:3-5

And the scribes and the Pharisees bring to him a woman taken in adultery; and having set her in the midst, they say to him, Teacher, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such persons; what then dost thou say?

Adultery » General references to

Adultery » Not committing adultery

Matthew 19:18

Which? saith he. And Jesus said, These: "Thou shalt not kill; Thou shalt not commit adultery; Thou shalt not steal; Thou shalt not bear false witness;

Romans 13:8-9

Owe no one anything but brotherly love; for he that loveth others hath fulfilled the Law. For these, "Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet," and every other commandment, are summed up in this precept, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."

More verses: James 2:11

Adultery » Who commits adultery

Matthew 5:31-32

And it was said, "Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement." But I say to you, that whoever putteth away his wife, unless it be on account of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery; and whoever shall marry her when put away, committeth adultery.

Mark 10:11-12

And he saith to them, Whoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery against her. And if she put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.

Luke 16:18

Whoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery; and he who marrieth a woman that hath been put away from her husband, committeth adultery.

Romans 7:1-3

Know ye not, brethren, (for I am speaking to those who are acquainted with the Law,) that the Law hath dominion over a man only as long as he liveth? For the married woman is bound by law to her husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is released from the law which bound her to him. So then, if while her husband is living she connect herself with another man, she will be called an adulteress; but if her husband die, she is no longer bound by that law, so that she will not be an adulteress, though she connect herself with another man.

Adultery » Instances of » israelites

More verses: Hosea 7:4

Adultery » Instances of » Herod

Matthew 14:3-4

For Herod had seized John, and bound him, and put him in prison, on account of Herodias, his brother Philips wife. For John said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

Mark 6:17-18

For Herod himself had sent forth and seized John, and bound him in prison, on account of Herodias, his brother Philips wife; for he had married her. For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brothers wife.

Luke 3:19

But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him on account of Herodias the wife of his brother, and on account of all the evil deeds which Herod had done,

Adultery » Figurative

Adultery » Forgiveness of. Instances of

John 8:10-11

And Jesus lifted himself up and said to her, Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn thee! And she said, No one, Lord. And Jesus said, neither do I condemn thee; go, and sin no more.

Adultery » Instances of » Heathen

Ephesians 4:17-19

This therefore I say, and charge you in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the rest of the gentiles walk in the vanity of their mind, having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God on account of the ignorance that is in them, on account of the hardness of their hearts; who, being past feeling, have given themselves up to wantonness, to work all uncleanness in greediness.

Adultery » Who commits adultery in their heart

Adultery » Who does not commit adultery

Romans 7:2-3

For the married woman is bound by law to her husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is released from the law which bound her to him. So then, if while her husband is living she connect herself with another man, she will be called an adulteress; but if her husband die, she is no longer bound by that law, so that she will not be an adulteress, though she connect herself with another man.

Adultery » Instances of » The samaritan woman

John 4:17-18

The woman answered, I have no husband. Jesus saith to her, Thou saidst well, that thou hast no husband. For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband; in this thou hast spoken truly.

Adultery » Instances of » The gibeahites

Adultery » Instances of » Amnon

Adultery » Instances of » Lot

Adultery » The reward for committing adultery

Adultery » Instances of » The woman brought to jesus in the temple

John 8:4-11

they say to him, Teacher, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such persons; what then dost thou say? But this they said to try him, that they might be able to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground. read more.
But when they continued asking him, he lifted himself up, and said to them, Let him that is without sin among you first cast a stone at her. And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. And when they heard this, they went out one by one, beginning with the oldest; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman who was in the midst. And Jesus lifted himself up and said to her, Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn thee! And she said, No one, Lord. And Jesus said, neither do I condemn thee; go, and sin no more.

Adultery » Instances of » Potiphar's wife

Adultery » Instances of » David

Adultery » Instances of » Judah

Adultery » Instances of » Corinthians

1 Corinthians 5:1-5

It is everywhere reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the gentiles, that one should have his fathers wife. And ye are puffed up, and did not rather mourn, so that he that committed this deed might be separated from among you. For I, for my part, though absent in the body, yet present in the spirit have already determined, as if I were present with you, respecting him who thus wrought this deed, read more.
in the name of our Lord Jesus, when you and my spirit with you are assembled together, with the power of our Lord Jesus, to deliver such a man over to Satan for the destruction of his flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.

Adultery » Instances of » Sodomites

Adultery » Instances of » Absalom

Adultery » Instances of » Sons of eli

Adultery » Instances of » Reuben

Adultery » Instances of » The levite's concubine

Adultery » Instances of » Shechem

Adultery » Instances of » Gilead

Adultery » Instances of » Samson

Divorce » Forbidden » Except » Adultery

Foes of the home » Adultery

Home » Foes of the home » Adultery

Punishment » Death penalty » Mosaic law » Adultery

Spiritual » Adoption » Adultery

Temptation » Yielding to temptation » David » Adultery

Topics on Adultery

Adultery, Consequences Of

John 8:4-5

they say to him, Teacher, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.

Adultery, Examples Of

John 4:17

The woman answered, I have no husband. Jesus saith to her, Thou saidst well, that thou hast no husband.

Adultery, Results Of

2 Corinthians 12:21

and lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many of those who have sinned already, and did not repent of the uncleanness, and fornication, and lasciviousness, which they committed.

Adultery, Spiritual

1 John 2:15-17

Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any one loveth the world, the love of the Father is not in him;

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