Leviticus 18:20

World English Bible (2000)

"'You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, and defile yourself with her.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 20:14 : 14 "You shall not commit adultery.
  • Lev 20:10 : 10 "'The man who commits adultery with another man's wife, even he who 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, 'You shall not commit adultery;' 28 but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
  • 1 Cor 6:9 : 9 Or don't you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don't be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,
  • Heb 13:4 : 4 Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
  • Deut 5:18 : 18 "Neither shall you commit adultery.
  • Deut 22:22 : 22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman: so you shall put away the evil from Israel.
  • Deut 22:25 : 25 But if the man find the lady who is pledged to be married in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her; then the man only who lay with her shall die:
  • 2 Sam 11:3-4 : 3 David sent and inquired after the woman. One said, "Isn't this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?" 4 David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness); and she returned to her house.
  • 2 Sam 11:27 : 27 When the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased Yahweh.
  • Prov 6:25 : 25 Don't lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
  • Prov 6:29-33 : 29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished. 30 Men don't despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry: 31 but if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house. 32 He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul. 33 He will get wounds and dishonor. His reproach will not be wiped away.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don't fear me," says Yahweh of Armies.
  • Gal 5:19 : 19 Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,
  • Rom 2:22 : 22 You who say a man shouldn't commit adultery. Do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 18:11-19
    9 verses
    87%

    11 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, conceived by your father, since she is your sister.

    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. You shall not take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen: it is wickedness.

    18 "'You shall not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is yet alive.

    19 "'You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.

  • Lev 18:21-24
    4 verses
    82%

    21 "'You shall not give any of your children to sacrifice to Molech; neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am Yahweh.

    22 "'You shall not lie with a man, as with a woman. That is detestable.

    23 "'You shall not lie with any animal to defile yourself with it; neither shall any woman give herself to an animal, to lie down with it: it is a perversion.

    24 "'Don't defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled.

  • Exod 20:14-17
    4 verses
    81%

    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 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 give false testimony against your neighbor.

    21 "Neither shall you covet your neighbor's wife; neither shall you desire 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 on the mountains, neither has 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 tell them: 'If any man's wife goes astray, and is unfaithful to him,

    13 and a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and is kept close, and she is defiled, and there is no witness against her, and she isn't taken in the act;

  • Lev 18:6-8
    3 verses
    79%

    6 "'None of you shall approach anyone who are his close relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am Yahweh.

    7 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, nor the nakedness of your mother: she is your mother. You shall not uncover her nakedness.

    8 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife: it is your father's nakedness.

  • Lev 20:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    10 "'The man who commits adultery with another man's wife, even he who commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

    11 "'The man who 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 who does not any of those [duties], but even has eaten on the mountains, and defiled his neighbor's wife,

  • Lev 19:20
    78%

    20 "'If a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave girl, pledged to be married to another man, and not ransomed, or given her freedom; they shall be punished. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

  • Num 5:20
    78%

    20 But if you have gone astray, being under 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 will not be unpunished.

  • Ezek 22:11
    77%

    11 One has committed abomination with his neighbor's wife; and 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, and shall not uncover his father's skirt.

  • Lev 20:18-21
    4 verses
    76%

    18 "'If a man lies with a woman having her monthly period, and uncovers her nakedness; he has made naked her fountain, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.

    19 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, nor of your father's sister; for he has made naked his close relative: they shall bear their iniquity.

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

    21 "'If a man takes his brother's wife, it is an impurity: he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

  • Ezek 18:6
    76%

    6 and has not eaten on the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither has defiled his neighbor's wife, neither has come near to a woman in her impurity,

  • Lev 19:29
    76%

    29 "'Don't profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.

  • Lev 19:11
    76%

    11 "'You shall not steal. "'You shall not lie. "'You shall not deceive one another.

  • Lev 18:27
    75%

    27 (for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land became defiled);

  • Lev 15:18
    75%

    18 If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.

  • Ezek 33:26
    75%

    26 You stand on your sword, you work abomination, and every one of you defiles his neighbor's wife: and shall you possess the land?

  • Lev 18:30
    75%

    30 Therefore you shall keep my requirements, that you do not practice any of these abominable customs, which were practiced before you, and that you do not defile yourselves with them: I am Yahweh your God.'"

  • Deut 28:30
    74%

    30 You shall betroth 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 use its fruit.

  • Lev 20:14
    74%

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

  • Deut 22:22
    74%

    22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman: so you shall put away the evil from Israel.

  • Exod 34:15
    74%

    15 "Don't make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, lest they play the prostitute after their gods, and sacrifice to their gods, and one call you and you eat of his sacrifice;

  • Jer 3:2
    74%

    2 "Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see! Where have you not been lain with? You have sat for them by the ways, as an Arabian in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your prostitution and with your wickedness.