Proverbs 6:29

American Standard Version (1901)

So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 12:18-19 : 18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? 19 why saidst thou, She is my sister, so that I took her to be my wife? now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
  • Gen 20:4-7 : 4 Now Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay even a righteous nation? 5 Said he not himself unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this. 6 And God said unto him in the dream, Yea, I know that in the integrity of thy heart thou has done this, and I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. 7 Now therefore restore the man's wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
  • Gen 26:10-11 : 10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? One of the people might easily have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought guiltiness upon us. 11 And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
  • Lev 20:10 : 10 And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
  • 2 Sam 11:3-4 : 3 And David send and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? 4 And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness); and she returned unto her house.
  • 2 Sam 12:9-9 : 9 Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah, to do that which is evil in his sight? thou hast smitten Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. 10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thy house, because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
  • 2 Sam 16:21 : 21 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, that he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then will the hands of all that are with thee be strong.
  • Prov 16:5 : 5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to Jehovah: [Though] hand [join] in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
  • Jer 5:8-9 : 8 They were as fed horses roaming at large; every one neighed after his neighbor's wife. 9 Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
  • Ezek 22:11 : 11 And one hath committed abomination with his neighbor's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner [from his right], and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.
  • 1 Cor 7:1 : 1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Lev 18:18-20
    3 verses
    77%

    18And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival [to her], to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her life-time.

    19And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.

    20And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor's wife, to defile thyself with her.

  • Prov 6:30-33
    4 verses
    77%

    30Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy himself when he is hungry:

    31But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; He shall give all the substance of his house.

    32He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.

    33Wounds and dishonor shall he get; And his reproach shall not be wiped away.

  • Prov 6:24-28
    5 verses
    76%

    24To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.

    25Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

    26For on account of a harlot [a man is brought] to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

    27Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?

    28Or can one walk upon hot coals, And his feet not be scorched?

  • Num 5:12-14
    3 verses
    76%

    12Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,

    13and a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, and she be not taken in the act;

    14and the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:

  • Ezek 18:15
    76%

    15that hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbor's wife,

  • Ezek 18:11
    75%

    11and that doeth not any of those [duties], but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbor's wife,

  • Num 5:29
    74%

    29This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goeth aside, and is defiled;

  • Prov 5:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;

    9Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel;

  • Lev 18:16
    74%

    16Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.

  • Lev 20:10
    73%

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

  • Deut 22:30
    73%

    30A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt.

  • Deut 5:21
    73%

    21Neither shalt thou covet thy neighbor's wife; neither shalt thou desire thy neighbor's house, his field, or his man-servant, or his maid-servant, his ox, or his ass, or anything that is thy neighbor's.

  • Matt 5:27-28
    2 verses
    73%

    27Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery:

    28but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

  • Num 5:20
    73%

    20But if thou have gone aside, being under thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee besides thy husband:

  • Ezek 16:32
    73%

    32A wife that committeth adultery! that taketh strangers instead of her husband!

  • Deut 5:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18Neither shalt thou commit adultery.

    19Neither shalt thou steal.

  • Ezek 18:6
    73%

    6and hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbor's wife, neither hath come near to a woman in her impurity,

  • Lev 20:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

    21And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is impurity: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

  • Gen 26:11
    73%

    11And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

  • Exod 20:14
    72%

    14Thou shalt not commit adultery.

  • Job 31:9-11
    3 verses
    72%

    9If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;

    10Then let my wife grind unto another, And let others bow down upon her.

    11For that were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges:

  • Prov 5:20
    72%

    20For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

  • Deut 28:30
    72%

    30Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not use the fruit thereof.

  • Exod 22:16
    71%

    16And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.

  • Exod 20:17
    71%

    17Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor's.

  • Lev 19:20
    71%

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

  • Lev 18:8
    70%

    8The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.

  • Prov 30:20
    70%

    20So is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, I have done no wickedness.

  • Lev 18:14
    70%

    14Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.

  • Lev 6:2
    70%

    2If any one sin, and commit a trespass against Jehovah, and deal falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or have oppressed his neighbor,

  • Lev 15:21
    70%

    21And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

  • Lev 5:3
    70%

    3Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever his uncleanness be wherewith he is unclean, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.

  • Ezek 22:11
    70%

    11And one hath committed abomination with his neighbor's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.