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Bible Verses About Sex Before Marriage
Find Bible verses about sex before marriage — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about sex before marriage?
The Bible addresses sex before marriage with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Proverbs 16:18
“Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.”
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Matthew 10:32
“Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven.”
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Luke 12:8
“"I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, him will the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God;”
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Matthew 10:33
“But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.”
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Proverbs 18:12
“Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.”
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Hebrews 13:4
“Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.”
John 1:30
“This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.'”
Matthew 24:38
“For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship,”
Proverbs 8:25
“Before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was brought forth;”
Luke 20:34
“Jesus said to them, "The children of this age marry, and are given in marriage.”
1 Timothy 4:3
“forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.”
John 8:58
“Jesus said to them, "Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM."”
Deuteronomy 5:7
“"You shall have no other gods before me.”
Genesis 24:51
“Behold, Rebekah is before you. Take her, and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as Yahweh has spoken."”
Psalms 141:2
“Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.”
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