It is said that a marriage should be honored by all and kept pure. However, this is not always the case. The Book says that God will judge both the adulterer and those that are sexually immoral. Here is a look at the scripture and best sexual immorality Bible verses you should know.
“But a man who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.” | Proverbs 6:32
“But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people.” | Ephesians 5:3
“But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.” | Matthew 5:28
“But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband.” | 1 Corinthians 7:2
“But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars–their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.” | Revelation 21:8
“Dearly beloved, I beseech [you] as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;” | 1 Peter 2:11
“Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife and defile yourself with her.” | Leviticus 18:20
“Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”” | 1st Corinthians 6:16
“Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.” | 1st Corinthians 6:9-10
“Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!” | 1 Corinthians 6:15
“Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;” | 1 Corinthians 6:18-19
“For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come-sexual immorality, theft, murder” | Mark 7:21
“For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person–such a man is an idolater–has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.” | Ephesians 5:5
“For this is the will of God, [even] your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:” | 1 Thessalonians 4:3
“For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.” | Ephesians 5:5
“I will not show my love to her children, because they are the children of adultery.” | Hosea 2:4
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” | 1 John 1:9
“In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.” | Jude 1:7
“It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality” | 1 Thessalonians 4:3
“Marriage [is] honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.” | Hebrews 13:4
“Nevertheless, [to avoid] fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.” | 1 Corinthians 7:2
“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,” | Galatians 5:19
“Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men, nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.” | 1 Corinthians 6:9
“So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways.” | Revelation 2:22
“So I will come near to you for judgment. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive aliens of justice, but do not fear me,” says the LORD Almighty.” | Malachi 3:5
“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God [is] faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear [it].” | 1 Corinthians 10:13
“We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did–and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.” | 1 Corinthians 10:8
“You say, “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.” The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.” | 1 Corinthians 6:13
“Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution! I have seen your detestable acts on the hills and in the fields. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you be unclean?”” | Jeremiah 13:27
Find some peace in your day by checking out the following passages to help provide you some daily hope and encouragement.
Natalie Regoli is a child of God, devoted wife, and mother of two boys. She has a Master's Degree in Law from The University of Texas. Natalie has been published in several national journals and has been practicing law for 18 years.