Bible Verses About Committing Adultery
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for committing adultery, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,553 votes, led by Matthew 5:27-28. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Committing Adultery
Matthew 5:27-28134 votes
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
Luke 16:18100 votes
Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
Hebrews 13:480 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Proverbs 6:3279 votes
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
Leviticus 20:1078 votes
And 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 19:972 votes
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
Matthew 5:2863 votes
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Revelation 21:861 votes
But 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.
Galatians 5:1958 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Hebrews 10:2651 votes
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
Matthew 5:3249 votes
But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Exodus 20:1445 votes
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
1 Corinthians 6:1845 votes
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
1 Corinthians 6:941 votes
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
Mark 10:11-1239 votes
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
1 Corinthians 7:239 votes
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
John 8:1-1135 votes
Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.
1 Corinthians 7:1134 votes
But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
Leviticus 20:1332 votes
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Proverbs 6:2428 votes
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
Ezekiel 23:3728 votes
That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them.
Mark 10:228 votes
And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
1 Corinthians 7:1528 votes
But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
Romans 7:1-2527 votes
Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
Matthew 19:3-923 votes
The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
What does the Bible say about committing adultery?
Readers most often cite Matthew 5:27-28 on the subject of committing adultery. Across 1,553 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Luke 16:18, Hebrews 13:4, Proverbs 6:32. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.