36 Bible Verses about Sexual Immorality
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Flee fornication. All sins that a man doth, are without the body. But he that is a fornicator, sinneth against his own body.
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his wife: and let every woman have her husband.
There goeth a common saying that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not once named among the gentiles: that one should have his father's wife.
So that fornication, and all uncleanness or covetousness, be not once named among you, as it becometh saints:
Meats are ordained for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Let not the body be applied unto fornication, but unto the Lord, and the Lord unto the body.
For this is the will of God, even that ye should be holy, and that ye should abstain from fornication,
Thou hast committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, which had much flesh: and thus hast thou used thine whoredom to anger me.
I say therefore unto you, whosoever putteth away his wife, except it be for fornication, and marrieth another, breaketh wedlock. And whosoever marrieth her which is divorced, doth commit adultery."
Do ye not remember how that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived. For neither fornicators, neither worshippers of images, neither whoremongers, neither weaklings, neither abusers of themselves with mankind,
Neither let us commit fornication as some of them committed fornication, and were destroyed - in one day, twenty three thousand.
The deeds of the flesh are manifest, which are these: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, wantonness,
even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them - which in like manner defiled themselves, with fornication, and followed strange flesh - are set forth for an example, and suffer the vengeance of eternal fire.
But I have a few things against thee: that thou hast, there, they that maintain the doctrine of Balaam, which taught in Balak to put occasion of sin before the children of Israel, that they should eat of meat dedicated unto idols, and to commit fornication.
but now I write unto you that ye company not together. If any that is called a brother, be a fornicator, or covetous, or a worshipper of images, either a railer, either a drunkard, or an extortioner: with him that is such see that ye eat not.
Also they repented not of their murder, and of their sorcery, neither of their fornication, neither of their theft.
But I say unto you, Whosoever put away his wife, except it be for fornication, causeth her to break matrimony. And whosoever marryeth her that is divorced breaketh wedlock.
And I gave her space to repent of her fornication and she repented not.
And Israel dwelt in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab,
For from within even out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts: adultery, fornication, murder,
but that we write unto them, that they abstain themselves from filthiness of images, from fornication, from strangled, and from blood.
I fear lest when I come again, God bring me low among you, and I be constrained to bewail many of them which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness, and fornication, and wantonness which they have committed.
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, breaking of wedlock, whoredom, theft, false witness-bearing, blasphemy.
And I meant not at all of the fornicators of this world, either of the covetous, or of extortioners, either of the idolaters - for then must ye needs have gone out of the world -
As concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man, not to touch a woman.
envying, murder, drunkenness, gluttony, and such like. Of the which I tell you before, as I have told you in time past, that they which commit such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Which, being past repentance, have given themselves unto wantonness, to work all manner of uncleanness even with greediness.
that is to say: that ye abstain from things offered to images, from blood, from strangled and fornication. From which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. So fare ye well."
For as touching the gentiles which believe: we have written, and concluded, that they observe no such things - but that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, from blood, from strangled, and from fornication."
Mortify therefore your members which are on the earth; fornication, uncleanness, unnatural lust, evil concupiscence, and covetousness which is worshipping of idols:
and that there be no fornicator, or unclean person, as Esau, which for one breakfast sold his birthright.
Let wedlock be had in price in all points, and let the chamber be undefiled: for whore keepers and adulterers God will judge.
and whoremongers; to them that defile themselves with mankind; to menstealers; to liars and to perjured, and so forth if there be any other thing that is contrary to wholesome doctrine
For without shall be dogs and enchanters, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth or maketh lies.
"'See that ye go to none of your nighest kindred for to uncover their privities, for I am the LORD.
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let them bring her unto the door of her father's house, and let the men of that city stone her with stones to death, because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house. And so thou shalt put evil away from thee. If a man be found lying with a woman that hath a wedded husband, they shall die: both the man that lie with the wife, and also the wife. So shalt thou put away evil from Israel. If a maid be handfasted unto a husband, and then a man find her in the town and lay with her, read more.
then ye shall bring them both out unto the gates of that same city and shall stone them with stones to death: The damsel because she cried not, being in the city, and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife; and thou shalt put away evil from thee.
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Hebrews 13:4Let wedlock be had in price in all points, and let the chamber be undefiled: for whore keepers and adulterers God will judge.
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