Bible Verses About Self Gratification
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for self gratification, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,943 votes, led by Galatians 5:16-26. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Self Gratification
Galatians 5:16-26119 votes
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
1 Corinthians 10:13106 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.
Galatians 5:19-21101 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
1 John 2:1692 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.
Hebrews 13:477 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
1 Peter 2:1177 votes
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
1 John 2:1577 votes
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
James 1:1469 votes
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Colossians 3:568 votes
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
1 Thessalonians 4:466 votes
That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
Romans 12:159 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.
Romans 13:13-1458 votes
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
Galatians 6:7-956 votes
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
1 John 2:1-2954 votes
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
Ephesians 5:1153 votes
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
2 Timothy 3:453 votes
Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
2 Corinthians 7:152 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.
Matthew 5:2849 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.
2 Corinthians 5:1048 votes
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Galatians 5:1942 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Philippians 4:1339 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
1 Corinthians 6:1837 votes
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Galatians 5:1336 votes
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
James 5:1636 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.
1 John 1:934 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
What does the Bible say about self gratification?
Readers most often cite Galatians 5:16-26 on the subject of self gratification. Across 2,943 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 10:13, Galatians 5:19-21, 1 John 2:16. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.