Word Forms
These forms come from “adultery” and change to fit the sentence.
- adulteriesplural
- adulterybase form
adultery
WEB 39 appearances
KJV 45 appearances
Adultery means breaking a marriage promise. It is when a married person sleeps with someone who is not their wife or husband.
Biblical Usage
God says in the Bible that marriage is special and must be kept pure. Adultery is a sin against God and against one's husband or wife. The Bible tells God's people to stay faithful in marriage.
WEB Representative Scriptures
Because she took her prostitution lightly, the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with wood.Jeremiah 3:9 (WEB)
You know the commandments: ‘Don’t commit adultery,’ ‘Don’t murder,’ ‘Don’t steal,’ ‘Don’t give false testimony,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’”Luke 18:20 (WEB)
You who say a man shouldn’t commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?Romans 2:22 (WEB)
KJV Representative Scriptures
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.Hosea 4:2 (KJV)
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.Mark 10:11 (KJV)
Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?Romans 2:22 (KJV)