Bible Verses About Punishment for Adultery
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for punishment for adultery, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 6,371 votes, led by Leviticus 20:10. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Punishment for Adultery
Leviticus 20:10354 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.
Proverbs 6:32306 votes
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
Hebrews 13:4252 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Deuteronomy 22:22199 votes
If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.
John 8:3-11196 votes
And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,
Exodus 20:14176 votes
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Matthew 19:9154 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.
Luke 16:18144 votes
Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
1 Corinthians 6:9128 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,
James 4:17117 votes
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Revelation 2:22116 votes
Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
Matthew 5:28111 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.
1 Corinthians 6:18102 votes
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Malachi 2:1685 votes
For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
Matthew 5:27-2880 votes
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
1 Corinthians 6:9-1069 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,
Deuteronomy 5:1865 votes
Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
Jeremiah 3:863 votes
And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
Matthew 5:3263 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.
Leviticus 18:2061 votes
Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with her.
Romans 7:1-360 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 5:31-3259 votes
It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
1 John 2:459 votes
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Leviticus 20:1358 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.
Romans 7:2-353 votes
For 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.
What does the Bible say about punishment for adultery?
Readers most often cite Leviticus 20:10 on the subject of punishment for adultery. Across 6,371 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 6:32, Hebrews 13:4, Deuteronomy 22:22. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.