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Fornication
In every form of it was sternly condemned by the Mosaic law (Lev. 21:9; 19:29; Deut. 22:20, 21, 23-29; 23:18; Ex. 22:16). (See ADULTERY.)
In the Bible
32
Verses where Fornication is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Corinthians 5:1
It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.
- 1 Corinthians 6:13
“Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
- 1 Corinthians 6:18
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.
- 1 Corinthians 7:2
But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
- 1 Corinthians 10:8
We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:3
For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;
+26 more verses naming Fornication.
Scripture on Fornication
32
See all 32 +−
- Revelation 18Exodus 22Leviticus 21Deuteronomy 222 Chronicles 21Isaiah 1Isaiah 23Jeremiah 2Jeremiah 3Hosea 1Matthew 5Matthew 19John 8Acts 21Romans 11 Corinthians 51 Corinthians 71 Corinthians 102 Corinthians 12Galatians 5Ephesians 5Colossians 31 Thessalonians 4Jude 1Revelation 9Revelation 14Revelation 19
Fornication references
1
Voices on Fornication
3
Surfaced by name match — accuracy varies by title clarity.
Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Public-domain text. Modernized only where archaic spelling impedes reading; original facts preserved. Verify against an authoritative modern reference before quoting.