Leviticus 20:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

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  • Exod 20:14 : 14 You shall not commit adultery.
  • Lev 18:20 : 20 Moreover, you shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, to defile yourself with her.
  • Deut 5:18 : 18 Neither shall you commit adultery.
  • John 8:4-5 : 4 They said to him, Master, this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act. 5 Now Moses in the law commanded us that such should be stoned: but what do you say?
  • Deut 22:22-24 : 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. 23 If a young woman who is a virgin is betrothed to a husband, and a man finds her in the city and lies with her, 24 Then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them with stones so that they die; the young woman because she did not cry out, being in the city; and the man because he has humbled his neighbor's wife; so you shall put away the evil from among you.
  • 2 Sam 12:13 : 13 David said to Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. Nathan said to David, The LORD also has put away your sin; you shall not die.
  • Ezek 23:45-47 : 45 And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is on their hands. 46 For thus says the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company against them, and will give them to be removed and plundered. 47 And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 20:11-16
    6 verses
    86%

    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.

    12And if a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.

    13If a man also lies with mankind, as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

    14And 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.

    15And if a man lies with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and you shall slay the beast.

    16And if a woman approaches any beast and lies down with it, you shall kill the woman and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

  • Deut 22:21-22
    2 verses
    83%

    21Then they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones so that she dies, because she has done a disgraceful thing in Israel, to play the harlot in her father's house. So shall you put away the evil from among you.

    22If 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 20:13-14
    2 verses
    81%

    13You shall not murder.

    14You shall not commit adultery.

  • Lev 20:9
    80%

    9For everyone that curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

  • Lev 24:16-17
    2 verses
    80%

    16And he who blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: the stranger as well as the one born in the land, when he blasphemes the name of the LORD, shall be put to death.

    17And he who kills any man shall surely be put to death.

  • Deut 17:5-6
    2 verses
    79%

    5then you shall bring out to your gates that man or woman who has committed this wicked thing, and shall stone them with stones until they die.

    6At the testimony of two or three witnesses, he who is worthy of death shall be put to death; but he shall not be put to death on the testimony of one witness.

  • Deut 22:24-25
    2 verses
    79%

    24Then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them with stones so that they die; the young woman because she did not cry out, being in the city; and the man because he has humbled his neighbor's wife; so you shall put away the evil from among you.

    25But 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.

  • Exod 21:12
    79%

    12He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.

  • Lev 18:20
    78%

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

  • Exod 21:14-17
    4 verses
    78%

    14But if a man acts presumptuously against his neighbor, to kill him with guile, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

    15And he who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

    16He who kidnaps a man, and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, shall surely be put to death.

    17And he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

  • Lev 19:20
    77%

    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.

  • Lev 20:20-21
    2 verses
    77%

    20And 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.

    21And 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.

  • Deut 5:18
    77%

    18Neither shall you commit adultery.

  • Lev 20:27
    76%

    27A man or woman who has a familiar spirit, or who is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.

  • Deut 21:21-22
    2 verses
    75%

    21And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he may die: so shall you put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear and fear.

    22And if a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and you hang him on a tree,

  • Exod 22:19
    75%

    19Whoever lies with an animal shall surely be put to death.

  • Jas 2:11
    75%

    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.

  • Deut 13:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9But you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

    10And you shall stone him with stones, that he die; because he has sought to push you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

  • Num 15:35
    74%

    35And the LORD said to Moses, The man shall surely be put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.

  • 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.

  • Matt 5:27
    74%

    27You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not commit adultery:'

  • Num 5:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    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;

  • Lev 24:21
    74%

    21And he who kills a beast shall restore it: and he who kills a man shall be put to death.

  • Prov 6:29
    73%

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

  • Prov 6:32
    73%

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

  • Num 5:20
    73%

    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:

  • Num 35:30-31
    2 verses
    73%

    30Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the testimony of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.

    31Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death: but he shall surely be put to death.

  • Exod 31:14
    73%

    14You shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is holy to you: everyone who defiles it shall surely be put to death: for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.

  • Ezek 16:32
    73%

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

  • Exod 20:17
    73%

    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.

  • Luke 16:18
    73%

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