Adultery and Sexual Sin

From The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
Scripture treats sexual purity as sacred and adultery as a violation of covenant; lust of the heart is equated with the act itself.
Exodus 20:14

The seventh commandment: Thou shalt not commit adultery.

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Matthew 5:27-28

Jesus internalizes the law: whosoever looketh on a woman to lust hath committed adultery already in his heart.

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1 Corinthians 6:18-20

Flee fornication; the body is the temple of the Holy Ghost.

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Proverbs 6:23-32

Extended warning against the adulteress; whoso committeth adultery destroyeth his own soul.

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Hebrews 13:4

Whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

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1 Thessalonians 4:3-5

This is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication.

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Proverbs 5:1-23

Father's warning to a son about the strange woman and the joy of faithfulness to one's own wife.

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John 8:3-11

The woman caught in adultery: 'He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone.'

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2 Samuel 11:1-27

David and Bathsheba — the consequences of adultery for king and kingdom.

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Galatians 5:19-21

Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, and lasciviousness as works of the flesh.

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Leviticus 18:1-30

Detailed law on forbidden sexual relationships.

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1 Corinthians 6:9-10

Neither fornicators, nor adulterers... shall inherit the kingdom of God.

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