Dictionary of Bible Themes Sexual relations involving at least one partner who is married to someone else. Such relations break the marriage covenant and are condemned in Scripture. Jesus Christ extended the understanding of adultery to include inner lust. Exodus 20:14Adultery is condemned by God God's law forbids it See also Leviticus 18:20pp Dt 5:18 Matthew 19:18James 2:11 pp Mk 10:19 pp Lk 18:20 Psalms 50:18Jeremiah 7:9-10 It is listed with other evil practices Hosea 4:1-2Luke 18:11 1 Timothy 1:9-10 Proverbs 6:25 The lure of adultery Matthew 5:27-28It begins with lust See also 2 Samuel 11:2-3Job 31:1,9 Jeremiah 5:8 Matthew 15:19 Proverbs 7:14-21 See also It is seductive Proverbs 5:3,20Job 24:15 Proverbs 7:8-10; 30:20 It is secretive Proverbs 7:7; 22:14Ecclesiastes 7:26 It is a snare to the unwary Proverbs 2:16See also It is resisted by the wise Genesis 39:7-12Proverbs 7:4-5 Proverbs 2:17 Adultery breaks the marriage covenant See also Hosea 2:2Malachi 2:14 Proverbs 6:32-34 The consequences of adultery See also It destroys individuals and society Proverbs 5:4-5,9-11; 6:26-29; 7:22-27Job 31:11-12 Leviticus 20:10 See also It was punishable by death under OT law Deuteronomy 22:22,23-24John 8:4-5 Hebrews 13:4 See also Adulterers face God's judgment 2 Samuel 12:11-12Malachi 3:5 1 Corinthians 6:9 Revelation 2:22 Matthew 19:9 Remarriage after divorce may be adultery See also Matthew 5:32pp Mk 10:11 Luke 16:18Romans 7:3 Romans 2:22 Hypocrisy in relation to adultery See also 2 Samuel 12:5-6Hosea 4:14 John 8:7-9 2 Samuel 11:1-4 Examples of adultery See also Jeremiah 5:7Jeremiah 29:23 the people of Jerusalem Hosea 3:1-3the exiles in Babylon John 8:3Hosea's wife, Gomer 2 Peter 2:14the woman caught in adultery false teachers in the church Isaiah 57:3Children born of adultery See also 2 Samuel 12:15-18"offspring of adulterers" was a term of abuse. Hosea 2:4-5; 5:7See also David and Bathsheba's child died when he was seven days old 4937 fate, fatalism5277 criminals 5279 crowds 5655 birth 5675 divorce 5708 marriage 5730 orphans 7346 death penalty 8248 faithfulness 8843 unforgivable sin |
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