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 Pharisees bring a woman taken in adultery, and having set her in the midst, They say to him, Master, this woman was taken actually committing adultery. Now Moses hath commanded us in the law, to stoee such.

Adultery » General references to

Adultery » Not committing adultery

Matthew 19:18

He saith to him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder: thou shalt not commit adultery; thou shalt not steal; thou shalt not bear false witness;

Romans 13:8-9

Owe no man any thing, but to love another; for he that loveth another, hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness, thou shalt not covet, and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

More verses: James 2:11

Adultery » Who commits adultery

Matthew 5:31-32

It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of Divorce. But I say unto you, whosoever shall put away his wife, save for the cause of whoredom, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away, committeth adultery.

Mark 10:11-12

And he saith to them, Whosoever shall put away his wife and marry another, committeth adultery against her. And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.

Luke 16:18

Whosoever putteth away his wife and marrieth another, committeth adultery; and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband, committeth adultery.

Romans 7:1-3

Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law) that the law hath dominion over a man, as long as it liveth? For the married woman is bound to her husband while he is alive; but if her husband be dead, she is freed from the law of her husband. Therefore if she marry another man while her husband liveth, she will be called an adultress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law, so as to be no adultress, though she marry another man.

Adultery » Instances of » israelites

More verses: Hosea 7:4

Adultery » Instances of » Herod

Matthew 14:3-4

For Herod had apprehended John, and bound him and put him in prison, for Herodias sake, his brother Philip's wife. For John had said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

Mark 6:17-18

For Herod himself had sent and apprehended John, and bound him in prison, for Herodias sake, his brother Philip's wife, for he had married her. For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee, to have thy brother's wife.

Luke 3:19

But Herod the tetrarch being reproved by him concerning Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, and concerning all the evils which Herod had done, Added also this above all,

Adultery » Figurative

Adultery » Forgiveness of. Instances of

John 8:10-11

Then Jesus raising himself up, and seeing none but the woman, said to her, Woman, where are thine accusers? Hath no man condemned thee? She saith, No man, Sir. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee. Go, and sin no more.

Adultery » Instances of » Heathen

Ephesians 4:17-19

This therefore I say and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles, in the vanity of your mind: Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, by the ignorance that is in them, through the hardness of their hearts: Who being past feeling, have given themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

Adultery » Who commits adultery in their heart

Adultery » Who does not commit adultery

Romans 7:2-3

For the married woman is bound to her husband while he is alive; but if her husband be dead, she is freed from the law of her husband. Therefore if she marry another man while her husband liveth, she will be called an adultress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law, so as to be no adultress, though she marry another man.

Adultery » Instances of » The samaritan woman

John 4:17-18

The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband. For thou hast had five husbands, and he whom thou now hast, is not thy husband: in this thou saidst 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, Master, this woman was taken actually committing adultery. Now Moses hath commanded us in the law, to stoee such. What therefore sayest t`ou? This they spoke tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooping down, wrote with his finger on the ground. read more.
And as they continued asking him, he raised himself and said to them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. Then stooping down again, he wrote an the ground. But they who heard it, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. Then Jesus raising himself up, and seeing none but the woman, said to her, Woman, where are thine accusers? Hath no man condemned thee? She saith, No man, Sir. And Jesus said unto her, 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 commonly reported, that there is fornication among you, and such fornication, as is not even named among the heathens, that one should have his father's wife. And are ye puffed up? Have ye not rather mourned, that he who hath done this deed, might be taken from among you? For I verily as absent in body, but present in spirit, have already, read more.
as if I were present, judged him who hath so done this, In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, To deliver such an one to Satan, for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

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, Master, this woman was taken actually committing adultery.

Adultery, Examples Of

John 4:17

The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband.

Adultery, Results Of

2 Corinthians 12:21

and I should mourn over many of them who had sinned before, and have not repented of the uncleanness, and fornication, and lasciviousness, which they have committed.

Adultery, Spiritual

1 John 2:15-17

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world: if any one love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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