ADULTERY
physical sense of:
♦ cases of:
♦ commandment against:
♦ penalty for:
• Leviticus 20:10; Numbers 5:12-31; Deuteronomy 22:22-24; Proverbs 2:18-19; 5:3-6, 22-23; 6:26-35; 7:22-23, 26-27; 22:14; 27:12-13; Ezekiel 23:45; Malachi 3:5; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10; Hebrews 13:4; Revelation 2:22
♦ OT test for:
♦ forgiveness of:
♦ secrecy of:
♦ association with:
♦ temptation to:
♦ deliverance from:
• Genesis 39:7-13 (cf. 2 Timothy 2:22); Proverbs 2:16-20; 5:7-21; 6:23-25; 7:1-5, 24-25; 23:26-27 (cf. Job 31:1)
♦ nature of:
♦ foolishness of:
• Proverbs 6:32; 7:7
♦ through lust in the heart:
• Matthew 5:28 (cf. 15:19); 2 Peter 2:14
♦ related to divorce:
• Matthew 5:32; 19:9
♦ comparison with those who commit:
figurative sense of:
♦ general:
♦ spiritual adultery (i.e., idolatry and unfaithfulness to God):
• Jeremiah 3:6-10; 13:27; Ezekiel 16:32-52; 23:36-49; Hosea 2:2; 3:1; 4:13-14; Matthew 12:39; Revelation 2:14, 22 (cf. James 4:4); 1 John 2:15-16
This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.