Proverbs 6:29

New English Translation

So it is with the one who has sex with his neighbor’s wife; no one who touches her will escape punishment.

Cross References

Genesis 20:2

Abraham said about his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her.

2 Samuel 11:27

When the time of mourning passed, David had her brought to his palace. She became his wife and she bore him a son. But what David had done upset the Lord.

2 Samuel 16:21

Ahithophel replied to Absalom, “Have sex with your father’s concubines whom he left to care for the palace. All Israel will hear that you have made yourself repulsive to your father. Then your followers will be motivated to support you.”

Exodus 20:17

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

Proverbs 16:5

The Lord abhors every arrogant person; rest assured that they will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 6:28

Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?

Ezekiel 18:6

does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains or pray to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife, does not have sexual relations with a woman during her period,

Ezekiel 22:11

One commits an abominable act with his neighbor’s wife; another obscenely defiles his daughter-in-law; another violates his sister – his father’s daughter – within you.

Ezekiel 33:26

You rely on your swords and commit abominable deeds; each of you defiles his neighbor’s wife. Will you possess the land?’

Leviticus 18:20

You must not have sexual intercourse with the wife of your fellow citizen to become unclean with her.

Leviticus 20:10

If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.

Malachi 3:5

“I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the immigrant and in this way show they do not fear me,” says the Lord who rules over all.

1 Corinthians 7:1

Now with regard to the issues you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”