14 "You shall not commit *adultery. [Prov 6:25, 26; Matt 5:27, 28; Rom 1:24; Eph 5:3]

10 ‘The man who commits adultery with another’s wife, even his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall most certainly be put to death. [John 8:4-11]

20 You shall not have intimate relations with your neighbor’s wife, to be defiled with her.

32 But whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks common sense and sound judgment and an understanding [of moral principles];

He who would destroy his soul does it.

32 But whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks common sense and sound judgment and an understanding [of moral principles];

He who would destroy his soul does it.

33 Wounds and disgrace he will find,

And his reproach (blame) will not be blotted out.

34 For jealousy enrages the [wronged] husband;

He will not spare [the guilty one] on the day of vengeance.

35 He will not accept any ransom [offered to buy him off from demanding full punishment];

Nor will he be satisfied though you offer him many gifts (bribes).

27 Can a man take fire to his chest

And his clothes not be burned?

28 Or can a man walk on hot coals

And his feet not be scorched?

29 So is the one who goes in to his neighbor’s wife;

Whoever touches her will not be found innocent or go unpunished.

27 "You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery’; [Ex 20:14; Deut 5:18] 28 but I say to you that everyone who [so much as] looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

32 but I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except on grounds of sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who has been divorced commits adultery. [Deut 24:1-4; Luke 16:18]

19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts and plans, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, slanders (verbal abuse, irreverent speech, blaspheming).

11 And He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her;12 and if a woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery."

18 "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries one who is divorced from her husband commits adultery. [Matt 5:31, 32]

4 and they said to Him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in the very act of adultery. 5 Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women [to death]. So what do You say [to do with her—what is Your sentence]?" [Deut 22:22-24] 6 They said this to test Him, hoping that they would have grounds for accusing Him. But Jesus stooped down and began writing on the ground with His finger. 7 However, when they persisted in questioning Him, He straightened up and said, "He who is without [any] sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her." [Deut 17:7] 8 Then He stooped down again and started writing on the ground. 9 They listened [to His reply], and they began to go out one by one, starting with the oldest ones, until He was left alone, with the woman [standing there before Him] in the center of the court.10 Straightening up, Jesus said to her, "Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?"11 She answered, "No one, Lord!" And Jesus said, "I do not condemn you either. Go. From now on sin no more."]

3 For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey [like a honeycomb]

And her speech is smoother than oil; [Ezek 20:30; Col 2:8-10; 2 Pet 2:14-17]

4 But in the end she is bitter like [the extract of] wormwood,

Sharp as a two-edged sword.

5 Her feet go down to death;

Her steps take hold of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),

6 So that she does not think [seriously] about the path of life;

Her ways are aimless and unstable; you cannot know where her path leads.

3 For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey [like a honeycomb]

And her speech is smoother than oil; [Ezek 20:30; Col 2:8-10; 2 Pet 2:14-17]

4 But in the end she is bitter like [the extract of] wormwood,

Sharp as a two-edged sword.

5 Her feet go down to death;

Her steps take hold of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),

6 So that she does not think [seriously] about the path of life;

Her ways are aimless and unstable; you cannot know where her path leads.

7 Now then, my sons, listen to me

And do not depart from (forget) the words of my mouth.

8 Let your way [in life] be far from her,

And do not go near the door of her house [avoid even being near the places of temptation], [Prov 4:15; Rom 16:17; 1 Thess 5:19-22]

9 Or you will give your honor to others,

And your years to the cruel one,

8 Let your way [in life] be far from her,

And do not go near the door of her house [avoid even being near the places of temptation], [Prov 4:15; Rom 16:17; 1 Thess 5:19-22]

9 Or you will give your honor to others,

And your years to the cruel one,

10 And strangers will be filled with your strength

And your hard-earned wealth will go to the house of a foreigner [who does not know God];

11 And you will groan when your life is ending,

When your flesh and your body are consumed;

12 And you say, "How I hated instruction and discipline,

And my heart despised correction and reproof!

13 "I have not listened to the voice of my teachers,

Nor have I inclined my ear to those who instructed me.

14 "I was almost in total ruin

In the midst of the assembly and congregation."

19 Let her be as a loving hind and graceful doe,

Let her breasts refresh and satisfy you at all times;

Always be *exhilarated and delight in her love.

20 Why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an immoral woman

And embrace the bosom of an outsider (pagan)?

18 For her house leads down to death

And her paths lead to the dead;

19 None who go to her return again,

Nor do they regain the paths of life—

14 The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit [deep and inescapable];

He who is cursed by the Lord [because of his adulterous sin] will fall into it.

18 Run away from sexual immorality [in any form, whether thought or behavior, whether visual or written]. Every other sin that a man commits is outside the body, but the one who is sexually immoral sins against his own body.

16 But I say, walk habitually in the [Holy] Spirit [seek Him and be responsive to His guidance], and then you will certainly not carry out the desire of the *sinful nature [which responds impulsively without regard for God and His precepts]. 17 For the sinful nature has its desire which is opposed to the Spirit, and the [desire of the] Spirit opposes the *sinful nature; for these [two, the sinful nature and the Spirit] are in direct opposition to each other [continually in conflict], so that you [as believers] do not [always] do whatever [good things] you want to do.

19 Now the practices of the *sinful nature are clearly evident: they are sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality (total irresponsibility, lack of self-control), 20 *idolatry, *sorcery, hostility, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions [that promote heresies], 21 envy, drunkenness, riotous behavior, and other things like these. I warn you beforehand, just as I did previously, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

4 Marriage is to be held in honor among all [that is, regarded as something of great value], and the marriage bed undefiled [by immorality or by any sexual sin]; for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

3 For this is the will of God, that you be sanctified [separated and set apart from sin]: that you abstain and back away from sexual immorality; 4 that each of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor [being available for God’s purpose and separated from things profane], 5 not [to be used] in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God and are ignorant of His will;

4 You adulteresses [disloyal sinners—flirting with the world and breaking your vow to God]! Do you not know that being the world’s friend [that is, loving the things of the world] is being God’s enemy? So whoever chooses to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

21 I gave her time to repent [to change her inner self and her sinful way of thinking], but she has no desire to repent of her immorality and refuses to do so.22 *Listen carefully, I will throw her on a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her [I will bring] into great anguish, unless they repent of her deeds.