Genesis 39:9
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9 He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except yourself, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great wickedness and sin against God?”(A)
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2 Samuel 12:13
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13 David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” Nathan said to David, “Now the Lord has put away your sin; you shall not die.(A)
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Genesis 42:18
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18 On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I fear God:(A)
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Genesis 20:6
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6 Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart; furthermore, it was I who kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I did not let you touch her.
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Psalm 51:4
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4 Against you, you alone, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you are justified in your sentence
and blameless when you pass judgment.(A)
1 John 3:9
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9 Those who have been born of God do not sin because God’s seed abides in them;[a] they cannot sin because they have been born of God.(A)
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- 3.9 Or because the children of God abide in him
Galatians 5:19-21
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19 Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, debauchery,(A) 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, 21 envy,[a] drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned you before: those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.(B)
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- 5.21 Other ancient authorities add murder
1 Corinthians 6:9-10
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9 Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes,[a] men who engage in illicit sex,[b](A) 10 thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers, swindlers—none of these will inherit the kingdom of God.
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1 Corinthians 4:2
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2 Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy.
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Luke 12:48
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48 But the one who did not know and did what deserved a beating will receive a light beating. From everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required, and from the one to whom much has been entrusted, even more will be demanded.(A)
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Jeremiah 50:7
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7 All who found them have devoured them, and their enemies have said, “We are not guilty, because they have sinned against the Lord, the true pasture, the Lord, the hope of their ancestors.”(A)
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Jeremiah 28:16
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16 Therefore thus says the Lord: I am going to send you off the face of the earth. Within this year you will be dead, for you have spoken rebellion against the Lord.”(A)
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Job 31:23
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23 For I was in terror of calamity from God,
and I could not have faced his majesty.(A)
Job 31:9-12
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9 “If my heart has been enticed by a woman
and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door,(A)
10 then let my wife grind for another,
and let other men kneel over her.(B)
11 For that would be a heinous crime;
that would be a criminal offense;(C)
12 for that would be a fire consuming down to Abaddon,
and it would burn to the root all my harvest.(D)
2 Samuel 11:27
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27 When the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son.
Nathan Condemns David
But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord,(A)
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Numbers 32:23
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23 But if you do not do this, you have sinned against the Lord, and be sure your sin will find you out.
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Leviticus 6:2
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2 “When any of you sin and commit a trespass against the Lord by deceiving a neighbor in a matter of a deposit or a pledge or by robbery or if you have defrauded a neighbor(A)
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Proverbs 6:32
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32 But he who commits adultery has no sense;
he who does it destroys himself.(A)
Nehemiah 5:15
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15 The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took food and wine from them, besides forty shekels of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so because of the fear of God.(A)
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Revelation 22:15
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15 Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral[a] and murderers and idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.(A)
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- 22.15 Or prostitutes
Hebrews 13:4
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4 Let marriage be held in honor by all, and let the marriage bed be kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.(A)
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Titus 2:10
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10 not stealing, but showing complete and perfect fidelity, so that in everything they may be an ornament to the teaching of God our Savior.
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Jeremiah 5:8-9
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8 They were well-fed lusty stallions,
each neighing for his neighbor’s wife.(A)
9 Shall I not punish them for these things?
says the Lord,
and shall I not bring retribution
on a nation such as this?(B)
Proverbs 6:29
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29 So is he who sleeps with his neighbor’s wife;
no one who touches her will go unpunished.(A)
Nehemiah 6:11
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11 But I said, “Should a man like me run away? Would a man like me go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in!”
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