Adultery: Penalties For
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Genesis 20:7
Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for you, and you shall live: and if you restore her not, know you that you shall surely die, you, and all that are yours.
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Genesis 26:11
And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
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Genesis 38:24
And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar your daughter in law has played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by prostitution. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
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Exodus 22:16,17
And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
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Leviticus 19:20-22
And whoever lies carnally with a woman, that is a female slave, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.
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Leviticus 20:10-12
And the man that commits adultery with another man's wife, even he that commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
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Leviticus 21:9
And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profanes her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
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Numbers 5:11-29
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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Deuteronomy 22:13-29
If any man take a wife, and go in to her, and hate her,
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Deuteronomy 27:20,22,23
Cursed be he that lies with his father's wife; because he uncovers his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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2 Samuel 12:10-12
Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house; because you have despised me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.
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Jeremiah 29:22,23
And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
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Ezekiel 16:38,40,41
And I will judge you, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give you blood in fury and jealousy.
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Ezekiel 23:45,47,48
And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
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Malachi 2:5
My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear with which he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
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John 8:4,5
They say to him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
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1 Corinthians 5:1-13
It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.
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1 Corinthians 6:9,10
Know you 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,
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1 Corinthians 10:8
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
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Galatians 5:19,21
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
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Ephesians 5:5,6
For this you know, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
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Hebrews 13:4
Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled: but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
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Revelation 18:9,10
And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall mourn her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
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Revelation 21:8
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
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Revelation 22:15
For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and fornicators, and murderers, and idolaters, and whoever loves and makes a lie.
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To this Our Answer Is, that if the Scythians...
... philosophical system, again, who abstains from adultery when the opportunity comes
to him, does so generally from dread of the law and its penalties, and not ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter lxiii to this our.htm

That when it Happens that Monks have to Eat with Women they Ought ...
... Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her ...
but if they will not do so, let there overtake them the penalties which have ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/canon xxii that when it.htm

Whether it is Lawful to Kill a Man in Self-Defense?
... Reply to Objection 4: The act of fornication or adultery is not ... Further, the Decretals
[*Dist.1] contain several canons prescribing penalties for unintentional ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether it is lawful to 10.htm

Letter ccxvii. To Amphilochius, the Canons.
... him, is subject by the sentence of the Lord to the penalty of adultery. ... broken their
oaths under violent compulsion, they are under lighter penalties and may ...
/.../basil/basil letters and select works/letter ccxvii to amphilochius the.htm

The Wicked Heart Set to do Evil.
... thus to gain; and it is in vain that God labors by fearful prohibitions and penalties
to dissuade him from his course. So of stealing, adultery, and other sins ...
/.../finney/sermons on gospel themes/viii the wicked heart set.htm

Religious and Social State.
... matter as a kind of "undesigned coincidence," rendering credible the death penalties
spoken of ... The death penalty for adultery (vv.43, 45) is in agreement with ...
/.../daubney/the three additions to daniel a study/religious and social state 2.htm

The Foundations of Good Citizenship.
... instances these penalties were still more severe among other early peoples. As soon
as society emerges from the savage state, the crime of adultery is always ...
/.../kent/the making of a nation/study x the foundations of.htm

The vision of Paul.
... adultery having wives of their own: likewise also the women committed adultery having
husbands of their own: therefore they unceasingly suffer penalties. 39. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/unknown/the vision of paul/the vision of paul.htm

When a Man Sows, He Expects to Reap.
... not sit on a throne, attaching penalties to particular ... "Adultery, fornication,
uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations ...
//christianbookshelf.org/moody/sowing and reaping/chapter iii when a man.htm

The Spiritual Life
... The sixth commandment, "Thou shalt not commit adultery," includes having delight
in adulteries ... every citizen of a kingdom does who fears the penalties of the ...
/.../swedenborg/spiritual life and the word of god/part firstthe spiritual life.htm

Resources
What does the Bible say about adultery? | GotQuestions.org

What is the biblical punishment for adultery? | GotQuestions.org

Why is "You shall not commit adultery" in the Ten Commandments? | GotQuestions.org

Adultery: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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