What does the Bible say about pornography and marriage?

14 verses about pornography and marriage, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about pornography and marriage

1. Matthew 5:28 — But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. 9 votes
2. Hebrews 13:4 — Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. 7 votes
3. 1 Corinthians 7:2 — Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 6 votes
4. 1 Corinthians 6:18 — Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. 5 votes
5. Galatians 5:19 — Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 4 votes
6. 1 Thessalonians 4:1 — Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. 4 votes
7. Mark 7:20 — And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. 3 votes
8. James 1:14 — But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 3 votes
9. 1 Peter 2:11 — Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; 3 votes
10. 1 Corinthians 6:9 — 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, 2 votes
11. Ephesians 5:28 — So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. 2 votes
12. Colossians 3:5 — Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 2 votes
13. 1 Peter 2:1 — Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, 2 votes
14. 1 Peter 2:13 — Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; 2 votes

Where these verses are

1 Corinthians (3), 1 Peter (3), Matthew (1), Mark (1), Galatians (1), Ephesians (1), Colossians (1), 1 Thessalonians (1), Hebrews (1), James (1)

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Topical Bible data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/topics/), CC BY 4.0. Votes reflect how many readers judged each verse relevant; they are not a doctrinal ranking. Verse text: King James Version.