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The term "commits" in the Bible often refers to the act of carrying out or engaging in a particular action, typically with a moral or ethical dimension. It is frequently used in the context of sin, righteousness, and covenantal faithfulness. The concept of committing an act is deeply intertwined with the intentions and the heart of the individual, reflecting their relationship with God and adherence to His commandments.

Sin and Transgression

In the context of sin, "commits" is used to describe the act of violating God's laws. For instance, in the Ten Commandments, the prohibition against committing adultery is a direct command from God, emphasizing the sanctity of marriage and the moral boundaries set by divine law. Jesus expands on this in the New Testament, teaching that even looking at someone with lustful intent is akin to committing adultery in one's heart (Matthew 5:28).

The Bible frequently addresses the consequences of committing sin. In James 2:10 , it is stated, "Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it." This underscores the seriousness of committing any sin, as it reflects a breach in one's relationship with God.

Righteousness and Good Works

Conversely, the Bible also speaks of committing oneself to righteous acts and good works. In 1 Peter 4:19 , believers are encouraged to "commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good." This highlights the importance of intentionality in living a life that honors God, demonstrating faith through actions.

The act of committing to God's ways is seen as a reflection of one's faith and trust in Him. Proverbs 16:3 advises, "Commit your works to the LORD, and your plans will be established." This verse suggests that when individuals dedicate their actions to God, aligning their intentions with His will, they can expect divine guidance and success.

Covenantal Faithfulness

In the context of covenantal relationships, committing is an expression of faithfulness and loyalty. The Bible often uses marriage as a metaphor for the covenant between God and His people, where both parties are expected to commit to the terms of the covenant. In Malachi 2:14 , God rebukes those who are unfaithful to their spouses, highlighting the seriousness of breaking a covenant commitment.

The ultimate example of commitment is found in God's unwavering faithfulness to His people. Despite human failure and sin, God remains committed to His promises, as seen throughout the narrative of Scripture. This divine commitment serves as a model for believers, who are called to reflect God's faithfulness in their own lives.

Conclusion

The concept of "commits" in the Bible encompasses a range of actions and intentions, from the negative implications of sin to the positive aspects of righteousness and faithfulness. It serves as a reminder of the moral and spiritual responsibilities that come with being in a relationship with God, urging believers to live lives that are committed to His will and purposes.

Greek

3429. moichao -- to commit adultery with
... Word Origin from moichos Definition to commit adultery with NASB Word Usage
adultery (1), commits adultery (3). commit adultery. ...
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4160. poieo -- to make, do
... 2), bringing (1), brings forth (1), call (1), carried (1), carries (1), carry (1),
cause (3), causes (2), causing (1), commit (2), commits (2), committed (4 ...
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3431. moicheuo -- to commit adultery
... Word Origin from moichos Definition to commit adultery NASB Word Usage adultery
(1), commit adultery (11), commits adultery (2), committed adultery (1 ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3431.htm - 7k

5407. phoneuo -- to kill, murder
... Word Origin from phoneus Definition to kill, murder NASB Word Usage commit murder
(5), commits murder (1), murder (3), murdered (2), put to death (1). ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5407.htm - 7k

3428. moichalis -- an adulteress
... moichalis Phonetic Spelling: (moy-khal-is') Short Definition: an adulteress Definition:
(a) an adulteress (that is, a married woman who commits adultery), (b ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6213a. asah -- do, make
... 19), celebrated (12), celebrates (1), certainly carry (1), certainly make (1),
certainly makes (1), certainly perform (2), commit (8), commits (7), commits and ...
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5800a. azab -- to leave, forsake, loose
... root Definition to leave, forsake, loose NASB Word Usage abandon (3), abandoned
(11), abandons (1), commits (1), deserted (1), failed (1), fails (1), forsake ...
/hebrew/5800a.htm - 6k

5753b. avah -- to commit iniquity, do wrong
... Word Origin denominative verb from avon Definition to commit iniquity, do wrong
NASB Word Usage commits iniquity (1), committed iniquity (4), committing ...
/hebrew/5753b.htm - 5k

2181. zanah -- to commit fornication, be a harlot
... root Definition to commit fornication, be a harlot NASB Word Usage adulterous (1),
become a harlot (1), commit adultery (1), commits flagrant harlotry (1 ...
/hebrew/2181.htm - 6k

5003. naaph -- to commit adultery
... Usage adulterer (3), adulterers (5), adulteress (3), adulteresses (2), adulteries
(1), adulterous (1), adultery (1), commit adultery (6), commits adultery (3 ...
/hebrew/5003.htm - 6k

2398. chata -- to miss, go wrong, sin
... sin NASB Word Usage bear the blame (2), bewildered (1), bore the loss (1), bring
sin (1), cleanse (5), cleansed (1), cleansing (1), commit (2), commits sin (1 ...
/hebrew/2398.htm - 6k

1497. gazal -- to tear away, seize, rob
... root Definition to tear away, seize, rob NASB Word Usage carried away (1), commit
(2), commits (1), committed (1), consume (1), force (1), rob (3), robbed (6 ...
/hebrew/1497.htm - 6k

7686. shagah -- to go astray, err
... root Definition to go astray, err NASB Word Usage commits error (1), committed a
error (1), erred (2), exhilarated (2), go astray (1), goes astray (1 ...
/hebrew/7686.htm - 6k

Library

He Commits Theft with his Companions, not Urged on by Poverty, but ...
... Book II. Chapter IV."He Commits Theft with His Companions, Not Urged on
by Poverty, But from a Certain Distaste of Well-Doing. ...
/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter iv he commits theft with.htm

Peter Commits Perjury.
... CHAPTER V. PETER COMMITS PERJURY. How bleeds my heart! The Holiest stands
before the judgement seat. The malice of sinners he must ...
/.../stead/king of the jews/chapter v peter commits perjury.htm

Whether He who Raises the Unworthy to Orders Commits a Sin?
... OF THE QUALITIES REQUIRED OF THOSE WHO RECEIVE THIS SACRAMENT (FIVE ARTICLES)
Whether he who raises the unworthy to Orders commits a sin? ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether he who raises the.htm

He Recognises the Falsity of his Own Opinions, and Commits to ...
... Book VI. Chapter IV."He Recognises the Falsity of His Own Opinions, and
Commits to Memory the Saying of Ambrose. 5. As, then, I ...
/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter iv he recognises the falsity.htm

From Examples Tertullian Passes to Direct Dogmatic Teachings He ...
... except on the ground of adultery, makes her commit adultery; and (he) who shall
have married a (woman) dismissed by her husband, of course commits adultery. ...
/.../tertullian/on monogamy/chapter ix from examples tertullian passes.htm

Relative Magnitude of Sins of the Heart and Actual Sins.
... And I think that just as a man commits adultery in his heart only, though not
proceeding altogether to the overt act, so he commits in his heart the rest of ...
/.../origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/7 relative magnitude of sins.htm

Verse the Seventeenth
... evident, that it cannot simply be affirmed concerning any man, whatever his condition
may be, that he does of himself commit the sin which he commits; for this ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 2/verse the seventeenth.htm

Whether all Sins are Connected with one Another?
... viii), "sin is a transgression of the Divine law, and disobedience of the heavenly
commandments." Therefore whoever commits one sin is guilty of all. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether all sins are connected.htm

Whether a Mortal Sin Can Become Venial?
... a creature less than God; for instance, if anyone being ignorant that simple
fornication is a mortal sin, and contrary to the love of God, commits the sin of ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether a mortal sin can.htm

Conclusion by the Editor. Tokens of Love from Many. Keeps Writing. ...
... Visited by Professors McGarvey and Graham. Commits His Writings to the Latter. ... Visited
by Professors McGarvey and Graham. Commits His Writings to the Latter. ...
/.../chapter xx conclusion by the.htm

Thesaurus

Commits (39 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Commits (39 Occurrences). Matthew 5:21 "You have
heard that it was said to the ancients, 'Thou shalt not ...
/c/commits.htm - 18k

Divorces (7 Occurrences)
... every man who puts away his wife except on the ground of unfaithfulness causes her
to commit adultery, and whoever marries her when so divorced commits adultery ...
/d/divorces.htm - 8k

Marries (20 Occurrences)
... whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her
an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery. ...
/m/marries.htm - 12k

Immorality (38 Occurrences)
... whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her
an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery. ...
/i/immorality.htm - 18k

Divorced (10 Occurrences)
... Matthew 19:9 I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality,
and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is ...
/d/divorced.htm - 9k

Adulteress (12 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A woman who commits adultery. 2. (n.) A woman
who violates her religious engagements. Multi-Version Concordance ...
/a/adulteress.htm - 9k

Sexual (59 Occurrences)
... whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her
an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery. ...
/s/sexual.htm - 23k

Unchastity (5 Occurrences)
... whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her
an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery. ...
/u/unchastity.htm - 8k

Except (236 Occurrences)
... whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her
an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery. ...
/e/except.htm - 35k

Adulterer (6 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A man who commits adultery; a married
man who has sexual intercourse with a woman not his wife. ...
/a/adulterer.htm - 8k

Resources

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Commits (39 Occurrences)

Matthew 5:21
"You have heard that it was said to the ancients, 'Thou shalt not commit murder', and whoever commits murder will be answerable to the magistrate.
(WEY NAS)

Matthew 5:32
but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.
(WEB WEY DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 19:9
I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery."
(WEB WEY DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 10:11
He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her.
(WEB WEY DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 10:12
If a woman herself divorces her husband, and marries another, she commits adultery."
(WEB WEY DBY RSV NIV)

Luke 16:18
Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.
(WEB WEY DBY NAS RSV NIV)

John 8:34
Jesus answered them, "Most certainly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is the bondservant of sin.
(WEB WEY NAS RSV)

1 Corinthians 6:18
Flee sexual immorality! "Every sin that a man does is outside the body," but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.
(WEB WEY DBY NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 7:36
If, however, a father thinks he is acting unbecomingly towards his still unmarried daughter if she be past the bloom of her youth, and so the matter is urgent, let him do what she desires; he commits no sin; she and her suitor should be allowed to marry.
(WEY)

James 4:17
If, however, a man knows what it is right to do and yet does not do it, he commits a sin.
(WEY)

1 John 3:4
Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.
(WEB RSV)

1 John 3:8
He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
(See RSV)

1 John 3:9
Whoever is born of God doesn't commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can't sin, because he is born of God.
(See RSV)

Leviticus 4:2
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying: If any one shall sin through error, in any of the things which the LORD hath commanded not to be done, and shall do any one of them:
(See NAS)

Leviticus 4:13
And if the whole congregation of Israel shall err, the thing being hid from the eyes of the assembly, and do any of the things which the LORD hath commanded not to be done, and are guilty:
(See NAS RSV)

Leviticus 5:15
"If anyone commits a trespass, and sins unwittingly, in the holy things of Yahweh; then he shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh, a ram without blemish from the flock, according to your estimation in silver by shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering.
(WEB RSV NIV)

Leviticus 6:2
"If anyone sins, and commits a trespass against Yahweh, and deals falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or has oppressed his neighbor,
(WEB RSV)

Leviticus 6:3
Or has taken a false oath about the loss of something which he has come across by chance; if a man has done any of these evil things,
(See NIV)

Leviticus 20:10
"'The man who commits adultery with another man's wife, even he who commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 5:6
"Speak to the children of Israel:'When a man or woman commits any sin that men commit, so as to trespass against Yahweh, and that soul is guilty;
(WEB NAS RSV)

Numbers 15:28
The priest shall make atonement for the soul who errs, when he sins unwittingly, before Yahweh, to make atonement for him; and he shall be forgiven.
(See RSV)

2 Samuel 7:14
I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;
(WEB NAS RSV)

Psalms 10:14
Thou hast seen; for Thou beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite them with Thy hand; unto Thee the helpless committeth himself; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 36:4
He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He doesn't abhor evil.
(See NIV)

Proverbs 6:32
He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 29:22
An angry man is the cause of fighting, and a man given to wrath does much wrong.
(See NIV)

Ecclesiastes 8:12
Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.
(WEB NIV)

Ezekiel 3:20
Again, when a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, I will lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die; because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thy hand.
(See NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 16:32
A wife who commits adultery! who takes strangers instead of her husband!
(WEB)

Ezekiel 18:7
and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 18:12
hath wronged the poor and needy, hath taken by robbery, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 18:14
Now, behold, if he fathers a son, who sees all his father's sins, which he has done, and fears, and does not such like;
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 18:16
neither has wronged any, has not taken anything to pledge, neither has taken by robbery, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 18:24
But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? None of his righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered: in his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them shall he die.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 18:26
When the righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies therein; in his iniquity that he has done shall he die.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 22:11
And each hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and each hath lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and each in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.
(See RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 33:13
When I say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his righteousness, and commit iniquity, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, for it shall he die.
(See NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 33:18
When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall even die therein.
(WEB NAS RSV)

Hosea 1:2
When Yahweh spoke at first by Hosea, Yahweh said to Hosea, "Go, take for yourself a wife of prostitution and children of unfaithfulness; for the land commits great adultery, forsaking Yahweh."
(WEB NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Commits

Related Terms

Fornication (52 Occurrences)

Lewd (37 Occurrences)

Unfaithfully (19 Occurrences)

Whoredoms (34 Occurrences)

Immorality (38 Occurrences)

Commit (142 Occurrences)

Whoredom (58 Occurrences)

Lewdness (68 Occurrences)

Unfaithful (58 Occurrences)