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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0;"/><title>Topical Bible: Immorality</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/topical/i/immorality.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/newtopical.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/topical/vmenus/1_corinthians/6-18.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmcde/i/immorality.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/topical/">Topical</a> > Immorality</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/topical/i/immoralities.htm" title="Immoralities">&#9668;</a> Immorality <a href="/topical/i/immorality_in_the_church.htm" title="Immorality in the Church">&#9658;</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">Jump to: <a href="#top" title="Topical Bible Verses">Topical</a> &#8226; <a href="#web" title="Webster's Dictionary">Webster's</a> &#8226; <a href="#cnc" title="Multiversion Concordance">Concordance</a> &#8226; <a href="#thes" title="Bible Thesaurus">Thesaurus</a> &#8226; <a href="#grk" title="Strong's Greek Concordance">Greek</a> &#8226; <a href="#heb" title="Strong's Hebrew Concordance">Hebrew</a> &#8226; <a href="#lib" title="Library">Library</a> &#8226; <a href="#sub" title="Subtopics">Subtopics</a> &#8226; <a href="#rel" title="Related Terms">Terms</a></div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><a name="te" id="te"></a><div class="vheading2">Topical Encyclopedia</div>Immorality, as understood within the biblical context, refers to behavior that is contrary to the moral laws and principles established by God. It encompasses a range of actions and attitudes that deviate from the standards of holiness and righteousness as outlined in Scripture. The Bible addresses immorality in various forms, often highlighting its destructive nature and the need for repentance and redemption.<br><br><b>Old Testament Context</b><br><br>In the Old Testament, immorality is frequently associated with idolatry and the abandonment of God's commandments. The Israelites were repeatedly warned against adopting the immoral practices of surrounding nations. <a href="/bsb/leviticus/18.htm">Leviticus 18</a> provides a detailed list of prohibited sexual behaviors, emphasizing the importance of maintaining purity and holiness: "You must not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. Do not follow their practices" (<a href="/leviticus/18-3.htm">Leviticus 18:3</a>).<br><br>The prophets often condemned immorality as a sign of Israel's unfaithfulness to God. For instance, the prophet Hosea used the metaphor of adultery to describe Israel's spiritual infidelity: "The land is committing blatant acts of immorality by forsaking the LORD" (<a href="/hosea/1-2.htm">Hosea 1:2</a>).<br><br><b>New Testament Teachings</b><br><br>In the New Testament, immorality is addressed with a focus on personal conduct and the transformation brought about by faith in Christ. The Apostle Paul frequently warned against sexual immorality, urging believers to live in a manner worthy of their calling. In <a href="/1_corinthians/6-18.htm">1 Corinthians 6:18-20</a>, Paul writes: "Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body" .<br><br>Paul's letters often list immorality among the "works of the flesh," contrasting them with the "fruit of the Spirit" (<a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Galatians 5:19-23</a>). He emphasizes that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God, underscoring the seriousness of immorality in the life of a believer.<br><br><b>Moral and Spiritual Implications</b><br><br>Immorality is not limited to sexual misconduct but includes any behavior that violates God's moral order. This encompasses deceit, theft, greed, and other actions that harm individuals and communities. Jesus expanded the understanding of immorality by addressing the heart's intentions, teaching that even lustful thoughts are tantamount to adultery (<a href="/matthew/5-27.htm">Matthew 5:27-28</a>).<br><br>The Bible consistently calls for repentance and a return to God's ways as the remedy for immorality. Believers are encouraged to seek forgiveness and strive for holiness, relying on the Holy Spirit's power to overcome sinful desires. The transformative work of Christ enables individuals to live in accordance with God's will, reflecting His character in their actions and relationships.<br><br><b>Conclusion</b><br><br>While the Bible acknowledges the pervasive nature of immorality in human society, it also offers hope through the redemptive work of Jesus Christ. By turning away from immoral behavior and embracing a life of righteousness, believers can experience the fullness of life that God intends for His people.<a name="top" id="top"></a><div class="vheading2">Topical Bible Verses</div><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-18.htm">1 Corinthians 6:18</a></span><br>Flee fornication. Every sin that a man does is without the body; but he that commits fornication sins against his own body.<br><span class="source">Topicalbible.org</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/context/ephesians/5-3.htm">Ephesians 5:3-5</a></span><br>But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becomes saints;<br><span class="source">Topicalbible.org</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-13.htm">1 Corinthians 6:13</a></span><br>Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.<br><span class="source">Topicalbible.org</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-21.htm">2 Corinthians 12:21</a></span><br>And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall mourn many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.<br><span class="source">Topicalbible.org</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_peter/2-11.htm">1 Peter 2:11</a></span><br>Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;<br><span class="source">Topicalbible.org</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/context/1_thessalonians/4-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:3-5</a></span><br>For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that you should abstain from fornication:<br><span class="source">Topicalbible.org</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/context/galatians/5-19.htm">Galatians 5:19-21</a></span><br>Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,<br><span class="source">Topicalbible.org</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/19-9.htm">Matthew 19:9</a></span><br>And I say to you, Whoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, commits adultery: and whoever marries her which is put away does commit adultery.<br><span class="source">Topicalbible.org</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-2.htm">1 Corinthians 7:2</a></span><br>Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.<br><span class="source">Topicalbible.org</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/22-15.htm">Revelation 22:15</a></span><br>For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and fornicators, and murderers, and idolaters, and whoever loves and makes a lie.<br><span class="source">Topicalbible.org</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/21-8.htm">Revelation 21:8</a></span><br>But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.<br><span class="source">Topicalbible.org</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/context/mark/7-20.htm">Mark 7:20-23</a></span><br>And he said, That which comes out of the man, that defiles the man.<br><span class="source">Topicalbible.org</span><p><a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) The state or quality of being immoral; vice.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) An immoral act or practice.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/4203.htm"><span class="l">4203. porneuo -- to commit fornication</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Cognate: 4203 -- commit fornication (sexual <b>immorality</b>); (figuratively) to be<br> unfaithful to Christ, while as His true follower. See 4202 (). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4203.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/3436.htm"><span class="l">3436. molusmos -- defilement</span></a> <br><b>...</b> filthiness, <b>immorality</b>. From moluno; a stain; ie (figuratively) <b>immorality</b> --<br> filthiness. see GREEK moluno. (molusmou) -- 1 Occurrence. 3435, 3436. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3436.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/1608.htm"><span class="l">1608. ekporneuo -- mid. to give oneself up to fornication</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Word Origin from ek and porneuo Definition mid. to give oneself up to fornication<br> NASB Word Usage gross <b>immorality</b> (1), indulged in gross <b>immorality</b> (1). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1608.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/4202.htm"><span class="l">4202. porneia -- fornication</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Word Origin from porneuo Definition fornication NASB Word Usage fornication (4),<br> fornications (2), immoralities (1), <b>immorality</b> (16), sexual <b>immorality</b> (1 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4202.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/4205.htm"><span class="l">4205. pornos -- a fornicator</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 4205 (from , &quot;to sell off&quot;) -- properly, a male prostitute. 4205 () is &quot;, &#39;a male<br> prostitute&#39; (so Xen., etc.); , &quot; ie anyone engaging in sexual <b>immorality</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4205.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/2970.htm"><span class="l">2970. komos -- a village festival, revel</span></a> <br><b>...</b> that took place at the gathering of the grapes, Souter) -- a riotous party (drunken<br> feast) which hosted unbridled sexual <b>immorality</b>; hence, (debauched &quot;partying <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2970.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/2154.htm"><span class="l">2154. zimmah -- a plan, device, wickedness</span></a><br><b>...</b> Origin from zamam Definition a plan, device, wickedness NASB Word Usage acts of<br> lewdness (1), crime (1), devising (1), evil intent (1), <b>immorality</b> (2), lewd (3 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2154.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/unknown/recognitions_of_clement_/chapter_xxxi_idolatry_led_to_all.htm"><span class="l">Idolatry Led to all <b>Immorality</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book IV. Chapter XXXI."Idolatry Led to All <b>Immorality</b>. &quot;For whereas at first,<br> men worshipping a righteous and all-seeing God, neither <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../unknown/recognitions of clement /chapter xxxi idolatry led to all.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/city_of_god/chapter_22_that_the_roman_gods.htm"><span class="l">That the Roman Gods Never Took any Steps to Prevent the Republic <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book II. Chapter 22."That the Roman Gods Never Took Any Steps to Prevent<br> the Republic from Being Ruined by <b>Immorality</b>. But what <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 22 that the roman gods.htm</font><p><a href="/library/tertullian/against_the_valentinians/chapter_xxxii_indignant_irony_exposing_the.htm"><span class="l">Indignant Irony Exposing the Valentinian Fable About the Judicial <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter XXXII."Indignant Irony Exposing the Valentinian Fable About the Judicial<br> Treatment of Mankind at the Last Judgment. The <b>Immorality</b> of the Doctrine. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../against the valentinians/chapter xxxii indignant irony exposing the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/hippolytus/the_refutation_of_all_heresies/chapter_xiv_simon_interprets_his_system.htm"><span class="l">Simon Interprets his System by the Mythological Representation of <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Interprets His System by the Mythological Representation of Helen of Troy; Gives<br> an Account of Himself in Connection with the Trojan Heroine; <b>Immorality</b> of His <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the refutation of all heresies/chapter xiv simon interprets his system.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/writings_in_connection_with_the_manichaean_controversy_/chapter_19_name_of_the_2.htm"><span class="l">Crimes of the Manich??ans.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> are always to be persecuted, even to the end of the world, there will be no end<br> to this laxity, and to the unchecked spread of all this <b>immorality</b>, from your <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter 19 name of the 2.htm</font><p><a href="/library/moffat/the_general_epistles_james_peter_and_judas/the_epistle_of_judas.htm"><span class="l">The Epistle of Judas</span></a> <br><b>...</b> persons have slipped in by stealth (their doom has been predicted long ago), impious<br> creatures who pervert the grace of our God into <b>immorality</b> and disown our <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../moffat/the general epistles james peter and judas/the epistle of judas.htm</font><p><a href="/library/pink/the_redeemers_return/10_the_analogy_between_the.htm"><span class="l">The Analogy Between the Two Advents of Christ.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The utter failure of Pagan religion from its <b>immorality</b>, and of pagan philosophy<br> from its impotency to cure that <b>immorality</b> and the misery which accompanied it <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/pink/the redeemers return/10 the analogy between the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/white/the_acts_of_the_apostles/lesson_19_jew_and_gentile.htm"><span class="l">Jew and Gentile</span></a> <br><b>...</b> evil practices. The Jewish Christians could not tolerate the <b>immorality</b><br> that was not even regarded as criminal by the heathen. The <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../white/the acts of the apostles/lesson 19 jew and gentile.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/the_carrion_and_the_vultures.htm"><span class="l">The Carrion and the Vultures</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Look around us"drunkenness, sensual <b>immorality</b>, commercial dishonesty, senseless<br> luxury amongst the rich, heartless indifference to the wail of the poor <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/the carrion and the vultures.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/the_royal_jubilee.htm"><span class="l">The Royal Jubilee</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Think of the nameless scandals, the hideous <b>immorality</b> of the reigns that preceded<br> hers, and you will not wonder that every decent man and every modest woman <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/the royal jubilee.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/i/immorality.htm"><span class="l"><b>Immorality</b> (38 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Immorality</b> (38 Occurrences). <b>...</b> John 8:41 You do the works<br> of your father.&quot; They said to him, &quot;We were not born of sexual <b>immorality</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/immorality.htm - 18k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/adulteries.htm"><span class="l">Adulteries (10 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> angel, followed, saying, &quot;Babylon the great has fallen, which has made all the nations<br> to drink of the wine of the wrath of her sexual <b>immorality</b>.&quot; (See NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/adulteries.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/sexual.htm"><span class="l">Sexual (59 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Matthew 5:32 but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause<br> of sexual <b>immorality</b>, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/sexual.htm - 23k</font><p><a href="/topical/u/unchastity.htm"><span class="l">Unchastity (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Matthew 5:32 but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause<br> of sexual <b>immorality</b>, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/unchastity.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/idols.htm"><span class="l">Idols (186 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Acts 15:20 but that we write to them that they abstain from the pollution of idols,<br> from sexual <b>immorality</b>, from what is strangled, and from blood. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/idols.htm - 37k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/commit.htm"><span class="l">Commit (142 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Matthew 5:32 but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause<br> of sexual <b>immorality</b>, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/commit.htm - 39k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/drunk.htm"><span class="l">Drunk (84 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Revelation 17:2 with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual <b>immorality</b>, and<br> those who dwell in the earth were made drunken with the wine of her sexual <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/drunk.htm - 34k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/commits.htm"><span class="l">Commits (39 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Matthew 5:32 but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause<br> of sexual <b>immorality</b>, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/commits.htm - 18k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/committed.htm"><span class="l">Committed (201 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (KJV WBS NIV). 1 Corinthians 10:8 Neither let us commit sexual <b>immorality</b>, as some<br> of them committed, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/committed.htm - 39k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/adultery.htm"><span class="l">Adultery (49 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Matthew 5:32 but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause<br> of sexual <b>immorality</b>, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/adultery.htm - 32k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/sexual-immorality.html">What is sexual immorality? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/whoremonger.html">What is a whoremonger in the Bible? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/live-together.html">Is it wrong for a couple to live together before marriage? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/immorality.htm">Immorality: Dictionary and Thesaurus &#124; Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> &#8226; <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> &#8226; <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> &#8226; <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> &#8226; <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Immorality (38 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/5-32.htm">Matthew 5:32</a></span><br />but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual <span class="boldtext">immorality</span>, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/15-19.htm">Matthew 15:19</a></span><br />For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/19-9.htm">Matthew 19:9</a></span><br />I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual <span class="boldtext">immorality</span>, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery."<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/7-21.htm">Mark 7:21</a></span><br />For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/8-41.htm">John 8:41</a></span><br />You do the works of your father." They said to him, "We were not born of sexual <span class="boldtext">immorality</span>. We have one Father, God."<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/15-20.htm">Acts 15:20</a></span><br />but that we write to them that they abstain from the pollution of idols, from sexual <span class="boldtext">immorality</span>, from what is strangled, and from blood.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/15-29.htm">Acts 15:29</a></span><br />that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual <span class="boldtext">immorality</span>, from which if you keep yourselves, it will be well with you. Farewell."<br /><span class="source">(WEB NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/21-25.htm">Acts 21:25</a></span><br />But concerning the Gentiles who believe, we have written our decision that they should observe no such thing, except that they should keep themselves from food offered to idols, from blood, from strangled things, and from sexual <span class="boldtext">immorality</span>."<br /><span class="source">(WEB NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/1-29.htm">Romans 1:29</a></span><br />being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual <span class="boldtext">immorality</span>, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers,<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/13-13.htm">Romans 13:13</a></span><br />Let us walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-1.htm">1 Corinthians 5:1</a></span><br />It is actually reported that there is sexual <span class="boldtext">immorality</span> among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that one has his father's wife.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-11.htm">1 Corinthians 5:11</a></span><br />But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner. Don't even eat with such a person.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-13.htm">1 Corinthians 6:13</a></span><br />"Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods," but God will bring to nothing both it and them. But the body is not for sexual <span class="boldtext">immorality</span>, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-18.htm">1 Corinthians 6:18</a></span><br />Flee sexual <span class="boldtext">immorality</span>! "Every sin that a man does is outside the body," but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-2.htm">1 Corinthians 7:2</a></span><br />But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-8.htm">1 Corinthians 10:8</a></span><br />Neither let us commit sexual <span class="boldtext">immorality</span>, as some of them committed, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell.<br /><span class="source">(WEB RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-21.htm">2 Corinthians 12:21</a></span><br />that again when I come my God would humble me before you, and I would mourn for many of those who have sinned before now, and not repented of the uncleanness and sexual <span class="boldtext">immorality</span> and lustfulness which they committed.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Galatians 5:19</a></span><br />Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual <span class="boldtext">immorality</span>, uncleanness, lustfulness,<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ephesians/5-3.htm">Ephesians 5:3</a></span><br />But sexual <span class="boldtext">immorality</span>, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Colossians 3:5</a></span><br />Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual <span class="boldtext">immorality</span>, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/4-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:3</a></span><br />For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual <span class="boldtext">immorality</span>,<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_peter/2-18.htm">2 Peter 2:18</a></span><br />For, while they pour out their frivolous and arrogant talk, they use earthly cravings--every kind of <span class="boldtext">immorality</span>--as a bait to entrap men who are just escaping from the influence of those who live in error.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jude/1-4.htm">Jude 1:4</a></span><br />For certain persons have crept in unnoticed--men spoken of in ancient writings as pre-destined to this condemnation--ungodly men, who pervert the grace of our God into an excuse for <span class="boldtext">immorality</span>, and disown Jesus Christ, our only Sovereign and Lord.<br /><span class="source">(WEY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jude/1-7.htm">Jude 1:7</a></span><br />Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, having, in the same way as these, given themselves over to sexual <span class="boldtext">immorality</span> and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/2-14.htm">Revelation 2:14</a></span><br />But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual <span class="boldtext">immorality</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/2-20.htm">Revelation 2:20</a></span><br />But I have this against you, that you tolerate your woman, Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. She teaches and seduces my servants to commit sexual <span class="boldtext">immorality</span>, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/2-21.htm">Revelation 2:21</a></span><br />I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual <span class="boldtext">immorality</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/9-21.htm">Revelation 9:21</a></span><br />They didn't repent of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their sexual <span class="boldtext">immorality</span>, nor of their thefts.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/14-8.htm">Revelation 14:8</a></span><br />Another, a second angel, followed, saying, "Babylon the great has fallen, which has made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her sexual <span class="boldtext">immorality</span>."<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/17-2.htm">Revelation 17:2</a></span><br />with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual <span class="boldtext">immorality</span>, and those who dwell in the earth were made drunken with the wine of her sexual immorality."<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/17-4.htm">Revelation 17:4</a></span><br />The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of the sexual <span class="boldtext">immorality</span> of the earth.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/18-3.htm">Revelation 18:3</a></span><br />For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her sexual <span class="boldtext">immorality</span>, the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from the abundance of her luxury."<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/18-9.htm">Revelation 18:9</a></span><br />The kings of the earth, who committed sexual <span class="boldtext">immorality</span> and lived wantonly with her, will weep and wail over her, when they look at the smoke of her burning,<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/19-2.htm">Revelation 19:2</a></span><br />for true and righteous are his judgments. For he has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her sexual <span class="boldtext">immorality</span>, and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand."<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/20-14.htm">Leviticus 20:14</a></span><br />"'If a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there may be no wickedness among you.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/25-1.htm">Numbers 25:1</a></span><br />Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with the daughters of Moab: <br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/3-9.htm">Jeremiah 3:9</a></span><br />So that through all her loose behaviour the land became unclean, and she was untrue, giving herself to stones and trees.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-26.htm">Ezekiel 16:26</a></span><br />You have also committed sexual <span class="boldtext">immorality</span> with the Egyptians, your neighbors, great of flesh; and have multiplied your prostitution, to provoke me to anger.<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/i/immorality.htm">Immorality</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/p/pornography.htm">Pornography</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/immorality.htm">Immorality (38 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/wickedly.htm">Wickedly (34 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/immortal.htm">Immortal (3 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/i/immoralities.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Immoralities"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Immoralities" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/i/immorality_in_the_church.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Immorality in the Church"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Immorality in the Church" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF2 --> <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>

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