16 Bible Verses about Avoid Adultery

Most Relevant Verses

Matthew 19:18

“Which ones?” he asked Him. Jesus answered:

Do not murder;
do not commit adultery;
do not steal;
do not bear false witness;

Romans 13:9

The commandments:

Do not commit adultery;
do not murder;
do not steal;
do not covet;

and whatever other commandment—all are summed up by this: Love your neighbor as yourself.

James 2:11

For He who said, Do not commit adultery, also said, Do not murder. So if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you are a lawbreaker.

Proverbs 5:20

Why, my son, would you be infatuated
with a forbidden woman
or embrace the breast of a stranger?

Proverbs 5:16

Should your springs flow in the streets,
streams of water in the public squares?

Proverbs 6:29

So it is with the one who sleeps with
another man’s wife;
no one who touches her will go unpunished.

Hosea 2:2

Rebuke your mother; rebuke her.
For she is not My wife and I am not her husband.
Let her remove the promiscuous look from her face
and her adultery from between her breasts.

Job 31:9

If my heart has been seduced by my neighbor’s wife
or I have lurked at his door,

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee took his stand and was praying like this: ‘God, I thank You that I’m not like other people —greedy, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

Hosea 3:3

I said to her, “You must live with me many days. Don’t be promiscuous or belong to any man, and I will act the same way toward you.”

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