In the biblical context, adultery is viewed as a serious offense against God and one's spouse, with severe consequences. According to Leviticus and Deuteronomy, the punishment for adultery was often death, highlighting the gravity of this sin. However, in the New Testament, Jesus' encounter with the woman caught in adultery, as recorded in John 8, shows mercy and a call to repentance, rather than condemnation. The books of Proverbs and Hebrews also emphasize the importance of marital faithfulness, with Proverbs warning of the destructive nature of adultery and Hebrews affirming the sacredness of marriage.
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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.
Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.
The scribes and Pharisees, however, brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before them and said, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such a woman. So what do You say?” They said this to test Him, in order to have a basis for accusing Him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with His finger. When they continued to question Him, He straightened up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her.” And again He bent down and wrote on the ground. When they heard this, they began to go away one by one, beginning with the older ones, until only Jesus was left, with the woman standing there. Then Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are your accusers? Has no one condemned you?” “No one, Lord,” she answered. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Now go and sin no more.”
Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery. ”
Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
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,
Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds.
But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.