28 Bible Verses about Chastity

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Make dead, therefore, your members that are on the earth - as regardeth fornication, impurity, passion, base coveting, and greed, the which, is idolatry, -

For, this, is a thing willed of God, your sanctification, - that ye should abstain from unchastity,

but to write unto them, to abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.

Do not give, to women, thy strength, nor thy ways, to them who ruin kings.

Having, eyes, full of an adulteress, and that cannot rest from sin, enticing unstable souls, having, a heart trained in greed, - children of a curse, -

Who, indeed, having become past feeling, have delivered, themselves, up, with wantonness, unto making a trade of all impurity with greed.

Filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, baseness, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil disposition,

In like manner, nevertheless, even these, in their dreamings, flesh indeed defile, while lordship they set aside, and dignities they defame.

A deep chasm, is the mouth of strange women, he with whom Yahweh is indignant, falleth there.

For, with sweet droppings, drip the lips of her that is a stranger, and, smoother than oil, is her mouth; But, the latter end of her, is bitter as wormwood, sharp, as a two-edged sword! Her feet, are going down to death, - on hades, will her steps take firm hold. read more.
Lest, the path of life, she should ponder, her tracks have wandered she knoweth not whither . Now, therefore, ye sons, hearken unto me, and do not turn away from the sayings of my mouth. Keep far from her thy way, and do not go near the opening of her house: Lest thou give, to other men, thy vigour, and thy years, to him that is cruel: Lest strange men, be well fed, by thy strength, and, thy toils, be in the house of the alien. So shalt thou grieve in thy latter end, in the failing of thy flesh and of thy healthy condition;

Let not thy heart, turn aside to her ways, Do not go astray, in her paths. For, many, wounded, hath she caused to fail, - yea strong men, slain wholly by her: Ways to hades, are in her house, descending into the chambers of death.

Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods; but, God, will set aside, both it and them. The body, however, is not for fornication, but, for the Lord, - and, the Lord, for the body.

Know ye not that, your bodies, are, members of Christ? Shall I, then, take away the members of the Christ and make them members of a harlot? Far be it! Or know ye not that, he that joineth himself unto the harlot, is, one body? For, saith he, the two, shall become, one flesh; But, he that joineth himself unto the Lord, is, one Spirit. read more.
Flee fornication! Every sin, whatsoever a man shall commit, is, outside his body, but, he that committeth fornication, bringeth sin into his own body.

Or know ye not that, your body, is, a shrine of the Holy Spirit that is within you, which ye have from God? And ye are not your own; -

For God did not call us, with a permission of impurity, but, in sanctification.

When wisdom entereth thy heart, and, knowledge, to thy soul, is sweet, Discretion, shall watch over thee, understanding, shall preserve thee: -

My son, keep my sayings, and, my commandments, treasure by thee; Keep my commandments and live, and mine instruction, as the pupil of thine eye; Bind them upon thy fingers, write them, on the tablet of thy heart; read more.
Say unto wisdom, My sister, thou! and, an acquaintance, call thou, understanding: That thou mayest be kept, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who, with her speeches, doth flatter.

For, sufficient, is the bygone time - to have wrought out, the will of the nations, having gone on in wanton ways, covetings, wine-drinkings, revellings, drinking-bouts, and impious idolatries: -

But, now, I have written unto you not to be mixing yourselves up, - if anyone named a brother, be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner, with such a one as this, not so much, as to be eating together,

Now, Abimelech, had not come near unto her, - so he said, O My Lord! a nation even a righteous one, wilt thou slay?

Then, said, Abimelech, What is this thou hast done to us? A little more, and one of the people might have lien with thy wife, so shouldst thou have brought upon us, guilt. And Abimelech commanded all the people saying, - He that toucheth this man or his wife, shall surely be put to death

But, I, say unto you, that, Every one who looketh on a woman so as to covet her, already, hath committed adultery with her, in his heart.

A covenant, I solemnised for mine eyes, - How then could I gaze upon a virgin?

Know ye not that ye are a shrine a of God, and that the Spirit of God within you doth dwell? If anyone doth mar the shrine of God, God, will mar him; for the shrine of God is holy, - and such are ye.

Manifest, however, are the works of the flesh, which, indeed, are - fornication, impurity, wantonness, idolatry, enchantment, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of wrath, factions, divisions, parties, envyings, drunkenness, revellings; - and such things as these: as to which I forewarn you, even as I have forewarned you, - that, they who such things as these do practise, shall not inherit, God's kingdom.

Do not look on wine when it becometh red, when it giveth in the cup its sparkle, glideth down smoothly. Its after effect, is that, like a serpent, it biteth, and, like a viper, it doth sting. Thine eyes, will see strange women, and, thy heart, will speak perverse things:

I, could indeed find, to be, more bitter than death, the woman, whose heart is, snares and nets, and her hands, bonds, - whoso is pleasing before God, shall escape from her, but, he that sinneth, shall be captured by her.

And it came to pass after these things, that his lord's wife lifted up her eyes unto Joseph, - and she said - Come! lie with me. And he refused and said unto his lord's wife, Lo! my lord, taketh no note with me as to what is in the house, - but, all that pertaineth to him, hath he delivered into my hand: There is no one greater in this house than I, neither hath he withheld from me anything, save only thyself in that thou, art his wife, - how, then could I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? read more.
And it came to pass, that although she Spake unto Joseph day after day, yet hearkened he not unto her to lie beside her to be with her.

And it came to pass that, at eventide, David arose from his couch, and walked to and fro on the roof of the king's house, when, from the roof, he saw a woman bathing herself, - the woman being exceeding beautiful to look upon. And David sent and enquired after the woman, - and one said - Is not, this, Bath-sheba, daughter of Eliam, wife of Uriah the Hittite? And David sent messengers, and fetched her, and she came in unto him, and he lay with her, she having purified herself from her uncleanness, - and she returned unto her own house.

But, fornication, and all impurity, or covetousness, let it not be named among you - even as becometh saints;

Do not covet her beauty, in thy heart, neither let her take thee, by her eyelashes;

In like manner, ye wives, - submitting yourselves unto your own husbands; in order that, if any are not yielding unto the word, through their wives behaviour, they may, without the word, be won, Having been permitted to behold your reverently chaste behaviour, -

And he said - Blessed, be thou of Yahweh, my daughter, for thou hast made thy last lovingkindness better than the first, - in not following after young men, whether poor, or rich. Now, therefore, my daughter, do not fear, whatsoever thou shalt say, I will do for thee, - for all the gate of my people doth know, that, a virtuous woman, thou art.

And it came to pass after these things, that his lord's wife lifted up her eyes unto Joseph, - and she said - Come! lie with me. And he refused and said unto his lord's wife, Lo! my lord, taketh no note with me as to what is in the house, - but, all that pertaineth to him, hath he delivered into my hand: There is no one greater in this house than I, neither hath he withheld from me anything, save only thyself in that thou, art his wife, - how, then could I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? read more.
And it came to pass, that although she Spake unto Joseph day after day, yet hearkened he not unto her to lie beside her to be with her. And it came to pass, when, on a certain day, he went into the house to attend to his business, - and there was no man of the household, there in the house, that she caught him by his garment, saying - Come! lie with me. Then left he his garment in her hand, and fled and gut forth outside, And it came to pass when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, - and fled forth outside, that she cried out to the men of her house and spake to them, saying, Look ye! he hath brought in to us a Hebrew man to insult us, - He came in unto me, to lie with me, so I cried out with a loud voice. And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted high my voice, and cried out, then left he his garment beside me, and fled and gut forth outside. So she laid by his garment beside her, - until his lord should come into his house, Then spake she unto him, according to these words, saying, - He hath been in unto me - the Hebrew servant whom thou didst bring in to us - to insult me. And it came to pass when I lifted high my voice and cried out, then left he his garment beside me, and fled outside. And it came to pass, when his lord heard the words of his wife which she spake unto him saying, According to these words, hath thy servant done to me, Then was kindled his anger. So Joseph's lord took him and delivered him up to the prison,: the place where, the prisoners of the king, were imprisoned, - so he was there, in the prison.

Tarry the night, and it shall be, in the morning, if he will act as kinsman to thee, well, let him so act, but, if he inclineth not to act as kinsman to thee, then will, I, so act to thee - by the life of Yahweh, - Lie still, until the morning.

So she went down to the threshing-floor, - and did according to all that her mother-in-law had commanded her. And, when Boaz had eaten, and drunk, and his heart was glad, he went in to lie down at the end of the heap of corn. Then came she in softly, and turned aside the covering of his feet, and laid her down. And it came to pass, in the middle of the night, that the man started up, and turned, - and lo! a woman, lying at his feet. read more.
And he said, Who art, thou? And she said, I, am Ruth, thy handmaid, spread, therefore, thy wing over thy handmaid, for, a kinsman, thou art. And he said - Blessed, be thou of Yahweh, my daughter, for thou hast made thy last lovingkindness better than the first, - in not following after young men, whether poor, or rich. Now, therefore, my daughter, do not fear, whatsoever thou shalt say, I will do for thee, - for all the gate of my people doth know, that, a virtuous woman, thou art. And, now, although it is true that, a kinsman, am I, yet is there a kinsman nearer than I. Tarry the night, and it shall be, in the morning, if he will act as kinsman to thee, well, let him so act, but, if he inclineth not to act as kinsman to thee, then will, I, so act to thee - by the life of Yahweh, - Lie still, until the morning.

Neither shalt thou commit adultery:

But, I, say unto you, that, Every one who looketh on a woman so as to covet her, already, hath committed adultery with her, in his heart.

These, are they, who with women, were not defiled, for they are, virgin. These, are they who follow the Lamb whithersoever he is going. These, were redeemed from mankind, as a firstfruit unto God and the Lamb;

For, this, is a thing willed of God, your sanctification, - that ye should abstain from unchastity,

A covenant, I solemnised for mine eyes, - How then could I gaze upon a virgin?