35 Bible Verses about Sexual Purity

For the purpose of God for you is this: that you may be holy, and may keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh;

Because it is God's purpose that our way of life may be not unclean but holy.

So that every one of you may keep his body holy and in honour;

But I had not in mind the sinners who are outside the church, or those who have a desire for and take the property of others, or those who give worship to images; for it is not possible to keep away from such people without going out of the world completely:

Keep away from the desires of the flesh. Every sin which a man does is outside of the body; but he who goes after the desires of the flesh does evil to his body.

For those who go after loose women, for those with unnatural desires, for those who take men prisoners, who make false statements and false oaths, and those who do any other things against the right teaching,

Or are you not conscious that your body is a house for the Holy Spirit which is in you, and which has been given to you by God? and you are not the owners of yourselves;

But if they have not self-control let them get married; for married life is better than the burning of desire.

Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will put an end to them together. But the body is not for the desires of the flesh, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

And such were some of you; but you have been washed, you have been made holy, you have been given righteousness in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

Now the works of the flesh are clear, which are these: evil desire, unclean things, wrong use of the senses,

Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.

But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' property, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints;

Because of which the wrath of God comes on those who go against his orders;

One whose father and mother are not married may not come into the meeting of the Lord's people, or any of his family to the tenth generation.

And that no man may make attempts to get the better of his brother in business: for the Lord is the judge in all these things, as we said to you before and gave witness.

Because God, then, will give us such rewards, dear brothers, let us make ourselves clean from all evil of flesh and spirit, and become completely holy in the fear of God.

Outside are the dogs, and those who make use of evil powers, those who make themselves unclean, and the takers of life, and those who give worship to images, and everyone whose delight is in what is false.

Then put to death your bodies which are of the earth; wrong use of the flesh, unclean things, passion, evil desires and envy, which is the worship of strange gods;

But that we give them orders to keep themselves from things offered to false gods, and from the evil desires of the body, and from the flesh of animals put to death in ways against the law, and from blood.

And Mary said to the angel, How may this be, because I have had no knowledge of a man?

To the older women as to mothers, to the younger as to sisters, with a clean heart.

And they had no regret for putting men to death, or for their use of secret arts, or for the evil desires of the flesh, or for taking the property of others.

Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth goes on into the stomach, and is sent out as waste?

And if a man has sex relations with a woman and his seed goes out from him, the two of them will have to be bathed in water and will be unclean till evening.

To keep from things offered to false gods, and from blood, and from things put to death in ways which are against the law, and from the evil desires of the body; if you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. May you be happy.

And the Lord said to Moses,

To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;

If a young virgin has given her word to be married to a man, and another man meeting her in the town, has connection with her;

For this reason, then, do not be foolish, but be conscious of the Lord's pleasure.

But to the married I give orders, though not I but the Lord, that the wife may not go away from her husband

These are they who have not made themselves unclean with women; for they are virgins. These are they who go after the Lamb wherever he goes. These were taken from among men to be the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.

Let us then keep the feast, not with old leaven, and not with the leaven of evil thoughts and acts, but with the unleavened bread of true thoughts and right feelings.

And the Lord said to Moses, Go to the people and make them holy today and tomorrow, and let their clothing be washed.

Who having no more power of feeling, have given themselves up to evil passions, to do all unclean things with overmuch desire.