Infidelity in marriage is a deeply challenging issue that many couples face. The Scriptures offer profound wisdom and guidance for those struggling with betrayal or seeking to reinforce the sanctity of marital commitments. By reflecting on these verses, couples can find strength, hope, and the necessary principles to heal and rebuild their relationships.
God’s Word emphasizes the importance of loyalty, fidelity, and love within the marriage covenant. Through these verses, you’ll discover insights that speak to the gravity of infidelity, the importance of forgiveness, and the call to restore trust. Let these powerful passages inspire and guide you toward a stronger, more committed union.
You shall not commit adultery.
Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.
But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
For the LORD God of Israel says that He hates divorce, for it covers one’s garment with violence,” says the LORD of hosts. “Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.”
Whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding; he who does so destroys his own soul.
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers…
Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery.
Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness…
Her house is the way to hell, descending to the chambers of death.
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her.
For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality…
Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other.
To deliver you from the immoral woman, from the seductress who flatters with her words, who forsakes the companion of her youth…
For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives.
Now to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord: A wife is not to depart from her husband. But even if she does depart, let her remain unmarried…
So He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”
This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, and says, “I have done no wickedness.”
And I saw that for all the causes for which backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had given her a certificate of divorce…
But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign…
Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy.
A foolish woman is clamorous; she is simple, and knows nothing.
For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles—when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.
Thus says the LORD: “Where is the certificate of your mother’s divorce, whom I have put away? Or which of My creditors is it to whom I have sold you? For your iniquities you have sold yourselves, and for your transgressions your mother has been put away.
To be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.
Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing…
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Better to dwell in a corner of a housetop, than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
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Healing Hearts in the Midst of Betrayal
Heavenly Father,
We come before You with heavy hearts, seeking Your guidance and healing in the face of infidelity within marriage. Lord, we know that relationships are sacred and designed to reflect Your love and faithfulness.
We ask for Your mercy upon those who have strayed, that they may find remorse and the courage to seek forgiveness. Help them to face the pain they have caused, both to their spouse and themselves. Grant them wisdom to understand the depth of their choices and the impact on their loved ones.
For those who have been hurt, we pray for solace and strength. Surround them with Your love, and grant them peace amidst the storm of betrayal. Help them to heal from the wounds inflicted, and guide them toward reconciliation if it is Your will.
We pray for restored trust and renewed commitments, understanding that healing takes time and effort. Fill our hearts with compassion, understanding, and grace, so we may support one another through the difficult process of rebuilding what has been lost.
Lord, may Your Holy Spirit move in every broken heart, knitting together what was torn apart. We trust in Your promises and seek to glorify You in our relationships. In Jesus’ name, we pray,
Amen.