Exodus 20:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

You shall not commit adultery.

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  • Lev 20:10 : 10 And the man that commits adultery with another man's wife, even he that commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
  • Heb 13:4 : 4 Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
  • Lev 18:20 : 20 Moreover, you shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, to defile yourself with her.
  • Rev 21:8 : 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and sexually immoral, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
  • Jer 5:8-9 : 8 They were like well-fed horses in the morning: everyone neighed after his neighbor's wife. 9 Shall I not visit for these things? says the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
  • Jer 29:22-23 : 22 And because of them a curse will be used by all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, 'The LORD make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;' 23 Because they have done outrageous things in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; indeed I know, and am a witness, says the LORD.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those who oppress the laborer in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who turn aside the stranger from his right, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts.
  • Matt 5:27-28 : 27 You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not commit adultery:' 28 But I say to you, that whoever looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
  • Matt 19:18 : 18 He said to him, Which ones? Jesus said, You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness,
  • Mark 10:11-12 : 11 And he said to them, Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. 12 And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.
  • Rom 7:2-3 : 2 For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives; but if the husband is dead, she is released from the law of her husband. 3 So then if, while her husband lives, she is married to another man, she will be called an adulteress: but if her husband is dead, she is free from that law; so that she is not an adulteress, though she is married to another man.
  • Rom 13:9 : 9 For the commandments, 'You shall not commit adultery,' 'You shall not murder,' 'You shall not steal,' 'You shall not bear false witness,' 'You shall not covet,' and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
  • Eph 5:3-5 : 3 But sexual immorality, and all impurity, or greed, let it not even be mentioned among you, as is proper for saints; 4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse joking, which are not fitting: but rather giving of thanks. 5 For this you know, that no sexually immoral, unclean, or greedy person, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
  • Jas 4:4 : 4 You adulterers and adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore, whoever wants to be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
  • Deut 5:18 : 18 Neither shall you commit adultery.
  • 2 Sam 11:4-5 : 4 Then David sent messengers, and took her; and she came to him, and he lay with her, for she was cleansed from her impurity; and she returned to her house. 5 And the woman conceived, so she sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
  • 2 Sam 11:27 : 27 And when her mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
  • Prov 2:15-18 : 15 Whose ways are crooked, and who are perverse in their paths: 16 To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the stranger who flatters with her words; 17 Who forsakes the guide of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God. 18 For her house leads down to death, and her paths to the dead.
  • Prov 6:24-35 : 24 To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. 25 Do not lust after her beauty in your heart; neither let her take you with her eyelids. 26 For by means of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. 27 Can a man take fire into his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? 28 Can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be burned? 29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; whoever touches her shall not be innocent. 30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry; 31 But if he is found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. 32 But whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding: he who does it destroys his own soul. 33 A wound and dishonor shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. 34 For jealousy is a husband's fury: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. 35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he be content, though you give many gifts.
  • Prov 7:18-27 : 18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; let us delight ourselves with love. 19 For the man is not at home; he has gone on a long journey; 20 He has taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the appointed day. 21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield; with the flattering of her lips she prevailed over him. 22 He goes after her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; 23 Until a dart strikes through his liver; as a bird hastes to the snare, and does not know that it is for his life. 24 Therefore listen to me now, O children, and attend to the words of my mouth. 25 Let not your heart incline to her ways, do not stray in her paths. 26 For she has cast down many wounded; indeed, many strong men have been slain by her. 27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

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  • Deut 5:17-21
    5 verses
    89%

    17You shall not kill.

    18Neither shall you commit adultery.

    19Neither shall you steal.

    20Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbor.

    21Neither shall you desire your neighbor's wife, nor shall you covet your neighbor's house, his field, or his male servant, or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.

  • Exod 20:15-17
    3 verses
    87%

    15You shall not steal.

    16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

    17You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's.

  • Exod 20:12-13
    2 verses
    84%

    12Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.

    13You shall not murder.

  • Matt 5:27-28
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    27You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not commit adultery:'

    28But I say to you, that whoever looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

  • Lev 20:10-11
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    81%

    10And the man that commits adultery with another man's wife, even he that commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

    11And the man that lies with his father's wife has uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

  • Lev 18:19-20
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    81%

    19Also you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.

    20Moreover, you shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, to defile yourself with her.

  • Matt 19:18-19
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    18He said to him, Which ones? Jesus said, You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness,

    19Honor your father and your mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

  • Luke 18:20
    78%

    20You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and your mother.

  • Jas 2:11
    78%

    11For He who said, Do not commit adultery, also said, Do not kill. Now if you do not commit adultery, yet if you kill, you have become a transgressor of the law.

  • Mark 10:19
    77%

    19You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.

  • Rom 2:22
    77%

    22You who say a man should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you commit sacrilege?

  • Exod 20:7-9
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    77%

    7You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.

    8Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

    9Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

  • Exod 20:3-4
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    3You shall have no other gods before Me.

    4You shall not make for yourself any carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

  • Deut 22:30
    74%

    30A man shall not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's bed.

  • Rom 13:9
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    9For the commandments, 'You shall not commit adultery,' 'You shall not murder,' 'You shall not steal,' 'You shall not bear false witness,' 'You shall not covet,' and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'

  • Mark 10:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11And he said to them, Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.

    12And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.

  • Deut 5:7
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    7You shall have no other gods before me.

  • Lev 19:11-12
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    73%

    11You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.

    12And you shall not swear by my name falsely, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.

  • Prov 6:29
    72%

    29So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; whoever touches her shall not be innocent.

  • Prov 6:25
    72%

    25Do not lust after her beauty in your heart; neither let her take you with her eyelids.

  • Prov 6:32
    72%

    32But whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding: he who does it destroys his own soul.

  • Deut 12:4
    72%

    4You shall not do so unto the LORD your God.

  • Heb 13:4
    72%

    4Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

  • Luke 16:18
    72%

    18Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced from her husband commits adultery.

  • Exod 34:17
    72%

    17You shall make no molten gods for yourself.

  • Matt 19:9
    72%

    9And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery.

  • Deut 19:14
    72%

    14You shall not remove your neighbor's landmark, which the men of old have set in your inheritance, which you shall inherit in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess.

  • Lev 19:20
    72%

    20And whoever lies carnally with a woman who is a bondmaid, betrothed to a husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

  • Ezek 16:32
    72%

    32But as a wife that commits adultery, who takes strangers instead of her husband!

  • Lev 18:22
    72%

    22You shall not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is an abomination.

  • Num 5:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, If any man's wife goes astray and acts unfaithfully against him,

    13And a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and she is undetected, though she has defiled herself, and there is no witness against her, nor is she caught in the act;

  • Num 5:20
    71%

    20But if you have gone aside to another instead of your husband, and if you are defiled, and some man has lain with you besides your husband:

  • Deut 20:18
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    18That they teach you not to do according to all their abominations, which they have done for their gods; so you would sin against the LORD your God.