Jeremiah 5:8

New Century Version

They are like well-fed horses filled with sexual desire; each one wants another man’s wife.

Cross References

Jeremiah 13:27

I have seen the terrible things you have done: your acts of adultery and your snorting, your prostitution, your hateful acts on the hills and in the fields. How terrible it will be for you, Jerusalem. How long will you continue being unclean?”

Ezekiel 22:11

One man in you does a hateful act with his neighbor’s wife, while another has shamefully made his daughter-in-law unclean sexually. And another forces his half sister to have sexual relations with him.

Jeremiah 29:23

They have done evil things among the people of Israel. They are guilty of adultery with their neighbors’ wives. They have also spoken lies and said those lies were a message from me. I did not tell them to do that. I know what they have done; I am a witness to it,” says the Lord.

Job 31:9

“If I have desired another woman or have waited at my neighbor’s door for his wife,

Deuteronomy 5:21

“You must not want to take your neighbor’s wife. You must not want to take your neighbor’s house or land, his male or female slaves, his ox or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

Deuteronomy 5:18

“You must not be guilty of adultery.

Exodus 20:17

“You must not want to take your neighbor’s house. You must not want his wife or his male or female slaves, or his ox or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

Exodus 20:14

“You must not be guilty of adultery.

Genesis 39:9

There is no one in his house greater than I. He has not kept anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How can I do such an evil thing? It is a sin against God.”

Jeremiah 9:2

I wish I had a place in the desert— a house where travelers spend the night— so I could leave my people. I could go away from them, because they are all unfaithful to God; they are all turning against him.

Jeremiah 50:11

“Babylon, you are excited and happy, because you took my land. You dance around like a young cow in the grain. Your laughter is like the neighing of male horses.

Proverbs 6:29

The same is true if you have sexual relations with another man’s wife. Anyone who does so will be punished.

Jeremiah 23:10

The land of Judah is full of people who are guilty of adultery. Because of this, the Lord cursed the land. It has become a very sad place, and the pastures have dried up. The people are evil and use their power in the wrong way.