Lexicon :: Strong's H5003 - nā'ap̄

“You shall not commit [fn]adultery.

‘The man who commits adultery with another’s wife, even his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall most certainly be put to death.

‘You shall not commit [fn]adultery.

“The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight,

Saying, ‘No eye will see me,’

And he covers his face.

“When you see a thief, you are pleased with him and condone his behavior,

And you associate with adulterers.

But whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks common sense and sound judgment and an understanding [of moral principles];

He who would destroy his soul does it.

This is the way of an adulterous woman:

She eats and wipes her mouth

And says, “I have done no wrong.”

“But come here, you sons of a sorceress [raised in deception and superstition],

Offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute.

“Why should I [overlook these offenses and] forgive you?

Your children have abandoned (rejected) Me

And sworn [their oaths] by those who are not gods.

When I had fed them until they were full [and bound them to Me by a promise],

They committed [spiritual] adultery,

Assembling in troops at the houses of prostitutes (idols).

Oh that I had in the wilderness

A lodging place (a mere shelter) for wayfaring men,

That I might leave my people

And go away from them!

For they are all adulterers [worshiping idols instead of the LORD],

[They are] an assembly of treacherous men [of weak character, men without integrity].

For the land is full of adulterers (unfaithful to God);

The land mourns because of the curse [of God upon it].

The pastures of the wilderness have dried up.

The course of action [of the false prophets] is evil and they rush into wickedness;

And their power is not right.

“Also I have seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem:

They commit adultery and walk in lies;

They encourage and strengthen the hands of evildoers,

So that no one has turned back from his wickedness.

All of them have become like Sodom to Me,

And her inhabitants like Gomorrah.

Then the LORD said to me, “Go again, love a woman ([fn]Gomer) who is beloved by her husband and yet is an adulteress, even as the LORD loves the [fn]children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love the raisin cakes [used in the feasts in pagan worship].”

There is [false] swearing of oaths, deception (broken faith), murder, stealing, and adultery;

They employ violence, so that one [act of] bloodshed follows closely on another.

They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains

And burn incense on the hills,

Under oaks, poplars, and terebinths,

Because the shade is pleasant there.

Therefore your daughters play the prostitute

And your brides commit adultery.

They are all adulterers;

Like the heat of an oven

When the baker ceases to stir the fire, [their passion smolders]

From the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.

“Then I will come near you for judgment; I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, against adulterers, against perjurers, and against those who oppress the laborer in his wages and widows and the fatherless, and against those who turn away the alien [from his right], and those who do not fear Me [with awe-filled reverence],” says the LORD of hosts.