John 4:18

God's Word

You’ve had five husbands, and the man you have now isn’t your husband. You’ve told the truth.”

Cross References

Genesis 20:3

God came to Abimelech in a dream one night and said to him, “You’re going to die because of the woman that you’ve taken! She’s a married woman!”

Genesis 34:2

When Shechem, son of the local ruler Hamor the Hivite, saw her, he took her and raped her.

Genesis 34:31

Simeon and Levi asked, “Should Shechem have been allowed to treat our sister like a prostitute?”

Jeremiah 3:20

But like a wife who betrays her husband, so you, nation of Israel, betrayed me,” declares the Lord.

Ezekiel 16:32

You are an adulterous wife who prefers strangers to her husband.

Ezekiel 16:35

“ ‘Listen to the Lord’s word, you prostitute.

Numbers 5:29

“These are the instructions for how to deal with jealousy. They tell you what to do when a woman is unfaithful to her husband and becomes unclean.

Mark 10:12

If a wife divorces her husband and marries another man, she is committing adultery.”

John 4:16

Jesus told her, “Go to your husband, and bring him here.”

John 4:17

The woman replied, “I don’t have a husband.” Jesus told her, “You’re right when you say that you don’t have a husband.

John 4:19

The woman said to Jesus, “I see that you’re a prophet!

Romans 7:3

So if she marries another man while her husband is still alive, she will be called an adulterer. But if her husband dies, she is free from this law, so she is not committing adultery if she marries another man.

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage is honorable in every way, so husbands and wives should be faithful to each other. God will judge those who commit sexual sins, especially those who commit adultery.

Ruth 4:10

In addition, I have bought as my wife the Moabite Ruth, Mahlon’s widow, to keep the inheritance in the dead man’s name. In this way the dead man’s name will not be cut off from his relatives or from the public records. Today you are witnesses.”