Verse 11

One 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.

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 18:15 : 15 You must not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law; she is your son’s wife. You must not have sexual relations with her.
  • Lev 20:17 : 17 “‘If a man has marital relations with his sister, whether the daughter of his father or his mother, so that he sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of the children of their people. He has exposed his sister’s nakedness; he will bear his punishment for iniquity.
  • Lev 18:9 : 9 You must not have sexual relations with your sister, whether she is your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she is born in the same household or born outside it; you must not have sexual relations with either of them.
  • 2 Sam 13:14 : 14 But he refused to listen to her. He overpowered her and humiliated her by raping her.
  • Ezek 18:11 : 11 (though the father did not do any of them). He eats pagan sacrifices on the mountains, defiles his neighbor’s wife,
  • Lev 20:12 : 12 If a man goes to bed with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death. They have committed perversion; their blood guilt is on themselves.
  • Lev 18:20 : 20 You must not have sexual relations with the wife of your fellow citizen to become unclean with her.
  • 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 : 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.
  • Deut 27:22 : 22 ‘Cursed is the one who goes to bed with his sister, the daughter of either his father or mother.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
  • 2 Sam 13:1 : 1 The Rape of Tamar Now David’s son Absalom had a beautiful sister named Tamar. In the course of time David’s son Amnon fell madly in love with her.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 “I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the resident foreigner and in this way show they do not fear me,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
  • 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.
  • 1 Cor 6:9 : 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals,
  • Gal 5:19 : 19 Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, depravity,
  • 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.
  • 2 Sam 13:28-29 : 28 Absalom instructed his servants,“Look! When Amnon is drunk and I say to you,‘Strike Amnon down,’ kill him then and there. Don’t fear! Is it not I who have given you these instructions? Be strong and courageous!” 29 So Absalom’s servants did to Amnon exactly what Absalom had instructed. Then all the king’s sons got up; each one rode away on his mule and fled.
  • Job 31:9-9 : 9 If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door, 10 then let my wife turn the millstone for another man, and may other men commit adultery with her. 11 For I would have committed a shameful act, an iniquity to be judged.
  • Jer 5:7-8 : 7 The LORD asked,“How can I leave you unpunished, Jerusalem? Your people have rejected me and have worshiped gods that are not gods at all. Even though I supplied all their needs, they were like an unfaithful wife to me. They went flocking to the houses of prostitutes. 8 They are like lusty, well-fed stallions. Each of them lusts after his neighbor’s wife.
  • Jer 9:2 : 2 (9:1) I wish I had a lodging place in the wilderness where I could spend some time like a weary traveler. Then I would desert my people and walk away from them because they are all unfaithful to God, a congregation of people that has been disloyal to him.
  • Jer 29:23 : 23 This will happen to them because they have done what is shameful in Israel. They have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives and have spoken lies while claiming my authority. They have spoken words that I did not command them to speak. I know what they have done. I have been a witness to it,’ says the LORD.”