Proverbs 6:29 Cross References

Proverbs 6:29

29: So it is with the man who sleeps with another man's wife. He who embraces her will not go unpunished.

Why, then, have you despised the word of the LORD and done this horrible deed? For you have murdered Uriah and stolen his wife.
From this time on, the sword will be a constant threat to your family, because you have despised me by taking Uriah's wife to be your own.

Ahithophel told him, "Go and sleep with your father's concubines, for he has left them here to keep the house. Then all Israel will know that you have insulted him beyond hope of reconciliation, and they will give you their support."

They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing for his neighbor's wife.
Should I not punish them for this?" asks the LORD. "Should I not avenge myself against a nation such as this?

Within your walls live men who commit adultery with their neighbors' wives, who defile their daughters-in-law or who rape their own sisters.

Now about the questions you asked in your letter. Yes, it is good to live a celibate life.

"If a man commits adultery with another man's wife, both the man and the woman must be put to death.

He sent someone to find out who she was, and he was told, "She is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite."
Then David sent for her; and when she came to the palace, he slept with her. (She had just completed the purification rites after having her menstrual period.) Then she returned home.

So Pharaoh called for Abram and accused him sharply. "What is this you have done to me?" he demanded. "Why didn't you tell me she was your wife?
Why were you willing to let me marry her, saying she was your sister? Here is your wife! Take her and be gone!"

At that time I will put you on trial. I will be a ready witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me," says the LORD Almighty.

But Abimelech had not slept with her yet, so he said, "Lord, will you kill an innocent man?
Abraham told me, `She is my sister,' and she herself said, `Yes, he is my brother.' I acted in complete innocence!"
"Yes, I know you are innocent," God replied. "That is why I kept you from sinning against me; I did not let you touch her.
Now return her to her husband, and he will pray for you, for he is a prophet. Then you will live. But if you don't return her to him, you can be sure that you and your entire household will die."

"How could you treat us this way!" Abimelech exclaimed. "Someone might have taken your wife and slept with her, and you would have made us guilty of great sin."
Then Abimelech made a public proclamation: "Anyone who harms this man or his wife will die!"

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