14 Bible Verses About Affairs (NIV)

⁴ Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.

¹³ He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

²⁸ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

³² But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an adulteress, and anyone who marries the divorced woman commits adultery.

²⁵ Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her

¹⁰ You have trusted in your wickedness and have said, 'No one sees me.' Your wisdom and knowledge mislead you when you say to yourself, 'I am, and there is none besides me.'

³⁴ Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.

¹⁶ It will save you also from the adulteress, from the wayward wife with her seductive words, ¹⁷ who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God. ¹⁸ For her house leads down to death and her paths to the spirits of the dead. ¹⁹ None who go to her return or attain the paths of life. ²⁰ Thus you will walk in the ways of good men and keep to the paths of the righteous. ²¹ For the upright will live in the land, and the blameless will remain in it; ²² but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be torn from it.

³ For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. ⁴ The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. ⁵ We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

¹⁸ Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.

¹ It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

⁵ Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

⁶ He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

¹ The wicked man flees though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion. ² When a country is rebellious, it has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order. ³ A ruler who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no crops. ⁴ Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them. ⁵ Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand it fully. ⁶ Better a poor man whose walk is blameless than a rich man whose ways are perverse. ⁷ He who keeps the law is a discerning son, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father. ⁸ He who increases his wealth by exorbitant interest amasses it for another, who will be kind to the poor. ⁹ If anyone turns a deaf ear to the law, even his prayers are detestable. ¹⁰ He who leads the upright along an evil path will fall into his own trap, but the blameless will receive a good inheritance. ¹¹ A rich man may be wise in his own eyes, but a poor man who has discernment sees through him. ¹² When the righteous triumph, there is great elation; but when the wicked rise to power, men go into hiding. ¹³ He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy. ¹⁴ Blessed is the man who always fears the LORD, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble. ¹⁵ Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked man ruling over a helpless people. ¹⁶ A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment, but he who hates ill-gotten gain will enjoy a long life. ¹⁷ A man tormented by the guilt of murder will be a fugitive till death; let no one support him. ¹⁸ He whose walk is blameless is kept safe, but he whose ways are perverse will suddenly fall. ¹⁹ He who works his land will have abundant food, but the one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty. ²⁰ A faithful man will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished. ²¹ To show partiality is not good- yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread. ²² A stingy man is eager to get rich and is unaware that poverty awaits him. ²³ He who rebukes a man will in the end gain more favor than he who has a flattering tongue. ²⁴ He who robs his father or mother and says, "It's not wrong"- he is partner to him who destroys. ²⁵ A greedy man stirs up dissension, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper. ²⁶ He who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom is kept safe. ²⁷ He who gives to the poor will lack nothing, but he who closes his eyes to them receives many curses. ²⁸ When the wicked rise to power, people go into hiding; but when the wicked perish, the righteous thrive.