Infidelity

honourable <FI>is<Fi> the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.

And thou art confident in thy wickedness, Thou hast said, `There is none seeing me,' Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, It is turning thee back, And thou sayest in thy heart, `I <FI>am<Fi> , and none else.'

`And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce; — read the full passage →

And come in on thee hath evil, Thou knowest not its rising, And fall on thee doth mischief, Thou art not able to pacify it, And come on thee suddenly doth desolation, Thou knowest not.

but I--I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

flee the whoredom; every sin--whatever a man may commit--is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin.

Woe <FI>to<Fi> those going deep from Jehovah to hide counsel, And whose works have been in darkness. And they say, `Who is seeing us? And who is knowing us?'

For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

for the married woman to the living husband hath been bound by law, and if the husband may die, she hath been free from the law of the husband;

Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.

These thou didst, and I kept silent, Thou hast thought that I am like thee, I reprove thee, and set in array before thine eyes.

And he answering said to them, `Did ye not read, that He who made <FI>them<Fi> , from the beginning a male and a female made them, — read the full passage →

`Every one who is sending away his wife, and marrying another, doth commit adultery; and every one who is marrying her sent away from a husband doth commit adultery.

They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, `Who doth look at it?'

He who committeth adultery <FI>with<Fi> a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it.

that they said to you, that in the last time there shall be scoffers, after their own desires of impieties going on,

And I also, Mine eye doth not pity, nor do I spare; their way on their own head I have put.'

Against whom do ye sport yourselves? Against whom enlarge ye the mouth? Prolong ye the tongue? Are not ye children of transgression? a false seed? — read the full passage →

I have laid a snare for thee, And also--thou art captured, O Babylon, And thou--thou hast known, Thou hast been found, and also art caught, For against Jehovah thou hast stirred thyself up.

If the scorners He doth scorn, Yet to the humble He doth give grace.

`And I say to you, that, whoever may put away his wife, if not for whoredom, and may marry another, doth commit adultery; and he who did marry her that hath been put away, doth commit adultery.'

And this a second time ye do, Covering with tears the altar of Jehovah, With weeping and groaning, Because there is no more turning unto the present, Or receiving of a pleasing thing from your hand. — read the full passage →

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because the enemy said against you, Aha, and the high places of old for a possession have been to us,

`When a man is found lying with a woman, married to a husband, then they have died even both of them, the man who is lying with the woman, also the woman; and thou hast put away the evil thing out of Israel.

Hard against Me have been your words, Said Jehovah, and ye have said: `What have we spoken against Thee?'

Woe <FI>to<Fi> those drawing out iniquity with cords of vanity, And as <FI>with<Fi> thick ropes of the cart--sin.

`And by his understanding he hath also caused deceit to prosper in his hand, and in his heart he exerteth himself, and by ease he destroyeth many; and against the prince of princes he standeth--and without hand he is broken.

`Thou dost not commit adultery.

Is not this the word which we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying, Cease from us, and we serve the Egyptians; for better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in a wilderness?'

A scorner hath sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge to the intelligent <FI>is<Fi> easy.

for the married woman to the living husband hath been bound by law, and if the husband may die, she hath been free from the law of the husband; — read the full passage →

`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not commit adultery; — read the full passage →

Ye have said, `A vain thing to serve God! And what gain when we kept His charge? And when we have gone in black, Because of Jehovah of Hosts?

For stumbled hath Jerusalem, and Judah hath fallen, For their tongue and their doings <FI>are<Fi> against Jehovah, To provoke the eyes of His glory.

because the word of Jehovah he despised, and His command hath broken--that person is certainly cut off; his iniquity <FI>is<Fi> on him.'

Here is endurance of the saints: here <FI>are<Fi> those keeping the commands of God, and the faith of Jesus.'

and he saith to them, `Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her; — read the full passage →

`Son of man, what <FI>is<Fi> this simile to you, concerning the land of Israel, saying, Prolonged are the days, and perished hath every vision?

Because ye have said: `We have made a covenant with death, And with Sheol we have made a provision, An overflowing scourge, when it passeth over, Doth not meet us, Though we have made a lie our refuge, And in falsehood have been hidden.'

And they kick against the desirable land, They have not given credence to His word.

To the Overseer. --By David. A fool hath said in his heart, `God is not;' They have done corruptly, They have done abominable actions, There is not a doer of good.

and morning--and ye have seen the honour of Jehovah, in His hearing your murmurings against Jehovah, and what <FI>are<Fi> we, that ye murmur against us?'

And also the Pharisees, being lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and were deriding him,

And the sons of thy people have said: The way of the Lord is not pondered, As to them--their way is not pondered.

And the runners go with letters from the hand of the king and his heads, into all Israel and Judah, even according to the command of the king, saying, `O sons of Israel, turn back unto Jehovah, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and He doth turn back unto the escaped part that is left of you from the hand of the kings of Asshur;

and he calleth the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the `strife' of the sons of Israel, and because of their `trying' Jehovah, saying, `Is Jehovah in our midst or not?'

and the sons of Israel say unto them, `Oh that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, in our sitting by the flesh-pot, in our eating bread to satiety--for ye have brought us out unto this wilderness to put all this assembly to death with hunger.'

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, — read the full passage →

Declare ye him drunk, For against Jehovah he made himself great And Moab hath stricken in his vomit, And he hath been for a derision--even he.

Woe <FI>to<Fi> him who is saying to a father, `What dost thou beget?' Or to a wife, `What dost thou bring forth?

Who are saying, `Let Him hurry, Let Him hasten His work, that we may see, And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel Draw near and come, and we know.'

And they murmur in their tents, They have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah.

And they have said, `How hath God known? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'

Who hath appointed unto Him his way? And who said, `Thou hast done iniquity?'

And thou hast said, `What--hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge?

And he goeth up thence to Beth-El, and he is going up in the way, and little youths have come out from the city, and scoff at him, and say to him, `Go up, bald-head! go up, bald-head!'

And all the company of the sons of Israel murmur, on the morrow, against Moses and against Aaron, saying, `Ye--ye have put to death the people of Jehovah.'

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

but I--I say to you, that whoever may put away his wife, save for the matter of whoredom, doth make her to commit adultery; and whoever may marry her who hath been put away doth commit adultery.

For <FI>I<Fi> hate sending away, said Jehovah, God of Israel, And He <FI>who<Fi> hath covered violence with his clothing, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And ye do not deal treacherously.

What <FI>is<Fi> the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?'

And there cometh nigh a man of God, and speaketh unto the king of Israel, and saith, `Thus said Jehovah, Because that the Aramaeans have said, God of hills <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, and He <FI>is<Fi> not God of valleys--I have given the whole of this great multitude into thy hand, and ye have known that I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.'

And Ruth saith, `Urge me not to leave thee--to turn back from after thee; for whither thou goest I go, and where thou lodgest I lodge; thy people <FI>is<Fi> my people, and thy God my God.

`And the person who doth <FI>aught<Fi> with a high hand--of the native or of the sojourner--Jehovah he is reviling, and that person hath been cut off from the midst of his people;

Have ye not known that your bodies are members of Christ? having taken, then, the members of the Christ, shall I make <FI>them<Fi> members of an harlot? let it be not! — read the full passage →

for Sadducees, indeed, say there is no rising again, nor messenger, nor spirit, but Pharisees confess both.

and the scribes who <FI>are<Fi> from Jerusalem having come down, said--`He hath Beelzeboul,' and--`By the ruler of the demons he doth cast out the demons.'

And I instructed--I strengthened their arms, And concerning Me they think evil!

And unto the God of his fathers he doth not attend, nor to the desire of women, yea, to any god he doth not attend, for against all he magnifieth himself.

For ceased hath the terrible one, And consumed hath been the scorner, And cut off have been all watching for iniquity,

Wherefore hath the wicked despised God? He hath said in his heart, `It is not required.'

For thou sayest, `What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'

and they are mocking at the messengers of God, and despising His words, and acting deceitfully with His prophets, till the going up of the fury of Jehovah against His people--till there is no healing.

and the people speak against God, and against Moses, `Why hast thou brought us up out of Egypt to die in a wilderness? for there is no bread, and there is no water, and our soul hath been weary of this light bread.'

`Until when hath this evil company that which they are murmuring against Me? the murmurings of the sons of Israel, which they are murmuring against Me, I have heard; — read the full passage →

and Pharaoh saith, `Who <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, that I hearken to His voice, to send Israel away? I have not known Jehovah, and Israel also I do not send away.'

to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing, sin it is to him.

hath not the potter authority over the clay, out of the same lump to make the one vessel to honour, and the one to dishonour?

Lo, a day hath come to Jehovah, And divided hath been thy spoil in thy midst. — read the full passage →

And it hath come to pass, at that time, I search Jerusalem with lights, And I have laid a charge on the men Who are hardened on their preserved things, Who are saying in their heart: Jehovah doth no good, nor doth He evil.

Ho, ye who are desiring the day of Jehovah, Why <FI>is<Fi> this to you--the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light,

And Jehovah saith unto me: `Again, go, love a woman, loved of a friend, and an adulteress, like the loved of Jehovah, the sons of Israel, and they are turning unto other gods, and are lovers of grape-cakes.'

Remembered hath Jerusalem <FI>In<Fi> the days of her affliction and her mournings, all her desirable things that were from the days of old, In the falling of her people into the hand of an adversary, And she hath no helper; Seen her have adversaries, They have laughed at her cessation.

that Azariah son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan son of Kareah, and all the proud men, speak unto Jeremiah, saying, `Falsehood thou art speaking; Jehovah our God hath not sent thee to say, Do not enter Egypt to sojourn there;

They have lied against Jehovah, And they say, `<FI> It is<Fi> not He, Nor come in against us doth evil, Yea, sword and famine we do not see.

But--a woman hath deceived her friend, So ye have dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah.

My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand, — read the full passage →

And the runners are passing over from city to city, in the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, even unto Zebulun: and they are laughing at them, and mocking at them,

And David taketh again concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after his coming from Hebron, and there are born again to David sons and daughters.

`And if this thing hath been truth--tokens of virginity have not been found for the damsel-- — read the full passage →

these are those setting themselves apart, natural men, the Spirit not having.

because the Lord himself, in a shout, in the voice of a chief-messenger, and in the trump of God, shall come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ shall rise first, — read the full passage →

for this is the will of God--your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom, — read the full passage →

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow--that also he shall reap, — read the full passage →

And a certain ruler questioned him, saying, `Good teacher, what having done--shall I inherit life age-during?' — read the full passage →

And see doth mine enemy, And cover her doth shame, Who saith unto me, `Where <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah thy God?' Mine eyes do look on her, Now she is for a treading-place, As mire of the out-places.

yea, it exerteth unto the host of the heavens, and causeth to fall to the earth of the host, and of the stars, and trampleth them down.

and words as an adversary of the Most High it doth speak, and the saints of the Most High it doth wear out, and it hopeth to change seasons and law; and they are given into its hand, till a time, and times, and a division of a time.

`What--to you, ye--using this simile Concerning the ground of Israel, saying: Fathers do eat unripe fruit, And the sons' teeth are blunted?