87 Bible Verses About Lust

The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

And he called the name of that place Kibroth–hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.

For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

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.

The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.

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:

And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:

And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.

Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.

When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.

And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.

And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?

An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

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.

And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.

And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.

And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.

The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein.

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.

For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.

Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.

The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is thy brother’s nakedness.

Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.

They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,

None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the Lord.

Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with her.

So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:

For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:

And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.

And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

Neither shalt thou commit adultery.

I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour’s wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,

And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,

When the Lord thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.

With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

If the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the Lord hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;

Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)

Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.

And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.

And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.

Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.

And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king’s son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.

And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.

So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house; and he was laid down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.

Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.

And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.

And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her.

For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.

And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.

And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.

And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.

And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;