Bible Verses About Prostitutes
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for prostitutes, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,551 votes, led by Proverbs 29:3. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Prostitutes
Proverbs 29:337 votes
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
Deuteronomy 23:1735 votes
There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
1 Corinthians 6:9-1135 votes
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
Genesis 38:2434 votes
And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
1 Kings 14:2431 votes
And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.
Leviticus 19:2930 votes
Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
1 Corinthians 6:1830 votes
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Deuteronomy 23:17-1829 votes
There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
Galatians 5:19-2129 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Leviticus 20:1028 votes
And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
Leviticus 21:928 votes
And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
Proverbs 7:1026 votes
And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
Galatians 5:1926 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Jude 1:726 votes
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
Joshua 2:125 votes
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
Matthew 5:27-2825 votes
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
Leviticus 21:1424 votes
A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.
Judges 16:124 votes
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
Romans 1:26-2724 votes
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
Genesis 2:2423 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
1 Kings 3:1623 votes
Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
Matthew 21:31-3223 votes
Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
Hosea 1:222 votes
The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea. And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the Lord.
1 Corinthians 6:922 votes
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
1 Corinthians 6:1322 votes
Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
What does the Bible say about prostitutes?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 29:3 on the subject of prostitutes. Across 1,551 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Deuteronomy 23:17, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, Genesis 38:24. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.