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Proverbs 6:29

So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.

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ASV

So he that goeth in to his neighbor’s wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.

KJV

So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

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10 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כֵּ֗ןKen[is] thusH3651 →
הַ֭בָּאHa.ba'the [one who] goesH935 →
אֶל־'el-intoH413 →
אֵ֣שֶׁת'E.shet[the] wife ofH802 →
רֵעֵ֑הוּre.'E.huneighbor hisH7453 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
יִ֝נָּקֶ֗הyi.na.Kehhe will go unpunishedH5352 →
כָּֽל־kal-everyH3605 →
הַנֹּגֵ֥עַha.no.Ge.a'<the> [one who] touchesH5060 →
בָּֽהּ׃Bah<in> her

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1 Corinthians 7:1Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.Genesis 26:11So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”Ruth 2:9Let your eyes be on the field they are harvesting, and follow along after these girls. Indeed, I have ordered the young men not to touch you. And when you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled.”Leviticus 20:10If 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.Ezekiel 22:11One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife; another wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law; and yet another violates his sister, his own father’s daughter.Malachi 3:5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.2 Samuel 12:9–10Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own, for you have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.2 Samuel 11:3–4So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”2 Samuel 16:21Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”Jeremiah 5:8–9They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.Genesis 12:18–19So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?Genesis 26:10–11“What is this you have done to us?” asked Abimelech. “One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”Proverbs 16:5Everyone who is proud in heart is detestable to the LORD; be assured that he will not go unpunished.Genesis 12:15When Pharaoh’s officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh.Genesis 39:8But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.Genesis 20:4–7Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?Genesis 39:9No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”

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