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Question 139

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What are the sins forbidden in the seventh commandment?

The sins forbidden in the seventh commandment, besides the neglect of the duties required,a are, adultery, fornication,b rape, incest,c sodomy, and all unnatural lusts;d all unclean imaginations, thoughts, purposes, and affections;e all corrupt or filthy communications, or listening thereunto;f wanton looks,g impudent or light behavior, immodest apparel;h prohibiting of lawful,i and dispensing with unlawful marriages;j allowing, tolerating, keeping of stews, and resorting to them;k entangling vows of single life,l undue delay of marriage;m having more wives or husbands than one at the same time;n unjust divorce,o or desertion;p idleness, gluttony, drunkenness,q unchaste company;r lascivious songs, books, pictures, dancings, stage plays;s and all other provocations to, or acts of uncleanness, either in ourselves or others.t

Proofs

Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.

  1. aProverbs 5:7
  2. bHebrews 13:4; Galatians 5:19
  3. c2 Samuel 13:14; 1 Corinthians 5:1
  4. dRomans 1:24, 26–27; Leviticus 20:15–16
  5. eMatthew 5:28; 15:19; Colossians 3:5
  6. fEphesians 5:3–4; Proverbs 7:5, 21–22
  7. gIsaiah 3:16; 2 Peter 2:14
  8. hProverbs 7:10, 13
  9. i1 Timothy 4:3
  10. jLeviticus 18:1–21; Mark 6:18; Malachi 2:11–12
  11. k1 Kings 15:12; 2 Kings 23:7; Deuteronomy 23:17–18; Leviticus 19:29; Jeremiah 5:7; Proverbs 7:24–27
  12. lMatthew 19:10–11
  13. m1 Corinthians 7:7–9; Genesis 38:26
  14. nMalachi 2:14–15; Matthew 19:5
  15. oMalachi 2:16; Matthew 5:32
  16. p1 Corinthians 7:12–13
  17. qEzekiel 16:49; Proverbs 23:30–33
  18. rGenesis 39:10; Proverbs 5:8
  19. sEphesians 5:4; Ezekiel 23:14–16; Isaiah 23:15–17; 3:16; Mark 6:22; 1 Peter 4:3
  20. t2 Kings 9:30; Jeremiah 4:30; Ezekiel 23:40

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