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Exodus 20

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Lev. 18:20• 20And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife to become unclean with her. (Lev. 18:20)
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Lev. 20:10• 10And a man that committeth adultery with a man's wife, who committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, —the adulterer and the adulteress shall certainly be put to death. (Lev. 20:10)
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2 Sam. 11:4‑5,27• 4And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her; and she had purified herself from her uncleanness; and she returned to her house.
 5And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
 27And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of Jehovah. (2 Sam. 11:4‑5,27)
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Prov. 2:15‑18• 15Who in their paths are crooked, and pervert in their course—
 16To deliver thee from the strange woman,{HR}From the stranger who flattereth with her words;
 17Who forsaketh the friend of her youth{HR}And forgetteth the covenant of her God.
 18For her house inclineth unto death,{HR}And her paths unto the dead; (Prov. 2:15‑18)
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Prov. 6:24‑35• 24To keep thee from the evil woman,{HR}From the smoothness of the tongue of a strange woman.
 25Lust not after her beauty in thy heart,{HR}Nor let her take thee with her eyelids;
 26For by means of a whorish woman [one cometh] to a piece of bread,{HR}And another's wife doth hunt for the precious soul.
 27Can a man take fire in his bosom,{HR}And his garments not be burned?
 28Can one go upon hot coals,{HR}And his feet not be scorched?
 29So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife:{HR}Whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
 30They do not despise a thief,{HR}If he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
 31And [if] he be found, he shall restore sevenfold;{HR}He shall give all the substance of his house.
 32Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding;{HR}He [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
 33A wound and contempt shall he get;{HR}And his reproach shall not be wiped away.
 34For jealousy [is] the rage of a man,{HR}And he will not spare in the day of vengeance;
 35He will not regard any ransom,{HR}Neither will he rest content though thou multipliest gifts. (Prov. 6:24‑35)
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Prov. 7:18‑27• 18Come, let us revel in love until the morning;{HR}Let us delight ourselves with loves.
 19For the husband [is] not at home{HR}And he is gone a long journey;
 20He hath taken the money-bag with him;{HR}He will come home at the day of full moon.
 21With her much fair speech she beguiled him;{HR}With the flattery of her lips she constrained him.
 22He goeth after suddenly, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,{HR}And as in fetters to his correction the fool;
 23Till an arrow strike through his liver,{HR}As a bird hasteth to the snare,{HR}And knoweth not that [it is] for its life.
 24And now, sons, hearken to me,{HR}And attend to the words of my mouth.
 25Let not thy heart decline to her ways;{HR}Go not astray in her paths:
 26For she hath cast down many wounded;{HR}And all slain by her are strong.
 27Her house [is] the way to Sheol,{HR}Going down to the chambers of death. (Prov. 7:18‑27)
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Jer. 5:8‑9• 8They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.
 9Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? (Jer. 5:8‑9)
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Jer. 29:22‑23• 22and of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, Jehovah make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
 23because they have committed villainy in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 29:22‑23)
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Mal. 3:5• 5And I will come near to you to judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 3:5)
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Matt. 5:27‑28• 27Ye heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery;
 28but I say unto you that every one that looketh at a woman to lust after her committed adultery with her already in his heart. (Matt. 5:27‑28)
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Mark 10:11‑12• 11And he says to them, Whosoever shall put away his wife and marry another, committeth adultery against her;
 12and if a woman put away her husband and marry another, she committeth adultery. (Mark 10:11‑12)
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Rom. 7:2‑3• 2For the married woman is bound to the living husband by law; but if the husband die, she is quit from the law of her husband.
 3So then, while the husband liveth, she shall be called an adulteress, if she belong to another man; but if the husband die, she is free from the law, so as not to be an adulteress by belonging to another man. (Rom. 7:2‑3)
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Eph. 5:3‑5• 3But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not be even named among you, even as becometh saints;
 4and filthiness and foolish talking or jesting, which are not becoming, but rather thanksgiving.
 5For this ye are aware of, knowing that no fornicator nor unclean nor covetous [person], who is an idolater, hath inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and God. (Eph. 5:3‑5)
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Heb. 13:4• 4[Be] marriage in all [things] held in honour, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge. (Heb. 13:4)
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James 4:4• 4Adulteresses, know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore shall be minded to be friend of the world is constituted enemy of God. (James 4:4)
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Rev. 21:8• 8But for the cowardly and faithless and abominable and murderers and fornicators and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. (Rev. 21:8)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou shalt not commit adultery.

W. Kelly Translation

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Thou shalt not commit adultery.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)