ADULTERY
Biblical dream symbol meaning
How adultery appeared in your dream
Dreaming of being intimate with someone other than your spouse — In biblical dream interpretation, adultery represents unfaithfulness in your covenant relationships, whether through literal infidelity or by intimately sharing your heart with another who is not your spouse, revealing a breach of trust and commitment.
Exodus 20:14Proverbs 6:32Matthew 5:28Jeremiah 29:23
Seeing yourself pursuing worldly pleasures or forbidden desires in a dream — Adultery in dreams symbolizes spiritual unfaithfulness, including lust for the pleasures of this world and friendship with worldly desires, indicating that your heart has turned from God toward the attractions of this world.
James 4:4Matthew 5:28Galatians 5:19
Dreaming of being caught in a trap or snare while committing infidelity — Adultery represents being ensnared by temptation and sin, demonstrating a lack of judgment and how the works of the flesh—including sexual immorality and lust—become strongholds in the heart that lead to spiritual and relational destruction.
Proverbs 6:32Proverbs 7:23Matthew 15:192 Peter 2:14Galatians 5:19
Dreaming of a church congregation or religious leaders committing adultery or being unfaithful — In biblical dream interpretation, this symbolizes a church or congregation being unfaithful to Christ, warning against seeking alternative ways of obtaining righteousness or spiritual blessings apart from Christ. It represents religious leaders or believers who influence others to walk in disharmony with Christ and pursue carnal methods to please God, thereby causing spiritual injury or death to others.
Ezekiel 23:45James 4:4
Seeing adultery connected with hatred, discord, jealousy, rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, or factions in a dream — Adultery in dreams represents not only sexual immorality but the broader manifestations of the sinful nature, including relational sins such as hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, and factions, revealing how spiritual unfaithfulness produces division and strife within the body of Christ.
Galatians 5:19-20
Dreaming of adultery associated with idolatry, witchcraft, impurity, or debauchery — This dream symbolizes the connection between sexual immorality and other acts of the sinful nature, particularly idolatry and witchcraft, indicating that adultery is part of a larger pattern of spiritual rebellion and choosing to pursue impurity and debauchery over devotion to God.
Galatians 5:19-20
Dreaming of choosing friendship with the world and committing adultery against God — This represents becoming an enemy of God through choosing friendship with the world, revealing that spiritual adultery is fundamentally hatred toward God and a deliberate choice to align with worldly systems rather than maintaining faithful devotion to Him.
James 4:4
Possible biblical meanings
Intimately sharing your heart with another who is not your spouse (Proverbs 6:32; Matthew 5:28)·Worldliness (James 4:4)·Lacking judgment (Proverbs 6:32)·Snare or trap (Proverbs 7:23)·Literal adultery (Exodus 20:14; Jeremiah 29:23)·Lust issue (Matthew 5:28)·Heart stronghold (Matthew 15:19; 2 Peter 2:14)·Work of the flesh (Galatians 5:19)
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