What Does the Bible Say About Women Who Cheat?

Proverbs 6:32 ESV / 52 helpful votes

He who commits adultery lacks sense; he who does it destroys himself.

Proverbs 21:9 ESV / 49 helpful votes

It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

Matthew 5:32 ESV / 48 helpful votes

But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Deuteronomy 22:22 ESV / 48 helpful votes

“If a man is found lying with the wife of another man, both of them shall die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman. So you shall purge the evil from Israel.

Titus 2:3-5 ESV / 42 helpful votes

Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.

James 4:17 ESV / 32 helpful votes

So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

Proverbs 21:19 ESV / 28 helpful votes

It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.

James 5:4 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 19:9 ESV / 21 helpful votes

And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”

1 Timothy 3:11 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, faithful in all things.

Proverbs 31:10 ESV / 20 helpful votes

An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.

Deuteronomy 24:1 ESV / 20 helpful votes

“When a man takes a wife and marries her, if then she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, and she departs out of his house,

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Ephesians 5:25 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,

Ephesians 5:1-33 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. ...

Proverbs 31:30 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

1 Peter 3:1-2 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct.

1 Timothy 2:11 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness.

Genesis 2:18 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”

Proverbs 31:1-31 ESV / 11 helpful votes

The words of King Lemuel. An oracle that his mother taught him: What are you doing, my son? What are you doing, son of my womb? What are you doing, son of my vows? Do not give your strength to women, your ways to those who destroy kings. It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to take strong drink, lest they drink and forget what has been decreed and pervert the rights of all the afflicted. ...

Romans 6:23 ESV / 10 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Ecclesiastes 4:9 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.

Deuteronomy 22:23 ESV / 10 helpful votes

“If there is a betrothed virgin, and a man meets her in the city and lies with her,

Numbers 6:1-27 ESV / 10 helpful votes

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When either a man or a woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the Lord, he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink. He shall drink no vinegar made from wine or strong drink and shall not drink any juice of grapes or eat grapes, fresh or dried. All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, not even the seeds or the skins. “All the days of his vow of separation, no razor shall touch his head. Until the time is completed for which he separates himself to the Lord, he shall be holy. He shall let the locks of hair of his head grow long. ...

Exodus 20:14 ESV / 10 helpful votes

“You shall not commit adultery.

Ephesians 5:33 ESV / 9 helpful votes

However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

Matthew 5:27-28 ESV / 9 helpful votes

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

1 Corinthians 15:10 ESV / 8 helpful votes

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.

Luke 1:45 ESV / 8 helpful votes

And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.”

Song of Solomon 8:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the Lord.

Proverbs 11:1 ESV / 7 helpful votes

A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is his delight.

Exodus 21:10 ESV / 7 helpful votes

If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, or her marital rights.

1 Corinthians 14:34 ESV / 6 helpful votes

The women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says.

Matthew 6:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

Leviticus 19:35 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity.

John 3:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Proverbs 31:26 ESV / 5 helpful votes

She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.

Exodus 20:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.”

1 Thessalonians 4:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

That no one transgress and wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you.

1 Corinthians 14:34-35 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says. If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.

Proverbs 31:25 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come.

Colossians 2:1-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ. ...

43 Bible Verses about Women Who Cheat

Proverbs 6:32 ESV / 52 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 21:9 ESV / 49 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:32 ESV / 48 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 22:22 ESV / 48 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Titus 2:3-5 ESV / 42 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 4:17 ESV / 32 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 21:19 ESV / 28 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 5:4 ESV / 27 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 19:9 ESV / 21 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 3:11 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 31:10 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 24:1 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Proverbs 31:30 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 3:1-2 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 2:11 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 2:18 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 31:1-31 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 6:23 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 4:9 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 22:23 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Numbers 6:1-27 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 20:14 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 5:33 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Matthew 5:27-28 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 15:10 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 1:45 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Song of Solomon 8:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 11:1 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 21:10 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 14:34 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 6:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Leviticus 19:35 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 31:26 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Colossians 2:1-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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