Bible Verses About Sex Before Marriage
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for sex before marriage, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 7,409 votes, led by Hebrews 13:4. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Sex Before Marriage
Hebrews 13:4629 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
1 Corinthians 7:1-40519 votes
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
1 Corinthians 6:18-20441 votes
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Exodus 22:16391 votes
And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
1 Corinthians 7:8-9374 votes
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
Genesis 2:24329 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
1 Thessalonians 4:3-8320 votes
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
1 John 3:4-10286 votes
Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Genesis 39:7-10217 votes
And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
Song of Songs 2:7156 votes
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
Exodus 20:14116 votes
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
1 Corinthians 7:2100 votes
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Ephesians 5:1-3399 votes
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
1 Corinthians 6:1894 votes
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Colossians 3:594 votes
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
Galatians 5:1978 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
1 Thessalonians 4:374 votes
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
Matthew 5:2870 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.
Revelation 1:170 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Exodus 22:16-1769 votes
And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
Galatians 4:1-5:2669 votes
Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
1 John 1:963 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Galatians 5:19-2162 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Matthew 5:27-3061 votes
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
Malachi 2:1559 votes
And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
What does the Bible say about sex before marriage?
Readers most often cite Hebrews 13:4 on the subject of sex before marriage. Across 7,409 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 7:1-40, 1 Corinthians 6:18-20, Exodus 22:16. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.