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Bible Verses About Adultery
Find Bible verses about adultery — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about adultery?
The Bible addresses adultery with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Matthew 19:9
“I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery."”
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Mark 10:11
“He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her.”
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Luke 16:18
“Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.”
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Romans 2:22
“You who say a man shouldn't commit adultery. Do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?”
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Deuteronomy 5:18
“"Neither shall you commit adultery.”
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Exodus 20:14
“"You shall not commit adultery.”
Matthew 5:28
“but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.”
Proverbs 6:32
“He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.”
Ezekiel 16:32
“A wife who commits adultery! who takes strangers instead of her husband!”
Proverbs 30:20
“"So is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'”
Matthew 5:27
“"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery;'”
Romans 13:9
“For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not give false testimony," "You shall not covet," and whatever other commandments there...”
Luke 18:20
“You know the commandments: 'Don't commit adultery,' 'Don't murder,' 'Don't steal,' 'Don't give false testimony,' 'Honor your father and your mother.'"”
Matthew 19:18
“He said to him, "Which ones?" Jesus said, "'You shall not murder.' 'You shall not commit adultery.' 'You shall not steal.' 'You shall not offer false testimony.'”
Proverbs 2:16
“To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;”
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Mark 10:12 — “If a woman herself divorces her husband, and marries another, she commits adultery."...”
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