Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” So King Abimelech of Gerar sent for and took Sarah.
Proverbs 6:29 - Tree of Life Version So is he who goes to 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 of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” So King Abimelech of Gerar sent for and took Sarah.
When the time of mourning was over, David sent someone who brought her to his palace. So she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing David had done was evil in Adonai’s eyes.
So Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go to your father’s concubines whom he has left to take care of the palace. Then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself abhorrent to your father and the hands of all who are with you will also be strengthened.”
“Do not covet your neighbor’s house, your neighbor’s wife, his manservant, his maidservant, his ox, his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”
Adonai abhors all the proud in heart. Be assured, they will not go unpunished.
He has not eaten at mountain shrines or lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel. He has not defiled his neighbor’s wife or come near to a woman during niddah .
One has been detestable with his neighbor’s wife; another has wickedly defiled his daughter-in-law; yet another has violated his sister, his father’s daughter, in you.
You rely on your sword, commit abominations and each of you defiles his neighbor’s wife. Should you possess the land?’
You are not to lie sexually with your neighbor’s wife and defile yourself with her.
“The man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, who commits adultery with his friend’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress should surely be put to death.
“Then I will draw near to you in judgment, and I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, adulterers, perjurers those who extort a worker’s wage, or oppress the widow or an orphan, those who mislead a stranger. They do not fear Me,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot.
Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me, it is good for a man not to touch a woman.