The Bible teaches that marriage is a sacred institution, and any violation of its covenant is considered a serious offense. In Matthew 5:27-28, Jesus emphasizes that even lustful thoughts can be equivalent to committing adultery, highlighting the importance of purity in heart and mind. The book of Hebrews affirms the value of marriage, stating that it should be held in honor by all, while Proverbs warns of the destructive consequences of adultery, noting that it leads to shame and loss. Additionally, Leviticus and Luke 16:18 condemn the act, emphasizing the need for faithfulness and commitment in marriage.
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You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.
Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery. ”
But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, brings adultery upon her. And he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,
Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
So He told them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.”
But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning He went back into the temple courts. All the people came to Him, and He sat down to teach them. The scribes and Pharisees, however, brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before them and said, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such a woman. So what do You say?” They said this to test Him, in order to have a basis for accusing Him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with His finger. When they continued to question Him, He straightened up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her.” And again He bent down and wrote on the ground. When they heard this, they began to go away one by one, beginning with the older ones, until only Jesus was left, with the woman standing there. Then Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are your accusers? Has no one condemned you?” “No one, Lord,” she answered. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Now go and sin no more.”
But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.