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Genesis 38:23-26
Judah said,“ Let her keep the things for herself. Otherwise we will appear to be dishonest. I did indeed send this young goat, but you couldn’t find her.”After three months Judah was told,“ Your daughter-in-law Tamar has turned to prostitution, and as a result she has become pregnant.” Judah said,“ Bring her out and let her be burned!”While they were bringing her out, she sent word to her father-in-law:“ I am pregnant by the man to whom these belong.” Then she said,“ Identify the one to whom the seal, cord, and staff belong.”Judah recognized them and said,“ She is more upright than I am, because I wouldn’t give her to Shelah my son.” He did not have sexual relations with her again.
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Judges 16:19-21
She made him go to sleep on her lap and then called a man in to shave off the seven braids of his hair. She made him vulnerable and his strength left him.She said,“ The Philistines are here, Samson!” He woke up and thought,“ I will do as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not realize that the LORD had left him.The Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him in bronze chains. He became a grinder in the prison.
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Nehemiah 13:26
Was it not because of things like these that King Solomon of Israel sinned? Among the many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. But the foreign wives made even him sin!
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Hosea 4:13-14
They sacrifice on the mountaintops, and burn offerings on the hills; they sacrifice under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is so pleasant. As a result, your daughters have become cult prostitutes, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery!I will not punish your daughters when they commit prostitution, nor your daughters- in- law when they commit adultery. For the men consort with harlots, they sacrifice with temple prostitutes. It is true:“ A people that lacks understanding will come to ruin!”
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Proverbs 6:29-35
So it is with the one who has sex with his neighbor’s wife; no one who touches her will escape punishment.People do not despise a thief when he steals to fulfill his need when he is hungry.Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house.A man who commits adultery with a woman lacks wisdom, whoever does it destroys his own life.He will be beaten and despised, and his reproach will not be wiped away;for jealousy kindles a husband’s rage, and he will not show mercy when he takes revenge.He will not consider any compensation; he will not be willing, even if you multiply the compensation.
