Proverbs 6:29

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So is he who sleeps with another man's wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.

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  • Gen 12:18-19 : 18 So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said, "What have you done to me? Why didn't you tell me she was your wife?" 19 "Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her to be my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go."
  • Gen 20:4-7 : 4 Now Abimelech had not approached her, so he said, 'Lord, will you destroy a nation even if it is innocent?' 5 'Did he not say to me, 6 Then God said to him in the dream, 'Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, so I also kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.' 7 Now return the man's wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, you can be sure that you and all who belong to you will die.'
  • Gen 26:10-11 : 10 Then Abimelech said, "What have you done to us? One of the people could have easily slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us." 11 So Abimelech gave orders to all the people: "Whoever touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death."
  • Lev 20:10 : 10 If a man commits adultery with another man's wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.
  • 2 Sam 11:3-4 : 3 David sent someone to inquire about the woman, and it was reported to him, 'Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite?' 4 So David sent messengers, took her, and she came to him. He slept with her while she was purifying herself from her uncleanness. Then she returned to her house.
  • 2 Sam 12:9-9 : 9 Why did you despise the word of the Lord by doing what is evil in His eyes? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed him with the sword of the Ammonites! 10 Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.'
  • 2 Sam 16:21 : 21 Ahithophel answered, "Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he left to care for the palace. Then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself obnoxious to your father, and the hands of everyone with you will be strengthened."
  • Prov 16:5 : 5 The Lord detests all who are proud in heart; be sure of this, they will not go unpunished.
  • Jer 5:8-9 : 8 They were like well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing for his neighbor's wife. 9 Should I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord. Should I not take vengeance on a nation like this?
  • Ezek 22:11 : 11 One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife, another defiles his daughter-in-law with wickedness, and another violates his sister, his father’s daughter.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 I will come near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, adulterers, and those who swear falsely; against those who defraud workers of their wages, oppress widows and orphans, and deprive foreigners of justice. They do not fear me, says the Lord of Hosts.
  • 1 Cor 7:1 : 1 Now concerning the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 18:18-20
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    77%

    18 Do not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.

    19 Do not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during the uncleanness of her monthly period.

    20 Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife and defile yourself with her.

  • Prov 6:30-33
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    77%

    30 Men do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.

    31 Yet if he is caught, he must pay back sevenfold; he may have to give up all the wealth of his house.

    32 But a man who commits adultery has no sense; he destroys himself.

    33 He will suffer wounds and disgrace, and his shame will never be wiped away.

  • Prov 6:24-28
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    76%

    24 They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.

    25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her captivate you with her eyes.

    26 For a prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man hunts a precious life.

    27 Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?

    28 Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?

  • Num 5:12-14
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    12 Speak to the Israelites: If a man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him,

    13 and another man has sexual relations with her secretly, and it is hidden from her husband, and she is not caught but has become defiled, even though there is no witness against her,

    14 and if a spirit of jealousy comes over the husband and he becomes suspicious of his wife, whether she has defiled herself or not,

  • Ezek 18:15
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    15 He does not eat at the mountain shrines or lift his eyes to the idols of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife.

  • Ezek 18:11
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    11 even though the father did none of them: He eats at the mountain shrines, defiles his neighbor’s wife,

  • Num 5:29
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    29 This is the law regarding jealousy when a woman goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband's authority.

  • Prov 5:8-9
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    8 Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house.

    9 Lest you give your vigor to others, and your years to someone cruel;

  • Lev 18:16
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    16 Do not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would dishonor your brother.

  • Lev 20:10
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    10 If a man commits adultery with another man's wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.

  • Deut 5:21
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    21 You shall not covet your neighbor's wife. You shall not desire your neighbor's house, his field, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

  • Matt 5:27-28
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    73%

    27 You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’

    28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

  • Num 5:20
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    20 But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority and defiled yourself, and if a man other than your husband has had sexual relations with you—

  • Ezek 16:32
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    32 You adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

  • Deut 5:18-19
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    73%

    18 You shall not commit adultery.

    19 You shall not steal.

  • Ezek 18:6
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    6 he does not eat at the mountain shrines or look to the idols of Israel; he does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her impurity.

  • Lev 20:20-21
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    20 If a man lies with his aunt, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness. They shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

    21 If a man marries his brother's wife, it is impurity. He has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

  • Gen 26:11
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    11 So Abimelech gave orders to all the people: "Whoever touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death."

  • Exod 20:14
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    14 You shall not commit adultery.

  • Job 31:9-11
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    9 If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor's door,

    10 then may my wife grind grain for another, and may others kneel over her.

    11 For that would be wickedness, a sin to be judged.

  • Prov 5:20
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    20 Why, my son, should you be captivated by a forbidden woman or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

  • Deut 28:30
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    30 You will become engaged to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not enjoy its fruit.

  • Exod 22:16
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    16 If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man must still pay the bride price for virgins.

  • Exod 20:17
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    17 You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

  • Lev 19:20
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    20 If a man has sexual relations with a woman who is a slave designated for another man but who has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be an inquiry, but they are not to be put to death because she had not been freed.

  • Lev 18:8
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    8 Do not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; that would dishonor your father.

  • Prov 30:20
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    20 This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats, wipes her mouth, and says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'

  • Lev 18:14
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    14 Do not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations; she is your aunt.

  • Lev 6:2
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    2 Command Aaron and his sons, saying: This is the law of the burnt offering. The burnt offering shall remain on the hearth of the altar all night until morning, and the fire on the altar must be kept burning.

  • Lev 15:21
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    21 Anyone who touches her bed must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will remain unclean until evening.

  • Lev 5:3
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    3 Or if someone touches human uncleanness, anything that makes a person unclean, and it is hidden from them but then they realize it, they become guilty.

  • Ezek 22:11
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    11 One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife, another defiles his daughter-in-law with wickedness, and another violates his sister, his father’s daughter.