John 4:18
for you have had five husbands, and the man you are living with now is not your husband. This you said truthfully!”
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- Gen 20:3 : 3 But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream at night and said to him,“You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is someone else’s wife.”
- Gen 34:2 : 2 When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, who ruled that area, saw her, he grabbed her, forced himself on her, and sexually assaulted her.
- Gen 34:7-8 : 7 Now Jacob’s sons had come in from the field when they heard the news. They were offended and very angry because Shechem had disgraced Israel by sexually assaulting Jacob’s daughter, a crime that should not be committed. 8 But Hamor made this appeal to them:“My son Shechem is in love with your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.
- Gen 34:31 : 31 But Simeon and Levi replied,“Should he treat our sister like a common prostitute?”
- Num 5:29 : 29 “‘This is the law for cases of jealousy, when a wife, while under her husband’s authority, goes astray and defiles herself,
- Ruth 4:10 : 10 I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, as my wife to raise up a descendant who will inherit his property so the name of the deceased might not disappear from among his relatives and from his village. You are witnesses today.”
- Jer 3:20 : 20 But, you have been unfaithful to me, nation of Israel, like an unfaithful wife who has left her husband,” says the LORD.
- Ezek 16:32 : 32 “‘Adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!
- Mark 10:12 : 12 And if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”
- Rom 7:3 : 3 So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is alive, she will be called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she is joined to another man, she is not an adulteress.
- 1 Cor 7:10-11 : 10 To the married I give this command– not I, but the Lord– a wife should not divorce a husband 11 (but if she does, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband), and a husband should not divorce his wife.
- Heb 13:4 : 4 Marriage must be honored among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- John 4:15-173 verses92%
15 The woman said to him,“Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water.”
16 He said to her,“Go call your husband and come back here.”
17 The woman replied,“I have no husband.” Jesus said to her,“Right you are when you said,‘I have no husband,’
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19 The woman said to him,“Sir, I see that you are a prophet.
- John 4:25-295 verses73%
25 The woman said to him,“I know that Messiah is coming”(the one called Christ);“whenever he comes, he will tell us everything.”
26 Jesus said to her,“I, the one speaking to you, am he.”
27 The Disciples Return Now at that very moment his disciples came back. They were shocked because he was speaking with a woman. However, no one said,“What do you want?” or“Why are you speaking with her?”
28 Then the woman left her water jar, went off into the town and said to the people,
29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Surely he can’t be the Messiah, can he?”
- John 4:9-113 verses72%
9 So the Samaritan woman said to him,“How can you– a Jew– ask me, a Samaritan woman, for water to drink?”(For Jews use nothing in common with Samaritans.)
10 Jesus answered her,“If you had known the gift of God and who it is who said to you,‘Give me some water to drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
11 “Sir,” the woman said to him,“you have no bucket and the well is deep; where then do you get this living water?
- John 8:10-112 verses72%
10 Jesus stood up straight and said to her,“Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?”
11 She replied,“No one, Lord.” And Jesus said,“I do not condemn you either. Go, and from now on do not sin any more.”]]
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28 In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her.”
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7 A Samaritan woman came to draw water. Jesus said to her,“Give me some water to drink.”
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4 because John had repeatedly told him,“It is not lawful for you to have her.”
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39 The Samaritans Respond Now many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the report of the woman who testified,“He told me everything I ever did.”
- Luke 20:33-342 verses70%
33 In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For all seven had married her.”
34 So Jesus said to them,“The people of this age marry and are given in marriage.
- John 8:4-52 verses70%
4 and said to Jesus,“Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of adultery.
5 In the law Moses commanded us to stone to death such women. What then do you say?”
- Matt 5:31-322 verses70%
31 Divorce“It was said,‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a legal document.’
32 But 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.
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23 In the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife will she be? For all seven had married her.”
- Matt 5:27-282 verses69%
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.
- Matt 19:4-107 verses69%
4 He answered,“Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female,
5 and said,‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?
6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
7 They said to him,“Why then did Moses command us to give a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her?”
8 Jesus said to them,“Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hard hearts, but from the beginning it was not this way.
9 Now I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another commits adultery.”
10 The disciples said to him,“If this is the case of a husband with a wife, it is better not to marry!”
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13 Jesus replied,“Everyone who drinks some of this water will be thirsty again.
- Rom 7:2-32 verses69%
2 For a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of the marriage.
3 So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is alive, she will be called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she is joined to another man, she is not an adulteress.
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18 For John had repeatedly told Herod,“It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”
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20 But 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….”
- Mark 10:11-122 verses68%
11 So he told them,“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.
12 And if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”
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48 Then Jesus said to her,“Your sins are forgiven.”
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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.
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4 It is not the wife who has the rights to her own body, but the husband. In the same way, it is not the husband who has the rights to his own body, but the wife.
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2 But because of immoralities, each man should have relations with his own wife and each woman with her own husband.
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16 Or do you not know that anyone who is united with a prostitute is one body with her? For it is said,“The two will become one flesh.”
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4 Jesus replied,“Woman, why are you saying this to me? My time has not yet come.”
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21 Jesus said to her,“Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
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7 When they persisted in asking him, he stood up straight and replied,“Whoever among you is guiltless may be the first to throw a stone at her.”
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1 “If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and becomes another man’s wife, he may not take her back again. Doing that would utterly defile the land. But you, Israel, have given yourself as a prostitute to many gods. So what makes you think you can return to me?” says the LORD.