Bible Verses About Self Abuse
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for self abuse, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 275 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Self Abuse
1 Corinthians 6:19-2037 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?
1 Corinthians 10:1330 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.
Hebrews 4:15-1624 votes
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
Galatians 5:120 votes
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Philippians 4:1319 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Romans 6:11-1418 votes
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
2 Corinthians 10:3-517 votes
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
1 John 1:917 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 6:1815 votes
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
1 Corinthians 3:16-1713 votes
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Ephesians 5:1812 votes
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Proverbs 28:1311 votes
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
1 Thessalonians 5:23-2411 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.
James 5:1611 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.
2 Corinthians 7:110 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.
Colossians 3:510 votes
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
What does the Bible say about self abuse?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 on the subject of self abuse. Across 275 votes, 16 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 10:13, Hebrews 4:15-16, Galatians 5:1. This page lists all 16 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.