Scripture consistently condemns the act of adultery, emphasizing its severe consequences and the importance of marital fidelity. In Deuteronomy and Leviticus, laws are established to address the sin of adultery, with punishments meted out to those who engage in it. The wisdom literature, such as Proverbs, warns of the destructive nature of adultery, while Hebrews affirms the sanctity of marriage. Additionally, 1 Corinthians clearly states that those who practice adultery will not inherit the kingdom of God, underscoring the need for believers to live morally pure lives.
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Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.
If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.
If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth: A loving doe, a graceful fawn— may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.
He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him. For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.”
Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery. ”
But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, brings adultery upon her. And he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.