Cheating undermines trust and integrity, damaging relationships and dishonoring God’s commandments. In the Bible, we find warnings against deceitful practices and exhortations to live with honesty and integrity in all our dealings. Join us as we reflect on verses that condemn cheating and affirm the importance of righteousness and faithfulness in our actions and relationships.
Bible Verses About Cheating
Exodus 20:14 – Adultery is forbidden by the commandments
“You shall not commit adultery.”
Proverbs 6:32 – Cheating destroys the soul of the individual
“But a man who commits adultery has no sense; whoever does so destroys himself.”
1 Corinthians 6:18 – Flee from sexual immorality
“Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.”
Galatians 5:19 – Immoral acts reveal unresolved desires
“The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery;”
Hebrews 13:4 – Marriage is honorable and should be kept pure
“Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.”
Matthew 5:27-28 – Lust is equal to committing adultery in the heart
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”
James 1:14-15 – Temptation leads to sin and ultimately death
“But each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.”
Matthew 19:9 – God views divorce due to adultery as permissible
“I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”
Proverbs 7:25-27 – The lure of infidelity leads to destruction
“Do not let your heart turn to her ways or stray into her paths. Many are the victims she has brought down; her slain are a mighty throng.”
1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 – Stay away from sexual immorality
“It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable,”
Proverbs 5:3-4 – The allure of a forbidden relationship
“For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil; but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword.”
Ephesians 5:3 – There should be no hint of sexual immorality
“But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people.”
Colossians 3:5 – Put to death earthly desires
“Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.”
Malachi 2:16 – God hates divorce and those who act unfaithfully
“The man who hates and divorces his wife, says the Lord, the God of Israel, does violence to the one he should protect,”
Proverbs 2:16-17 – Wisdom can save from the allure of adultery
“It will save you also from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words, who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God.”
2 Samuel 11:4 – David’s adultery sets a tragic example
“Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her. Now she was purifying herself from her monthly uncleanness. Then she went back home.”
Romans 13:13-14 – Live honorably, avoiding reckless behavior
“Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.”
1 John 2:15-16 – Love for the world leads to cheating on God
“Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.”
Romans 7:2-3 – Marriage binds until death, reflecting God’s intention
“For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is freed from the law that binds her to him.”
1 Corinthians 10:8 – Cheating can lead to fatal consequences
“We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.”
Matthew 5:32 – Adultery leads to broken families
“But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, makes her the victim of adultery, and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.”
Proverbs 6:26 – The price of adultery is far too high
“For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread, but another man’s wife preys on your very life.”
Isaiah 54:5 – The Lord is a husband to His people
“For your Maker is your husband—the Lord Almighty is his name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth.”
Matthew 6:24 – We cannot serve two masters
“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
Proverbs 11:3 – Integrity guides those who are upright
“The integrity of the upright guides them, but the wickedness of the unfaithful destroys them.”
Luke 16:18 – Adultery violates God’s design for marriage
“Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.”
Sirach 23:23 – Asks God for guidance against unfaithfulness
“O Lord, I have called upon you; do not leave me forsaken, nor let me fall through your mercy.”
Proverbs 12:26 – A righteous person is a strong influence
“The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.”
2 Peter 2:14 – Deceit leads to destruction
“With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they entice the unstable; they are experts in greed—an accursed brood!”
1 John 3:9 – The new birth leads to a change in desire
“No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God.”
Matthew 7:13-14 – The narrow path avoids pitfalls including adultery
“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.”
1 Peter 5:8 – Be vigilant against temptations like cheating
“Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.”