The 6th commandment says:
Exodus 20:14 | "Thou SHALT NOT commit adultery." |
Leviticus 18:20 | "Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's
wife, to defile thyself with her."
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Proverbs 6:32 | "But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul." |
Jeremiah 3:6-9 | "... Hast thou seen that back-sliding Israel hath done? She is
gone up upon every mountain and under every green tree, and hath
played the harlot ... And it came to pass that through the lightness of her
whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones
and stocks."
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Jeremiah 5:7-9 | "How shall I pardon thee for this? Thy children have forsaken
me and sworn by them that are no gods ... They were as fed horses in the
morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife."
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Hosea 4:12-14 | "... For the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God." |
James 4:1-4 | "From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God." |
Leviticus 20:10 | "And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and adulteress shall surely be put to death." |
Malachi 3:5 | "I will come near to you in judgement; I will be a swift witness
against the sorcerers and against the adulterers."
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Hebrews 13:4 | "Marriage is honourable to all, and the bed undefiled: but
whoremongers and adulterers God will judge."
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Psalm 106:14-15 | "They lusted exceedingly in the wilderness ... He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul." |
1 Corinthians 6:9 | "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom
of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor
adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,"
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Revelation 2:20-23 | "Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. Behold I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into the great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches will know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works." |
Divorce and remarriage are not the answer to adultery. Indeed the marriage of divorced persons is strictly forbidden in the Scriptures. ( Matthew 5:32, Matthew 19:9 )
Jeremiah 3:12 | "Return thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord; and I will not
cause my anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful."
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Hosea 14:4-9 | "I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from them ... Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent and he shall know them? For the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein." |
Matthew 5:28 | "But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her in his heart." |