Bible Verses About Virginity Before Marriage
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for virginity before marriage, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,967 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 Virginity Before Marriage
Hebrews 13:4183 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Genesis 2:24174 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 4:3-8171 votes
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
1 Corinthians 7:8-9155 votes
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
Exodus 22:16-17151 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 6:18-20123 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 7:1-2108 votes
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Romans 12:1-296 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.
1 Corinthians 6:1896 votes
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Ephesians 5:1-3395 votes
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
Galatians 5:19-2187 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Deuteronomy 22:20-2285 votes
But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:
Matthew 5:2880 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 Timothy 2:967 votes
In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
1 Thessalonians 4:365 votes
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
2 Corinthians 11:260 votes
For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
Romans 12:158 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 1:24-3255 votes
Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
1 Corinthians 6:1653 votes
What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
1 Thessalonians 4:444 votes
That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
Galatians 5:1943 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
1 Corinthians 7:239 votes
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Exodus 20:1436 votes
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Amos 5:231 votes
The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
1 John 1:927 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 virginity before marriage?
Readers most often cite Hebrews 13:4 on the subject of virginity before marriage. Across 2,967 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Genesis 2:24, 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8, 1 Corinthians 7:8-9. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.