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Today, the Bible does not recommend any such punishment for adultery. However, the act of adultery carries its own punishment. Sexual sin is an offense committed against one’s own body (1 Corinthians 6:18).
Punishments for Sexual Immorality - “If a man commits adultery with the wife of his neighbor, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. If a man lies with his father's ...
The Bible makes it clear that adultery carries with it serious, terrible consequences. First Corinthians 6:18–20 tells us that sexual sin offends God and should be avoided: "Flee from sexual immorality.
Proverbs 6:32-34. The one who commits adultery with a woman is lacking sense; He who would destroy himself does it. Wounds and disgrace he will find, And his reproach will not be blotted out. For jealousy enrages a man, And he will not spare in the day of vengeance. Proverbs 5:4-5. But in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
100 Bible Verses about Punishment For Adultery And Forgiveness. Exodus 20:14 ESV / 12 helpful votes. Helpful. Not Helpful. “You shall not commit adultery. Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 9 helpful votes. Helpful. Not Helpful. Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
Luke 16:18 - Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery. James 4:17 - Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Adultery is also forbidden by the seventh commandment: “You shall not commit adultery” (Exodus 20:14). The fact that this law was simply stated meant that the meaning of adultery was well understood at the time Moses gave the law. Scripture is consistent in the prohibition against adultery.
