Proverbs 6:29

Easy To Read Version

It is the same with any person who sleeps with another man’s wife. That person will suffer.

Cross References

Genesis 20:2

Abraham told people that Sarah was his sister. Abimelech, king of Gerar, heard this. Abimelech wanted Sarah, so he sent some servants to take her.

2 Samuel 11:27

After she had finished her time of sadness, David sent servants to take her to his house. She became David’s wife and gave birth to a son for David. But the Lord did not like the bad thing David had done.

2 Samuel 16:21

Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Your father left some of his wives [96] here to take care of the house. Go and have sexual relations with them. Then all the Israelites will hear that your father hates you. And all of your people will be encouraged to give you more support.”

Exodus 20:17

“You must not want to take your neighbor’s house. You must not want his wife. And you must not want his men and women servants, or his cattle, or his donkeys. You must not want to take anything that belongs to another person!”

Proverbs 16:5

The Lord hates every person who thinks that he is better than other people. The Lord will surely punish all those proud people.

Proverbs 6:28

If a man steps on a hot coal, his feet will be burned!

Ezekiel 18:6

That good person does not go to the mountains and share in foods offered to false gods. He does not pray to those filthy idols in Israel. He does not do the sin of adultery with his neighbor’s wife. He does not have sex with his wife during her period.

Ezekiel 22:11

One man does that terrible sin against his own neighbor’s wife. Another man has sex with his own daughter-in-law and makes her unclean. {\cf2\super [171]} And another man rapes his father’s daughter—his very own sister.

Ezekiel 33:26

You depend on your own sword. Each of you does terrible things. Each of you does sexual sins with his neighbor’s wife. So you cannot have the land!’

Leviticus 18:20

“And you must not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife. This will only make you filthy [328] !

Leviticus 20:10

“If a man has sexual relations with his neighbor’s wife, then both the man and the woman are guilty of adultery. So both the man and the woman must be put to death!

Malachi 3:5

Then I will come to you—and I will do the right thing. I will be like a person that is ready to tell the judge about the bad things people did. Some people do evil magic. Some people do the sin of adultery. {\cf2\super [19]} Some people make false promises. Some people cheat their workers—they don’t pay them the money they promised. People don’t help widows and orphans. {\cf2\super [20]} People don’t help strangers. People don’t respect me!” The Lord All-Powerful said these things.

1 Corinthians 7:1

Now \{I will discuss\} the things you wrote to me about. It is good for a man not to marry.