Job 31:11

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For I would have committed a shameful act, an iniquity to be judged.

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Referenced Verses

  • 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.
  • Deut 22:22-24 : 22 If a man is discovered in bed with a married woman both the man lying in bed with the woman and the woman herself must die; in this way you will purge evil from Israel. 23 If a virgin is engaged to a man and another man meets her in the city and goes to bed with her, 24 you must bring the two of them to the gate of that city and stone them to death, the young woman because she did not cry out though in the city and the man because he violated his neighbor’s fiancée; in this way you will purge evil from among you.
  • Job 31:28 : 28 then this also would be iniquity to be judged, for I would have been false to God above.
  • Gen 38:24 : 24 After three months Judah was told,“Your daughter-in-law Tamar has turned to prostitution, and as a result she has become pregnant.” Judah said,“Bring her out and let her be burned!”
  • Gen 39:9 : 9 There is no one greater in this household than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”
  • Exod 20:14 : 14 “You shall not commit adultery.
  • Gen 20:9 : 9 Abimelech summoned Abraham and said to him,“What have you done to us? What sin did I commit against you that would cause you to bring such great guilt on me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done!”
  • Gen 26:10 : 10 Then Abimelech exclaimed,“What in the world have you done to us? One of the men nearly took your wife to bed, and you would have brought guilt on us!”
  • Prov 6:29-33 : 29 So it is with the one who sleeps with his neighbor’s wife; no one who touches her will escape punishment. 30 People do not despise a thief when he steals to fulfill his need when he is hungry. 31 Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house. 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;
  • Ezek 16:38 : 38 I will punish you as an adulteress and murderer deserves. I will avenge your bloody deeds with furious rage.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 10then let my wife turn the millstone for another man, and may other men commit adultery with her.

  • 12For it is a fire that devours even to Destruction, and it would uproot all my harvest.

  • 28then this also would be iniquity to be judged, for I would have been false to God above.

  • 74%

    10They have sexual relations with their father’s wife within you; they violate women during their menstrual period within you.

    11One commits an abominable act with his neighbor’s wife; another obscenely defiles his daughter-in-law; another violates his sister– his father’s daughter– within you.

  • Num 5:12-13
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    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–

  • 32“‘Adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

  • 24you must bring the two of them to the gate of that city and stone them to death, the young woman because she did not cry out though in the city and the man because he violated his neighbor’s fiancée; in this way you will purge evil from among you.

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    21the men of her city must bring the young woman to the door of her father’s house and stone her to death, for she has done a disgraceful thing in Israel by behaving like a prostitute while living in her father’s house. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

    22If a man is discovered in bed with a married woman both the man lying in bed with the woman and the woman herself must die; in this way you will purge evil from Israel.

  • 29“‘This is the law for cases of jealousy, when a wife, while under her husband’s authority, goes astray and defiles herself,

  • 15The LORD says to the people of Judah,“What right do you have to be in my temple, my beloved people? Many of you have done wicked things. Can your acts of treachery be so easily canceled by sacred offerings that you take joy in doing evil even while you make them?

  • 11(though the father did not do any of them). He eats pagan sacrifices on the mountains, defiles his neighbor’s wife,

  • Deut 17:4-5
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    4When it is reported to you and you hear about it, you must investigate carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done in Israel,

    5you must bring to your city gates that man or woman who has done this wicked thing– that very man or woman– and you must stone that person to death.

  • 11Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid; no longer will they continue to do evil like this among you.

  • Lev 20:10-11
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    10If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.

    11If a man goes to bed with his father’s wife, he has exposed his father’s nakedness. Both of them must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.

  • 11This is what the LORD has said:‘I am about to bring disaster on you from inside your own household! Right before your eyes I will take your wives and hand them over to your companion. He will go to bed with your wives in broad daylight!

  • 45But upright men will punish them appropriately for their adultery and bloodshed, because they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.

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    13Purity in the Marriage Relationship Suppose a man marries a woman, sleeps with her, and then rejects her,

    14accusing her of impropriety and defaming her reputation by saying,“I married this woman but when I approached her for marital relations I discovered she was not a virgin!”

  • 3Is it not misfortune for the unjust, and disaster for those who work iniquity?

  • 18The elders of that city must then seize the man and punish him.

  • 14If a man has marital relations with both a woman and her mother, it is lewdness. Both he and they must be burned to death, so there is no lewdness in your midst.

  • 12then you must cut off her hand– do not pity her.

  • 38I will punish you as an adulteress and murderer deserves. I will avenge your bloody deeds with furious rage.

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

  • 7They trample on the dirt-covered heads of the poor; they push the destitute away. A man and his father go to the same girl; in this way they show disrespect for my moral purity.

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    19‘Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    20‘Cursed is the one who goes to bed with his father’s former wife, for he dishonors his father.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

  • 11Judah has become disloyal, and unspeakable sins have been committed in Israel and Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the holy things that the LORD loves and has turned to a foreign god!

  • 20But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority, and if you have defiled yourself and some man other than your husband has had sexual relations with you….”

  • 9Because she took her prostitution so lightly, she defiled the land through her adulterous worship of gods made of wood and stone.

  • 20Lying with a Slave Woman“‘When a man goes to bed with a woman for intercourse, although she is a slave woman designated for another man and she has not yet been ransomed, or freedom has not been granted to her, there will be an obligation to pay compensation. They must not be put to death, because she was not free.

  • 11Woe to the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.

  • 2Suppose a man or woman is discovered among you– in one of your villages that the LORD your God is giving you– who sins before the Lord your God and breaks his covenant

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

  • 31Then the man will be free from iniquity, but that woman will bear the consequences of her iniquity.’”

  • 16For anyone who acts dishonestly in these ways is abhorrent to the LORD your God.

  • 30“Something horrible and shocking is going on in the land of Judah:

  • 23under an unloved woman who becomes married, and under a female servant who dispossesses her mistress.

  • 12Doing wickedness is an abomination to kings, because a throne is established in righteousness.

  • 8He then said,“This woman represents wickedness,” and he pushed her down into the basket and placed the lead cover on top.

  • 17But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you.

  • 24and my anger will burn and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children will be fatherless.

  • 33He will be beaten and despised, and his reproach will not be wiped away;

  • 10They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. She became notorious among women, and they executed judgments against her.

  • 2Then, if the guilty person is sentenced to a beating, the judge shall force him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of blows his wicked behavior deserves.