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What does the Bible say about sex before marriage?

10 verses about sex before marriage, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

7 booksMost in 1 Corinthians

Bible verses about sex before marriage

Hebrews 13:4 — Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. 8 votes
1 Corinthians 7:1 — Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 6 votes
Exodus 22:16 — And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. 5 votes
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
1 Corinthians 7:8 — I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. 5 votes
Genesis 2:24 — Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. 4 votes
1 Thessalonians 4:3 — For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: 4 votes
Genesis 39:7 — And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. 3 votes
1 John 3:4 — Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. 3 votes
Song of Solomon 2:7 — I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. 2 votes