Q.139. What particular sins does the seventh commandment forbid?
A. In addition to failing to do what is required,[1] the seventh commandment forbids: adultery, fornication,[2] rape, incest,[3] sodomy, and all unnatural desires;[4] all impure imaginations, thoughts, purposes, and inclinations;[5] all corrupt and nasty talk or listening to such,[6] lewd looks,[7] shameless or frivolous behavior, and immodest dress;[8] prohibiting lawful marriages[9] and allowing unlawful ones;[10] condoning, tolerating, or organizing prostitution and visiting prostitutes;[11] restrictive vows of celibacy,[12] unnecessary delays in marrying,[13] having more than one wife or husband at the same time;[14] unjust divorce[15] or desertion;[16] idleness, gluttony, drunkenness,[17] and keeping impure company;[18] obscene or pornographic songs, books, pictures, dancing, or theatrical presentations;[19] and all other encouragement to or indulgence in impure activities by us or others.[20]
| 1 | Proverbs 5:7 | dummy text |
| Proverbs 4:23 | dummy text | |
| Proverbs 4:27 | dummy text | |
| 2 | Hebrews 13:4 | dummy text |
| Galatians 5:19 | dummy text | |
| Ephesians 5:5 | dummy text | |
| 3 | 2 Samuel 13:14 | dummy text |
| 1 Corinthians 5:1 | dummy text | |
| 1 Corinthians 5:13 | dummy text | |
| Mark 6:18 | dummy text | |
| 4 | Romans 1:24 | dummy text |
| Romans 1:26-27 | dummy text | |
| Leviticus 20:15-16 | dummy text | |
| 5 | Matthew 5:28 | dummy text |
| Matthew 15:19 | dummy text | |
| Colossians 3:5 | dummy text | |
| 6 | Ephesians 5:3-4 | dummy text |
| Proverbs 7:5 | dummy text | |
| Proverbs 7:21-22 | dummy text | |
| Proverbs 19:27 | dummy text | |
| 7 | Isaiah 3:16 | dummy text |
| 2 Peter 2:14 | dummy text | |
| 8 | Proverbs 7:10 | dummy text |
| Proverbs 7:13 | dummy text | |
| 9 | 1 Timothy 4:3 | dummy text |
| 10 | Leviticus 18:1-21 | dummy text |
| Mark 6:18 | dummy text | |
| Malachi 2:11-12 | dummy text | |
| 11 | 1 Kings 15:12 | dummy text |
| 2 Kings 23:7 | dummy text | |
| Deuteronomy 23:17-18 | dummy text | |
| Leviticus 19:29 | dummy text | |
| Jeremiah 5:7 | dummy text | |
| Proverbs 7:24-27 | dummy text | |
| 12 | Matthew 19:10-12 | dummy text |
| 13 | 1 Corinthians 7:7-9 | dummy text |
| Genesis 38:26 | dummy text | |
| 1 Timothy 5:14-15 | dummy text | |
| 14 | Malachi 2:14-15 | dummy text |
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| 1 Corinthians 7:2 | dummy text | |
| 15 | Malachi 2:16 | dummy text |
| Matthew 5:32 | dummy text | |
| 16 | 1 Corinthians 7:12-13 | dummy text |
| 17 | Ezekiel 16:49 | dummy text |
| Proverbs 23:30-33 | dummy text | |
| Jeremiah 5:7 | dummy text | |
| 18 | Genesis 39:10 | dummy text |
| Proverbs 5:8 | dummy text | |
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| 19 | Ephesians 5:4 | dummy text |
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| Mark 6:22 | dummy text | |
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| 20 | 2 Kings 9:30 | dummy text |
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