What Does the Bible Say About Premarital?

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

1 Corinthians 7:10-11 ESV / 6 helpful votes

To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife.

Matthew 1:25 ESV / 6 helpful votes

But knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.

Ephesians 5:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.

1 Corinthians 7:1-5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

1 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.

Matthew 1:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.

1 Timothy 5:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, nor take part in the sins of others; keep yourself pure.

Colossians 3:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

1 Corinthians 7:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.

1 Corinthians 6:18-20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

1 Corinthians 6:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”—and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Jude 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.

1 Thessalonians 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

That each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,

1 Thessalonians 4:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality;

1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God;

Galatians 5:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, ...

Acts 15:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But should write to them to abstain from the things polluted by idols, and from sexual immorality, and from what has been strangled, and from blood.

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Matthew 5:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Exodus 22:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed and lies with her, he shall give the bride-price for her and make her his wife. If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money equal to the bride-price for virgins.

Isaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 1 helpful vote

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: “Children have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me. The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's crib, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand.” Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged. Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. ...

27 Bible Verses about Premarital

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 15 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:10-11 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Matthew 1:25 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:1-5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 1:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Timothy 5:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Colossians 3:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:18-20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Jude 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 4:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 5:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 15:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 22:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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27 Bible Verses about Premarital

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 7:10-11 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 1:25 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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1 Timothy 5:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 15 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:10-11 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Matthew 1:25 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:1-5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 1:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Timothy 5:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Colossians 3:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:18-20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Jude 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 4:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 5:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 15:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 22:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 1 helpful vote