Bible Verses About Sexual Abuse
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for sexual abuse, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,564 votes, led by Matthew 18:6. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Sexual Abuse
Matthew 18:6122 votes
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
Psalms 9:9118 votes
The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
Matthew 11:2895 votes
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 25:4093 votes
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Ecclesiastes 4:192 votes
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Psalms 82:387 votes
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Psalms 72:475 votes
He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
Isaiah 1:1772 votes
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Matthew 25:4565 votes
Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
Luke 4:18-1965 votes
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Genesis 6:1163 votes
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
Habakkuk 1:359 votes
Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.
Isaiah 10:1-256 votes
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
Leviticus 18:19-2355 votes
Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
Amos 5:1253 votes
For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
Psalms 55:2347 votes
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
Ephesians 5:28-2941 votes
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
Ephesians 5:2538 votes
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Jude 1:735 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.
Mark 9:4231 votes
And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
Luke 17:231 votes
It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
1 Corinthians 13:4-726 votes
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
1 Corinthians 6:9-1125 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 Thessalonians 4:3-625 votes
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
Genesis 6:1-1015 votes
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
What does the Bible say about sexual abuse?
Readers most often cite Matthew 18:6 on the subject of sexual abuse. Across 1,564 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 9:9, Matthew 11:28, Matthew 25:40. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.