Hebrews 13:4

New English Translation

Marriage must be honored among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.

Cross References

Genesis 2:21

So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he was asleep, he took part of the man’s side and closed up the place with flesh.

Genesis 2:24

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family.

2 Kings 22:14

So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Acbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shullam son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the supervisor of the wardrobe. (She lived in Jerusalem in the Mishneh district.) They stated their business,

Job 31:12

For it is a fire that devours even to Destruction, and it would uproot all my harvest.

Isaiah 8:3

I then had sexual relations with the prophetess; she conceived and gave birth to a son. The Lord told me, “Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz,

Leviticus 15:18

When a man has sexual intercourse with a woman and there is a seminal emission, they must bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 18:20

You must not have sexual intercourse with the wife of your fellow citizen to become unclean with her.

Malachi 3:5

“I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the immigrant and in this way show they do not fear me,” says the Lord who rules over all.

1 Corinthians 5:13

But God will judge those outside. Remove the evil person from among you.

1 Corinthians 6:18

Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin a person commits is outside of the body” – but the immoral person sins against his own body.

1 Corinthians 6:9

Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals,

1 Corinthians 7:38

So then, the one who marries his own virgin does well, but the one who does not, does better.

1 Corinthians 9:5

Do we not have the right to the company of a believing wife, like the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?

2 Corinthians 5:10

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be paid back according to what he has done while in the body, whether good or evil.

Galatians 5:19

Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, depravity,

Galatians 5:21

envying, murder, drunkenness, carousing, and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God!

Ephesians 5:5

For you can be confident of this one thing: that no person who is immoral, impure, or greedy (such a person is an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

Deuteronomy 22:22

If a man is caught having sexual relations with a married woman both the man who had relations with the woman and the woman herself must die; in this way you will purge evil from Israel.

1 Thessalonians 4:6

In this matter no one should violate the rights of his brother or take advantage of him, because the Lord is the avenger in all these cases, as we also told you earlier and warned you solemnly.

1 Timothy 3:12

Deacons must be husbands of one wife and good managers of their children and their own households.

1 Timothy 3:2

The overseer then must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher,

1 Timothy 3:4

He must manage his own household well and keep his children in control without losing his dignity.

1 Timothy 4:3

They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

1 Timothy 5:14

So I want younger women to marry, raise children, and manage a household, in order to give the adversary no opportunity to vilify us.

Titus 1:6

An elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, with faithful children who cannot be charged with dissipation or rebellion.

Hebrews 12:16

And see to it that no one becomes an immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.

Revelation 22:15

Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral, and the murderers, and the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood!