What are the sins forbidden in the seventh commandment?

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

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  • The sins forbidden in the seventh commandment, besides the neglect of the duties required, (Proverbs 5:7)
  • are, adultery, fornication, (Hebrews 13:4; Galatians 5:19)
  • rape, incest, (2 Samuel 13:14; 1 Corinthians 5:1)
  • sodomy, and all unnatural lusts; (Romans 1:24, 26–27; Leviticus 20:15–16)
  • all unclean imaginations, thoughts, purposes, and affections; (Matthew 5:28; 15:19; Colossians 3:5)
  • all corrupt or filthy communications, or listening thereunto; (Ephesians 5:3–4; Proverbs 7:5, 21–22)
  • wanton looks, (Isaiah 3:16; 2 Peter 2:14)
  • impudent or light behavior, immodest apparel; (Proverbs 7:10, 13)
  • prohibiting of lawful, (1 Timothy 4:3)
  • and dispensing with unlawful marriages; (Leviticus 18:1–21; Mark 6:18; Malachi 2:11–12)
  • allowing, tolerating, keeping of stews, and resorting to them; (1 Kings 15:12; 2 Kings 23:7; Deuteronomy 23:17–18; Leviticus 19:29; Jeremiah 5:7; Proverbs 7:24–27)
  • entangling vows of single life, (Matthew 19:10–11)
  • undue delay of marriage; (1 Corinthians 7:7–9; Genesis 38:26)
  • having more wives or husbands than one at the same time; (Malachi 2:14–15; Matthew 19:5)
  • unjust divorce, (Malachi 2:16; Matthew 5:32)
  • or desertion; (1 Corinthians 7:12–13)
  • idleness, gluttony, drunkenness, (Ezekiel 16:49; Proverbs 23:30–33)
  • unchaste company; (Genesis 39:19; Proverbs 5:8)
  • lascivious songs, books, pictures, dancings, stage plays; (Ephesians 5:4; Ezekiel 23:14–16; Isaiah 23:15–17; 3:16; Mark 6:22; 1 Peter 4:3)
  • and all other provocations to, or acts of uncleanness, either in ourselves or others. (2 Kings 9:30; Jeremiah 4:30; Ezekiel 23:40)