Bible Verses About Masturbation
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for masturbation, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 15,779 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 10:13. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Masturbation
1 Corinthians 10:131,211 votes
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 6:18740 votes
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
1 Peter 2:11662 votes
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Matthew 5:28631 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.
James 1:14-15560 votes
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
1 Thessalonians 4:3-5534 votes
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
Galatians 5:19-21515 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
1 Corinthians 7:3-5441 votes
Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
James 1:13-14398 votes
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
Leviticus 15:16-17355 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.
Romans 13:14298 votes
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
1 Corinthians 9:27262 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.
John 8:34251 votes
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
Matthew 5:30238 votes
And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
Romans 8:1-39223 votes
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20188 votes
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Romans 6:13174 votes
Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Hebrews 13:4174 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Matthew 26:41164 votes
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
2 Corinthians 7:1164 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.
James 5:16164 votes
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Colossians 2:23-3:25158 votes
Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
1 John 2:16-5:19157 votes
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Galatians 5:1-6:18156 votes
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
2 Timothy 1:7-2:26155 votes
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
What does the Bible say about masturbation?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 10:13 on the subject of masturbation. Across 15,779 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 6:18, 1 Peter 2:11, Matthew 5:28. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.