36 Bible Verses about Sexual Immorality

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.

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

"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.

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

You also played the whore with the Egyptians, your lustful neighbors, multiplying your whoring, to provoke me to anger.

And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery."

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,

We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day.

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

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.

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.

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.

nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.

But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality.

While Israel lived in Shittim, the people began to whore with the daughters of Moab.

For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,

but should write to them to abstain from the things polluted by idols, and from sexual immorality, and from what has been strangled, and from blood.

I fear that when I come again my God may humble me before you, and I may have to mourn over many of those who sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and sensuality that they have practiced.

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.

not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world.

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

envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people--

They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity.

that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell."

But as for the Gentiles who have believed, we have sent a letter with our judgment that they should abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality."

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

that no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.

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

the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine,

Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

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