Job 31:11
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11 For that would be a heinous crime;
that would be a criminal offense;(A)
Leviticus 20:10
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10 “If a man commits adultery with the wife of[a] his neighbor, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall be put to death.(A)
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Job 31:28
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28 this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges,
for I should have been false to God above.(A)
Deuteronomy 22:22-24
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22 “If a man is discovered lying with the wife of another man, both of them shall die, the man who lay with the woman as well as the woman. So you shall purge the evil from Israel.(A)
23 “If there is a young woman, a virgin already engaged to be married, and a man meets her in the town and lies with her, 24 you shall bring both of them to the gate of that town and stone them to death, the young woman because she did not cry for help in the town and the man because he violated his neighbor’s wife. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.(B)
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Genesis 38:24
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24 About three months later Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself; moreover, she is pregnant as a result of prostitution.” And Judah said, “Bring her out, and let her be burned.”(A)
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Ezekiel 16:38
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38 I will judge you as women who commit adultery and shed blood are judged and bring blood upon you in wrath and jealousy.(A)
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Proverbs 6:29-33
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29 So is he who sleeps with his neighbor’s wife;
no one who touches her will go unpunished.(A)
30 Thieves are not despised who steal only
to satisfy their appetite when they are hungry.
31 Yet if they are caught, they will pay sevenfold;
they will forfeit all the goods of their house.(B)
32 But he who commits adultery has no sense;
he who does it destroys himself.(C)
33 He will get wounds and dishonor,
and his disgrace will not be wiped away.
Exodus 20:14
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14 “You shall not commit adultery.(A)
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Genesis 26:10
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10 Abimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”(A)
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Genesis 20:9
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9 Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such great guilt on me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that ought not to be done.”(A)
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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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