Jeremiah 5:8
They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.
Cross-reference
In Jeremiah 13:27, the same 'neighing' metaphor for lustful adultery reappears, reinforcing the accusation against Jerusalem.
In Jeremiah 23:10, the land is full of adulterers, directly paralleling the adulterous lust described in Jeremiah 5:8.
In Jeremiah 9:2, the prophet laments widespread adultery among the people, matching the specific lustful behavior of Jeremiah 5:8.
In Matthew 5:28, Jesus condemns lustful looks as adultery of the heart, directly mirroring the neighing after a neighbor's wife.
In Genesis 39:9, Joseph refuses adultery as sin against God — the opposite of the stallions' unbridled lust.
In 2 Samuel 11:2-4, David embodies the 'lusty stallion' — coveting and taking Bathsheba, his neighbor's wife.
Deuteronomy 5:21 forbids coveting a neighbor's wife — mirroring Exodus 20:17 and the sin in Jeremiah.
Deuteronomy 5:18 repeats the adultery prohibition — the law these 'stallions' break.
Exodus 20:17 forbids coveting a neighbor's wife — exactly what the 'neighing for his neighbor's wife' depicts.
Exodus 20:14 is the commandment against adultery that these 'stallions' are violating.
In 2 Samuel 11:3, David's inquiry about Bathsheba exemplifies the very lust for a neighbor's wife that Jeremiah 5:8 condemns.
In Proverbs 6:29, it warns that sleeping with a neighbor's wife brings punishment, reinforcing the sin Jeremiah 5:8 describes.
In Proverbs 6:32, it declares the foolishness of adultery, echoing the senseless lust depicted in Jeremiah 5:8.
Ezekiel 18:6 lists not defiling a neighbor's wife as righteous—contrasting directly with the adulterous behavior condemned here.
Ezekiel 22:11 also condemns committing abomination with a neighbor's wife—the very same sin described here.
Ezekiel 23:20 uses the same horse metaphor for lust, describing paramours with animal imagery, amplifying this theme.
Ezekiel 33:26 directly accuses Israel of defiling each other's wives, linking this sin to losing the land.
Hosea 7:4 compares adulterers to a heated oven—a different metaphor for the same rampant adultery condemned here.