Bible Verses About Sex and Not Married
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for sex and not married, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 366 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 7:1-40. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Sex and Not Married
1 Corinthians 7:1-4085 votes
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Hebrews 13:473 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
1 Thessalonians 4:3-536 votes
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
1 Corinthians 6:1835 votes
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
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.
Deuteronomy 22:20-2116 votes
But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:
Matthew 5:2815 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 6:18-2013 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 7:213 votes
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Exodus 20:1412 votes
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
1 Corinthians 7:512 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.
Deuteronomy 22:28-2911 votes
If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
Proverbs 5:15-1911 votes
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
Colossians 3:1-2511 votes
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
What does the Bible say about sex and not married?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 7:1-40 on the subject of sex and not married. Across 366 votes, 14 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Hebrews 13:4, 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5, 1 Corinthians 6:18. This page lists all 14 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.