Proverbs 6:29

God's Word

So it is with a man who has sex with his neighbor’s wife. None who touch her will escape punishment.

Cross References

Genesis 20:2

Abraham told everyone that his wife Sarah was his sister. So King Abimelech of Gerar sent men to take Sarah.

2 Samuel 11:27

When her mourning was over, David sent for her and brought her to his home, and she became his wife. Then she gave birth to a son. But the Lord considered David’s actions evil.

2 Samuel 16:21

Ahithophel told Absalom, “Sleep with your father’s concubines  whom he left to take care of the palace. Then all Israel will hear about how you have made your father despise you. Everyone who is with you will support you even more.”

Exodus 20:17

“Never desire to take your neighbor’s household away from him. “Never desire to take your neighbor’s wife, his male or female slave, his ox, his donkey, or anything else that belongs to him.”

Proverbs 16:5

Everyone with a conceited heart is disgusting to the Lord. Certainly, ⌞such a person⌟ will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 6:28

Can anyone walk on red-hot coals without burning his feet?

Ezekiel 18:6

He doesn’t eat at the illegal mountain worship sites or look for help from the idols of the nation of Israel. He doesn’t dishonor his neighbor’s wife or have sexual intercourse with a woman while she is having her period.

Ezekiel 22:11

Men do disgusting things with their neighbors’ wives. Some men sexually dishonor their daughters-in-law. Other men who live in you have sex with their sisters, their father’s daughters.

Ezekiel 33:26

You rely on your swords. You do disgusting things. You dishonor your neighbor’s wife. Should the land be given to you?’

Leviticus 18:20

Never have sexual intercourse with your neighbor’s wife and become unclean with her.

Leviticus 20:10

“If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife or with his neighbor’s wife, both he and the woman must be put to death for their adultery.

Malachi 3:5

“I will come to judge you. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers, lying witnesses, and those who cheat workers out of their wages and oppress widows and orphans. I will also testify against those who deprive foreigners of their rights. None of them fear me,” says the Lord of Armies.

1 Corinthians 7:1

Now, concerning the things that you wrote about: It’s good for men not to get married.