Deuteronomy 5:18

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You must not commit adultery.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 20:14 : 14 “You shall not commit adultery.
  • Luke 18:20 : 20 You know the commandments:‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.’”
  • Matt 5:27-28 : 27 Adultery“You have heard that it was said,‘Do not commit adultery.’ 28 But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
  • Jas 2:10-11 : 10 For the one who obeys the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it. 11 For he who said,“Do not commit adultery,” also said,“Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law.
  • Lev 20:10 : 10 If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.
  • Prov 6:32-33 : 32 A man who commits adultery with a woman lacks sense, whoever does it destroys his own life. 33 He will be beaten and despised, and his reproach will not be wiped away;

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Exod 20:13-17
    5 verses
    89%

    13“You shall not murder.

    14“You shall not commit adultery.

    15“You shall not steal.

    16“You shall not give false testimony 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 belongs to your neighbor.”

  • Deut 5:19-21
    3 verses
    88%

    19You must not steal.

    20You must not offer false testimony against another.

    21You must not desire another man’s wife, nor should you crave his house, his field, his male and female servants, his ox, his donkey, or anything else he owns.”

  • Deut 5:17
    84%

    17You must not murder.

  • Matt 5:27-28
    2 verses
    84%

    27Adultery“You have heard that it was said,‘Do not commit adultery.’

    28But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

  • Lev 18:18-20
    3 verses
    80%

    18You must not take a woman in marriage and then marry her sister as a rival wife while she is still alive, to have sexual relations with her.

    19“‘You must not approach a woman in her menstrual impurity to have sexual relations with her.

    20You must not have sexual relations with the wife of your fellow citizen to become unclean with her.

  • Matt 19:18-19
    2 verses
    79%

    18“Which ones?” he asked. Jesus replied,“Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony,

    19honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.”

  • Jas 2:11
    78%

    11For he who said,“Do not commit adultery,” also said,“Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law.

  • Lev 20:10
    77%

    10If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.

  • Luke 18:20
    75%

    20You know the commandments:‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.’”

  • Lev 19:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11Dealing Honestly“‘You must not steal, you must not tell lies, and you must not deal falsely with your fellow citizen.

    12You must not swear falsely in my name, so that you do not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

  • Deut 5:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7You must not have any other gods besides me.

    8You must not make for yourself an image of anything in heaven above, on earth below, or in the waters beneath.

  • Deut 5:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11You must not make use of the name of the LORD your God for worthless purposes, for the LORD will not exonerate anyone who abuses his name that way.

    12Be careful to observe the Sabbath day just as the LORD your God has commanded you.

  • Rom 2:22
    74%

    22You who tell others not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

  • Mark 10:19
    74%

    19You know the commandments:‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.’”

  • Matt 5:32-33
    2 verses
    74%

    32But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

    33Oaths“Again, you have heard that it was said to an older generation,‘Do not break an oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’

  • Prov 6:25
    73%

    25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes;

  • Matt 5:21
    73%

    21Anger and Murder“You have heard that it was said to an older generation,‘Do not murder,’ and‘whoever murders will be subjected to judgment.’

  • Num 5:11-13
    3 verses
    73%

    11The Jealousy Ordeal The LORD spoke to Moses:

    12“Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘If any man’s wife goes astray and behaves unfaithfully toward him,

    13and a man goes to bed with her, for sexual relations, without her husband knowing it, and it is hidden that she has defiled herself, since there was no witness against her, nor was she caught–

  • Prov 6:29
    73%

    29So it is with the one who sleeps with his neighbor’s wife; no one who touches her will escape punishment.

  • Rom 13:9
    73%

    9For the commandments,“Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not covet,”(and if there is any other commandment) are summed up in this,“Love your neighbor as yourself.”

  • Lev 18:22
    72%

    22You must not have sexual relations with a male as one has sexual relations with a woman; it is a detestable act.

  • Deut 22:30
    72%

    30(23:1) A man may not marry his father’s former wife and in this way dishonor his father.

  • Lev 18:16
    72%

    16You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; she is your brother’s nakedness.

  • Ezek 18:15
    72%

    15He does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains, does not pray to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife,

  • Mark 10:11
    72%

    11So he told them,“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.

  • Luke 16:18
    71%

    18“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

  • Prov 6:32
    71%

    32A man who commits adultery with a woman lacks sense, whoever does it destroys his own life.

  • Exod 20:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7“You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold guiltless anyone who takes his name in vain.

    8“Remember the Sabbath day to set it apart as holy.

  • Lev 18:8
    71%

    8You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; she is your father’s nakedness.

  • Exod 34:17
    71%

    17You must not make yourselves molten gods.

  • Matt 19:9
    71%

    9Now I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another commits adultery.”

  • Deut 28:30
    71%

    30You will be engaged to a woman and another man will rape her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not even begin to use it.

  • Prov 5:9
    70%

    9lest you give your vigor to others and your years to a cruel person,