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If you’ve just discovered your husband lied to you and was cheating, what does the Bible say about cheating husbands? Here’s the truth that you’ve likely never heard anywhere else.

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Exodus 20:16 – 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness.

Psalm 101:7 – He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

God does not like lying. He wants His followers to be treated with honesty and respect. If your husband is lying to you, it means he is not treating you in a safe or kind way.

Here’s What The Bible Says About Cheating

What does the Bible say about cheating husbands? The Bible says that if a husband looks at another woman and has bad thoughts about her, it is like breaking a promise to his wife. Watching inappropriate videos or thinking about another woman in that way is wrong.

Exodus 20:14 – Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Matthew 5:28 – 28 But I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

2 Corinthians 6:14,17 – Be ye not unequally yoked…for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?…Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.

If you’re husband has been using pornography, it’s adultery. If you’re experiencing this, you need support. Attend a Betrayal Trauma Recovery Group Session TODAY.

To determine if he has the type of wicked character that God says we need to separate ourselves from, learn more about The Betrayal Trauma Recovery Living Free Workshop.

Here’s What The Bible Says About Reconciliation After he Cheated

Ezra 10:11 Separate yourselves from the strange [husbands].

Hebrews 7:26 – Who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners

Also, the Bible teaches us not to accept bad behavior. Lisa’s situation got worse when her pastor supported her abuser. “My pastor hurt me when he said I needed to be more sexual with my husband,” she said. “He even asked me inappropriate questions that made me feel uncomfortable and ashamed.”

So a victim should never be forced to put herself in danger.

“My clergy traumatized me when he yelled at me, accusing me of being the problem,” she recalls. “It was devastating.”

Here’s What The Bible Says If he’s Cheating on you

Deuteronomy 32:4 – 4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

Psalm 10:17–18 – 17 Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear. To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.

Isaiah 9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end…to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever.

When Churches Give Victims Harmful Counsel

In the Betrayal Trauma Recovery community, those belonging to faith communities when churches don’t believe abuse victims. Women have shared harmful counsel, including:

• Just have more sex with your abusive husband
• Submit to sex however and whenever he wants you to do it
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