Adultery

• Exodus 20:14

"Thou shalt not commit adultery."

• Matthew 5:27-28

"whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart."

• Matthew 5:31-32

"But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery."

• Matthew 16:4

"A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed."

• Matthew 12:39

"But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:"

• D&C 42:22-26

22) Thou shalt love thy wife with all thy heart, and shalt cleave unto her and none else.

23) And he that looketh upon a woman to lust after her shall deny the faith, and shall not have the Spirit; and if he repents not he shall be cast out.

24) Thou shalt not commit adultery; and he that committeth adultery, and repenteth not, shall be cast out.

25) But he that has committed adultery and repents with all his heart, and forsaketh it, and doeth it no more, thou shalt forgive;

26) But if he doeth it again, he shall not be forgiven, but shall be cast out.

• D&C 42:74-77

74) Behold, verily I say unto you, that whatever persons among you, having put away their companions for the cause of fornication, or in other words, if they shall testify before you in all lowliness of heart that this is the case, ye shall not cast them out from among you;

75) But if ye shall find that any persons have left their companions for the sake of adultery, and they themselves are the offenders, and their companions are living, they shall be cast out from among you.

76) And again, I say unto you, that ye shall be watchful and careful, with all inquiry, that ye receive none such among you if they are married;

77) And if they are not married, they shall repent of all their sins or ye shall not receive them.

• D&C 59:6

"Thou shalt not commit adultery ... nor do anything like unto it."

• D&C 63:16

"He that looketh on a woman to lust after her, or if any shall commit adultery in their hearts, they shall not have the spirit, but shall deny the faith and fear"

• D&C 92:22-23

Like D&C 63:16

• D&C 132:41-44

• D&C 132:61-63

• Deborah Netburn, "To minimize risk of infidelity, make sure you earn as much as your spouse", L.A. Times, 1 Jun 2015

Notes

Some of the material here relates to lust.

Cross-References

• The 10 Commandments
• Chastity
• Divorce
• Fornication
• Marriage