KJV King James Version
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
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Exodus 20:14
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You shall not commit adultery.
WEB World English Bible
“You shall not commit adultery.
ASV American Standard Version
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Thou dost not commit adultery.
Surrounding context — Exodus 20
11 For [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them [is], and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
13 Thou shalt not kill.
14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
15 Thou shalt not steal.
16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that [is] thy neighbour’s.
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Hebrews 13:4Marriage [is] honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.Deuteronomy 5:18Neither shalt thou commit adultery.Romans 7:2-3For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to [her] husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of [her] husband.Romans 13:9For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if [there be] any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.Revelation 21:8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.Leviticus 20:10And the man that committeth adultery with [another] man’s wife, [even he] that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.Matthew 5:27-28Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:Mark 10:11-12And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.Leviticus 18:20Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with her.Jeremiah 5:8-9They were [as] fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.Ephesians 5:3-5But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;2 Samuel 11:27And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.Malachi 3:5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in [his] wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger [from his right], and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.Matthew 19:18He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,James 4:4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.Proverbs 7:18-27Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.Jeremiah 29:22-23And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which [are] in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;Proverbs 6:24-35To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
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