10 then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her.
Job 31:10
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Proverbs 6:28–30
28 Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet? 29 So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished. 30 Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.
Job 31:21–23
21 if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate, 22 then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket. 23 For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.
Psalms 109:8–10
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Sirach 23:21–23
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Psalms of Solomon 4:16–18
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Baruch 2:2–4
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Job 31:37–39
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Jeremiah 13:25–27
25 This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood. 26 So I will pull your skirts up over your face, that your shame may be seen. 27 Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless p…
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