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Deuteronomy 5:18

Deuteronomy 5:18 is verse 18 of Deuteronomy chapter 5, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

You shall not commit adultery.

Cited in Matthew 5:27, Matthew 19:18, Mark 10:19, Luke 18:20, Romans 13:9, and James 2:11

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King James Version

Neither shalt thou commit adultery.

World English Bible

“You shall not commit adultery.

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Deuteronomy 5:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible

16 Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

17 You shall not murder.

18 You shall not commit adultery.

19 You shall not steal.

20 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Exodus 20:14

You shall not commit adultery.

Proverbs 6:32

He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.

Proverbs 6:33

Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.

Matthew 5:27

You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’

Matthew 5:28

But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Luke 18:20

You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother.’”

James 2:10

Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.

James 2:11

For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.

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