59 Bible Verses about sex

The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband.

Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.

But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.

"Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food"--and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

Then Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife and perform the duty of a brother-in-law to her, and raise up offspring for your brother."

And they called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, that we may know them."

Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman."

"If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed and lies with her, he shall give the bride-price for her and make her his wife.

If a man lies with a woman and has an emission of semen, both of them shall bathe themselves in water and be unclean until the evening.

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,

and lusted after her paramours there, whose members were like those of donkeys, and whose issue was like that of horses.

It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father's wife.

But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and of her daughter, and you shall not take her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter to uncover her nakedness; they are relatives; it is depravity.

You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.

If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature;

Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,

For this is the will of God, your sanctification:that you abstain from sexual immorality;

And he said to the people, "Be ready for the third day; do not go near a woman."

But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.

Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, "The two will become one flesh."

If a man lies with an animal, he shall surely be put to death, and you shall kill the animal.

And after a time his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, "Lie with me."

"You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness while she is in her menstrual uncleanness.

And you shall not lie with any animal and so make yourself unclean with it, neither shall any woman give herself to an animal to lie with it: it is perversion.

But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, so that they might eat food sacrificed to idols and practice sexual immorality.

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his. So whenever he went in to his brother's wife he would waste the semen on the ground, so as not to give offspring to his brother.

she caught him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me." But he left his garment in her hand and fled and got out of the house.

So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.

So they made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her father. He did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

then they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has done an outrageous thing in Israel by whoring in her father's house. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.

So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, "After I am worn out, and my lord is old, shall I have pleasure?"

just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.

Put to death therefore what is earthly in you:sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife; it is your brother's nakedness.

Do not give your strength to women, your ways to those who destroy kings.

And you shall not lie sexually with your neighbor's wife and so make yourself unclean with her.

But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler--not even to eat with such a one.

"Whoever lies with an animal shall be put to death.

Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves,

and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

"None of you shall approach any one of his close relatives to uncover nakedness. I am the LORD.

"If a man is found lying with the wife of another man, both of them shall die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman. So you shall purge the evil from Israel.

While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine. And Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.

But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him keep alive for yourselves.