Leviticus 18:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Exod 20:14 : 14 You shall not commit adultery.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1 Cor 6:9 : 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
  • Heb 13:4 : 4 Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
  • Deut 5:18 : 18 Neither shall you commit adultery.
  • Deut 22:22 : 22 If a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman; so you shall put away evil from Israel.
  • Deut 22:25 : 25 But if a man finds a betrothed young woman in the field, and the man forces her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die.
  • 2 Sam 11:3-4 : 3 So David sent and inquired about the woman. And someone said, Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? 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.
  • 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 6:25 : 25 Do not lust after her beauty in your heart; neither let her take you with her eyelids.
  • Prov 6:29-33 : 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.
  • 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.
  • Gal 5:19 : 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are these: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,
  • Rom 2:22 : 22 You who say a man should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you commit sacrilege?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 18:11-19
    9 verses
    87%

    11 The nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, begotten by your father, she is your sister, you shall not uncover her nakedness.

    12 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister: she is your father's near kinswoman.

    13 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister: for she is your mother's near kinswoman.

    14 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother; you shall not approach his wife: she is your aunt.

    15 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law: she is your son's wife; you shall not uncover her nakedness.

    16 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.

    17 You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, nor shall you take her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.

    18 Nor shall you take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her lifetime.

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

  • Lev 18:21-24
    4 verses
    82%

    21 And you shall not let any of your seed pass through the fire to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.

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

    23 Nor shall you lie with any beast to defile yourself with it: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down with it: it is confusion.

    24 Do not defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled, which I cast out before you.

  • Exod 20:14-17
    4 verses
    81%

    14 You shall not commit adultery.

    15 You shall not steal.

    16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

    17 You 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.

  • Deut 5:18
    80%

    18 Neither shall you commit adultery.

  • Deut 5:20-21
    2 verses
    79%

    20 Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbor.

    21 Neither 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.

  • Ezek 18:15
    79%

    15 Who has not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, has not defiled his neighbor's wife,

  • Num 5:12-13
    2 verses
    79%

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

    13 And 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;

  • Lev 18:6-8
    3 verses
    79%

    6 None of you shall approach anyone who is near of kin to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.

    7 The nakedness of your father or the nakedness of your mother you shall not uncover: she is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness.

    8 The nakedness of your father's wife you shall not uncover: it is your father's nakedness.

  • Lev 20:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    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.

    11 And 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.

  • Ezek 18:11
    78%

    11 And does not do any of those duties, but has eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbor's wife,

  • Lev 19:20
    78%

    20 And 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.

  • Num 5:20
    78%

    20 But 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:

  • Prov 6:29
    77%

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

  • Ezek 22:11
    77%

    11 One has committed abomination with his neighbor's wife; another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in you has humbled his sister, his father's daughter.

  • Deut 22:30
    77%

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

  • Lev 20:18-21
    4 verses
    76%

    18 And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he has discovered her fountain, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.

    19 And you shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, nor of your father's sister, for he uncovers his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.

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

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

  • Ezek 18:6
    76%

    6 And has not eaten upon the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, nor defiled his neighbor's wife, nor come near to a menstruous woman,

  • Lev 19:29
    76%

    29 Do not prostitute your daughter, to cause her to become a whore; lest the land become full of whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.

  • Lev 19:11
    76%

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

  • Lev 18:27
    75%

    27 For all these abominations have the men of the land done, who were before you, and the land is defiled;

  • Lev 15:18
    75%

    18 The woman also with whom a man lies with seed of emission, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.

  • Ezek 33:26
    75%

    26 You rely on your sword, you commit abominations, and you defile every one his neighbor's wife: and shall you possess the land?

  • Lev 18:30
    75%

    30 Therefore you shall keep my ordinance, that you do not commit any of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that you do not defile yourselves by them: I am the LORD your God.

  • Deut 28:30
    74%

    30 You shall marry a wife, and another man shall lie with her: you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell therein: you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not gather the grapes thereof.

  • Lev 20:14
    74%

    14 And if a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.

  • Deut 22:22
    74%

    22 If a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman; so you shall put away evil from Israel.

  • Exod 34:15
    74%

    15 Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice to their gods, and one of them invites you, and you eat his sacrifice.

  • Jer 3:2
    74%

    2 Lift up your eyes to the high places and see where you have not been violated. On the roads you have sat for them, like an Arabian in the wilderness; and you have polluted the land with your whoredoms and your wickedness.