Bible Verses About Sexual Sin
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for sexual sin, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 11,043 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 6:18. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Sexual Sin
1 Corinthians 6:18494 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 6:18-20435 votes
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Hebrews 13:4430 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Matthew 5:28353 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 10:13304 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.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11254 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 Corinthians 7:2232 votes
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Leviticus 18:22231 votes
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Proverbs 6:32226 votes
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
James 5:16209 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.
Ephesians 5:3202 votes
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
1 Corinthians 6:9-10195 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 4:3-5194 votes
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
Galatians 5:19190 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Exodus 20:14170 votes
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
1 Thessalonians 4:3161 votes
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
1 Thessalonians 4:2-8141 votes
For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
1 Corinthians 10:8137 votes
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
Galatians 5:19-21136 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Galatians 5:1134 votes
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Colossians 3:5132 votes
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
1 John 1:9132 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Philippians 4:8113 votes
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
2 Timothy 2:22111 votes
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
1 Corinthians 7:1-40106 votes
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
What does the Bible say about sexual sin?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 6:18 on the subject of sexual sin. Across 11,043 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 6:18-20, Hebrews 13:4, Matthew 5:28. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.