Abraham said about his wife Sarah, ‘She is my sister.’ So King Abimelech of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
Proverbs 6:29 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised So it is with the one who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So he who cohabits with his neighbor's wife [will be tortured with evil consequences and just retribution]; he who touches her shall not be innocent or go unpunished. American Standard Version (1901) So he that goeth in to his neighbor’s wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished. Common English Bible So is the man who approaches his neighbor’s wife; anyone who touches her will be punished. Catholic Public Domain Version So also, he who enters to the wife of his neighbor shall not be clean when he touches her. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife, shall not be clean when he shall touch her. |
Abraham said about his wife Sarah, ‘She is my sister.’ So King Abimelech of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
When the time of mourning ended, David had her brought to his house. She became his wife and bore him a son. However, the Lord considered what David had done to be evil.
Ahithophel replied to Absalom, ‘Sleep with your father’s concubines whom he left to take care of the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become repulsive to your father, everyone with you will be encouraged.’
Do not covet your neighbour’s house. Do not covet your neighbour’s wife, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour.
Everyone with a proud heart is detestable to the Lord; be assured, he will not go unpunished.
He does not eat at the mountain shrines , or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbour’s wife or approach a woman during her menstrual impurity.
One man within you commits a detestable act with his neighbour’s wife; another defiles his daughter-in-law with depravity; and yet another violates his sister, his father’s daughter.
You have relied on your swords, you have committed detestable acts, and each of you has defiled his neighbour’s wife. Should you then receive possession of the land? ”
You are not to have sexual intercourse with your neighbour’s wife, defiling yourself with her.
‘If a man commits adultery with a married woman #– #if he commits adultery with his neighbour’s wife #– #both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.
‘I will come to you in judgement, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the hired worker, the widow, and the fatherless; and against those who deny justice to the resident foreigner. They do not fear me,’ says the Lord of Armies.
Now in response to the matters you wrote about: ‘It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.’