Bible Verses About Masturbating
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for masturbating, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,533 votes, led by 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Masturbating
1 Thessalonians 4:3-5198 votes
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
Matthew 5:28157 votes
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
1 Corinthians 6:18151 votes
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
James 1:14-15123 votes
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Colossians 3:5118 votes
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
Galatians 5:1696 votes
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
1 John 1:996 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 Corinthians 7:586 votes
Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
James 4:785 votes
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Romans 7:15-2284 votes
For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
Romans 12:1-277 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Ephesians 5:377 votes
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
Hebrews 13:477 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Job 31:156 votes
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
1 Thessalonians 5:23-2444 votes
And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
John 8:3439 votes
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
Romans 6:11-1439 votes
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Leviticus 15:16-1735 votes
And if any man’s seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.
Psalms 119:9-1631 votes
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
Proverbs 18:1-2431 votes
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
Ezekiel 23:1-4931 votes
The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,
Proverbs 23:228 votes
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
1 Corinthians 9:2728 votes
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Jeremiah 36:1-3218 votes
And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
2 Corinthians 7:118 votes
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
What does the Bible say about masturbating?
Readers most often cite 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 on the subject of masturbating. Across 2,533 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 5:28, 1 Corinthians 6:18, James 1:14-15. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.