My spouse is cheating, and I’m a Christian, but I’m so upset I don’t know what God wants me to do! I’m the spouse who cheated and I am a Christian, but I ended the affair and confessed to God–do I have to tell my spouse?
In this week’s episode, we continue our new our series “Biblical Precepts on Adultery” as we begin a summer study of what the Bible has to say about infidelity and how God would have us act. Today we discuss three topics we can glean from the Old Testament about adultery: 1) God condemns adultery, 2) the lure of adultery, and 3) the entire process of recovering from adultery.

 
Every “adultery” verse in the Old Testament:
Exodus 20:14
14 “Do not commit adultery.
Leviticus 20:10
10 ” ‘Suppose a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife. Then the man and the woman must be put to death.
Deuteronomy 5:18
18 “Do not commit adultery.
Job 24:15
15 Those who commit adultery wait until the sun goes down. They think, ‘No one will see us.’ They keep their faces hidden.
Psalm 50:18
18 When you see a thief, you join him. You make friends with those who commit adultery.
Proverbs 2:16
16 Wisdom will save you from a woman who commits adultery. It will save you from a sinful wife and her tempting words.
Proverbs 5:3
3 A woman who commits adultery has lips that drip honey. What she says is smoother than oil.
Proverbs 5:20
20 My son, why be captured by a woman who commits adultery? Why hug the wife of another man?
Proverbs 6:24
24 It keeps you from a sinful woman. It keeps you from the smooth tongue of a woman who commits adultery.
Proverbs 6:32
32 A man who commits adultery has no sense. Anyone who does it destroys himself.
Proverbs 7:5
5 They will keep you from a woman who commits adultery. They will keep you from the smooth talk of a sinful wife.
Proverbs 20:16
16 Take the coat of one who puts up money for what a stranger owes. Hold it until you get paid back if he does it for a woman who commits adultery.
Proverbs 22:14
14 The mouth of a woman who commits adultery is like a deep pit. Any man the LORD is angry with will fall into it.
Proverbs 23:27
27 A prostitute is like a deep pit. A wife who commits adultery is like a narrow well.
Proverbs 27:13
13 Take the coat of one who puts up money for what a stranger owes. Hold it until you get paid back if he does it for a woman who commits adultery.
Proverbs 30:20
20 “This is the way of a woman who commits adultery. She eats. She wipes her mouth. Then she says, ‘I haven’t done anything wrong.’
Isaiah 57:3
3 The LORD says, “Come here, you children of women who practice evil magic! You are children of prostitutes and those who commit adultery.
Jeremiah 3:2
2 “Look up at the bare hilltops. Is there any place where you have not committed adultery with other gods? By the side of the road you sat waiting for lovers. You sat there like someone who wanders in the desert. You have polluted the land. You are like a sinful prostitute.
Jeremiah 3:6
6 During the time Josiah was king, the LORD spoke to me. He said, “Have you seen what the people of Israel have done? They have not been faithful to me. They have committed adultery with other gods. They worshiped them on every high hill and under every green tree.
Jeremiah 3:8
8 “I gave Israel their letter of divorce. I sent them away because they were unfaithful to me so many times. But I saw that their sister nation Judah did not have any respect for me. They were not faithful to me either. They also went out and committed adultery with other gods.
Jeremiah 3:13
13 Admit that you are guilty of doing what is w...