Psalm 50:18
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18 You make friends with a thief when you see one,
and you keep company with adulterers.(A)
1 Timothy 5:22
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22 Do not ordain[a] anyone hastily, and do not participate in the sins of others; keep yourself pure.(A)
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- 5.22 Gk Do not lay hands on
Romans 1:32
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32 They know God’s decree, that those who practice such things deserve to die, yet they not only do them but even applaud others who practice them.(A)
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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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Ephesians 5:11-13
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11 Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness; rather, expose them.(A) 12 For it is shameful even to mention what such people do secretly, 13 but everything exposed by the light becomes visible,
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Matthew 23:30
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30 and you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
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Micah 7:3
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3 Their hands are skilled to do evil;
the official and the judge ask for a bribe,
and the powerful dictate what they desire;
thus they pervert justice.[a](A)
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- 7.3 Cn: Heb they weave it
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)
Isaiah 5:23
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23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe
and deprive the innocent of their rights!(A)
Proverbs 7:19-23
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19 For my husband is not at home;
he has gone on a long journey.
20 He took a bag of money with him;
he will not come home until full moon.”
21 With much seductive speech she persuades him;
with her smooth talk she compels him.(A)
22 Right away he follows her
and goes like an ox to the slaughter
or bounds like a stag toward the trap[a]
23 until an arrow pierces its entrails.
He is like a bird rushing into a snare,
not knowing that it will cost him his life.(B)
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- 7.22 Cn Compare Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
Proverbs 2:16-19
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16 You will be saved from the loose woman,[a]
from the adulteress[b] with her smooth words,(A)
17 who forsakes the partner of her youth
and forgets her sacred covenant,
18 for her way[c] leads down to death
and her paths to the shades;(B)
19 those who go to her never come back,
nor do they regain the paths of life.
Proverbs 1:10-19
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10 My child, if sinners entice you,
do not consent.(A)
11 If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood;
let us wantonly ambush the innocent;(B)
12 like Sheol let us swallow them alive
and whole, like those who go down to the Pit.(C)
13 We shall find all kinds of costly things;
we shall fill our houses with spoil.
14 Throw in your lot among us;
we will all have one purse”—
15 my child, do not walk in their way;
keep your foot from their paths,(D)
16 for their feet run to evil,
and they hurry to shed blood.(E)
17 For in vain is the net baited
while the bird is looking on;
18 yet they lie in wait—to kill themselves!
and set an ambush—for their own lives!
19 Such is the end[a] of all who are greedy for gain;
it takes away the life of its possessors.(F)
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- 1.19 Gk: Heb are the ways
Job 31:9-11
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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)
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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- 20.10 Heb repeats if a man commits adultery with the wife of
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