Bible Verses about “affairs”
The Bible contains 48 verses about affairs across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Marriage [is] honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.”
“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;”
“Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.”
“‹But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.›”
“‹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.›”
“Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;”
“¶ Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.”
“¶ He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall have mercy.”
“(For the weapons of our warfare [are] not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)”
“¶ The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.”
“¶ Better [is] the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than [he that is] perverse [in his] ways, though he [be] rich.”
“¶ Whoso keepeth the law [is] a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous [men] shameth his father.”
“¶ A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.”
“¶ For the transgression of a land many [are] the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding [and] knowledge the state [thereof] shall be prolonged.”
“Jesus answered them, ‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.›”
“¶ They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.”
“¶ A poor man that oppresseth the poor [is like] a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.”
“¶ Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all [things].”
“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:”
“¶ Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.”
“¶ He that hasteth to be rich [hath] an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.”
“¶ He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.”
“¶ He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.”
“¶ He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.”
“¶ He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough.”
“¶ He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.”
“¶ He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.”
“¶ He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer [shall be] abomination.”
“Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.”
“¶ The rich man [is] wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.”
“To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words;”
“For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.”
“None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.”
“That thou mayest walk in the way of good [men], and keep the paths of the righteous.”
“For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.”
“But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.”
“¶ Happy [is] the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.”
“¶ To have respect of persons [is] not good: for for a piece of bread [that] man will transgress.”
“For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I [am], and none else beside me.”
“‹He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.›”
“¶ Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but [he that is] perverse [in his] ways shall fall at once.”
“¶ Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good [things] in possession.”
“¶ A man that doeth violence to the blood of [any] person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.”
“¶ Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, [It is] no transgression; the same [is] the companion of a destroyer.”
“¶ When righteous [men] do rejoice, [there is] great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.”
“¶ [As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; [so is] a wicked ruler over the poor people.”
“¶ The prince that wanteth understanding [is] also a great oppressor: [but] he that hateth covetousness shall prolong [his] days.”
“¶ When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.”