90 Bible Verses About Immorality
Bible verses about Immorality
Understanding God's perspective on immorality, as revealed through scripture, is crucial for our spiritual growth and well-being. The Bible offers guidance, not restriction, illuminating the path towards a life of purpose and fulfillment aligned with divine love. Examining these verses allows us to recognize the subtle ways immorality can manifest and to actively choose righteousness. It equips us with discernment, strengthens our resolve to resist temptation, and cultivates a deeper connection with God's grace. Embracing biblical teachings on this subject is not about judgment, but about seeking wisdom and pursuing a life that honors ourselves, our relationships, and ultimately, our Creator.
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Ecclesiastes 7:17 (KJV)
Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
Immorality in the Bible: Verses & Guidance
A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.
And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)
As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.
There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the Lord.
Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.
And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.
Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord: and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;
Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel:
And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the Lord, where the women wove hangings for the grove.
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.
For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
And one goat for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you.
But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.
And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
They joined themselves also unto Baal–peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.
But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.
And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.
For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
In summary, the Bible offers clear and consistent guidance on immorality, encompassing sexual sin, dishonesty, greed, and other behaviors that violate God's moral law and harm ourselves and others. These verses serve as both a warning against the destructive consequences of immoral choices and an invitation to embrace a life of purity and righteousness. Reflecting on these passages compels us to examine our own hearts and actions, identifying areas where we may fall short of God's standard. Ultimately, choosing to live in accordance with biblical principles regarding morality is not about adhering to a rigid set of rules, but about experiencing the freedom, peace, and fulfillment that come from a life aligned with God's will and designed for our flourishing. May we strive to live lives that are pleasing to God, reflecting His love and truth in all we do.