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ADULTERY

• GENERAL REFERENCES

  • Genesis 20:3; 2Samuel 12:14; Job 24:15-18; 31:1, 9-12; Proverbs 2:16-19; 6:24-29, 5:3-22; 32, 33; 7:5-23; 9:13-18; 22:14; 23:27, 28; 29:3; 30:18-20; 31:3; Isaiah 57:3, 4; Jeremiah 3:1; 5:7, 8; 7:9, 10; 23:10; Hosea 4:1, Ezekiel 18:5, 6; 2, 11; Matthew 5:28, 32; 15:19; 19:9; 10:11, Mark 7:21; 12, 19; Luke 16:18; Romans 1:28, Acts 15:20, 29; 29, 32; 7:3; 1Corinthians 5:9, 10; 6:15-18; 10:8; 2Corinthians 12:21; Galatians 5:19, 21; 1Timothy 1:9, 10; 2Timothy 3:6; James 2:11; 2Peter 2:9, 1Peter 4:3, 4; 10, 14; Jude 1:7; Revelation 2:20-22; 9:21

  • See LASCIVIOUSNESS, RAPE, SENSUALITY, SODOMY, WHORE, WHOREDOM

• FORBIDDEN

  • Exodus 20:14; Leviticus 18:20; 19:29; Deuteronomy 5:18; 23:17; Matthew 5:27; 19:18; Luke 18:20; Acts 15:20; Romans 13:9, 13; 6:13, 1Corinthians 5:9-11; 15, 18; Ephesians 4:17, 10:8; 5:3, 19, 20; 11, 12; Colossians 3:5; 1Thessalonians 4:3-5, 7; James 2:11

• FORGIVENESS OF

  • Instances of
    Judges 19:1-4; John 8:10, 11

• PENALTIES FOR

  • Genesis 20:7; 26:11; 38:24; Exodus 22:16, 17; Leviticus 19:20-22; 20:10-12; 21:9; Numbers 5:11-29; 27:20, Deuteronomy 22:13-29; 22, 23; 2Samuel 12:10-12; Ezekiel 16:38, Jeremiah 29:22, 23; 23:45, 40, 41; 47, 48; Malachi 2:5; John 8:4, 5; 1Corinthians 5:1-13; 6:9, 10; 10:8; Galatians 5:19, 21; Ephesians 5:5, 6; Hebrews 13:4; Revelation 18:9, 10; 21:8; 22:15

• FIGURATIVE

  • Jeremiah 3:2; Ezekiel 16:15, 16; Hosea 1

  • See WHOREDOM, IDOLATRY

• INSTANCES OF

  • Sodomites
    Genesis 19:5-8

  • Lot
    Genesis 19:31-38

  • Shechem
    Genesis 34:2

  • Reuben
    Genesis 35:22

  • Judah
    Genesis 38:1-24

  • Potiphar's wife
    Genesis 39:7-12

  • The Levite's concubine
    Judges 19:2

  • The Gibeahites
    Judges 19:22-25

  • Gilead
    Judges 11:1

  • Samson
    Judges 16:1

  • Sons of Eli
    1Samuel 2:22

  • David
    2Samuel 11:1-5

  • Amnon
    2Samuel 13:1-20

  • Absalom
    2Samuel 16:22

  • Israelites
    Exodus 32:6, 25; Jeremiah 29:23; Ezekiel 22:9-11; 33:26; Hosea 7:4

  • Herod
    Matthew 14:3, 4; Mark 6:17, 18; Luke 3:19

  • The Samaritan woman
    John 4:17, 18

  • The woman brought to Jesus in the temple
    John 8:4-11

  • Corinthians
    1Corinthians 5:1-5

  • Heathen
    Ephesians 4:17-19; 1Peter 4:3