What Does the Bible Say About Sexual Fantasies?

Matthew 5:28 ESV / 84 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.

Galatians 5:16 ESV / 71 helpful votes

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

1 Thessalonians 4:3-8 ESV / 69 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; that no one transgress and wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you. For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness. ...

Proverbs 4:23 ESV / 53 helpful votes

Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 44 helpful votes

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

Matthew 5:8 ESV / 35 helpful votes

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Colossians 3:2-5 ESV / 29 helpful votes

Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

John 7:24 ESV / 28 helpful votes

Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”

Proverbs 6:25 ESV / 26 helpful votes

Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes;

Isaiah 55:7 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

2 Corinthians 10:5 ESV / 10 helpful votes

We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

Matthew 22:30-46 ESV / 9 helpful votes

For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God: ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.” And when the crowd heard it, they were astonished at his teaching. But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. ...

Romans 7:1-8:39 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Or do you not know, brothers—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives? For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage. Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress. Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God. For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death. ...

Matthew 15:4 ESV / 6 helpful votes

For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’

Proverbs 5:18-19 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth, a lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; be intoxicated always in her love.

Colossians 2:23-3:25 ESV / 5 helpful votes

These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh. If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. ...

Song of Solomon 5:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

I came to my garden, my sister, my bride, I gathered my myrrh with my spice, I ate my honeycomb with my honey, I drank my wine with my milk. Eat, friends, drink, and be drunk with love!

Song of Solomon 2:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

As a lily among brambles, so is my love among the young women.

James 1:14-15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.

John 3:16 ESV / 4 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.

Proverbs 31:30 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

21 Bible Verses about Sexual Fantasies

Matthew 5:28 ESV / 84 helpful votes

Galatians 5:16 ESV / 71 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 4:3-8 ESV / 69 helpful votes

Proverbs 4:23 ESV / 53 helpful votes

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 44 helpful votes

Matthew 5:8 ESV / 35 helpful votes

Colossians 3:2-5 ESV / 29 helpful votes

John 7:24 ESV / 28 helpful votes

Proverbs 6:25 ESV / 26 helpful votes

Isaiah 55:7 ESV / 14 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 10:5 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Matthew 22:30-46 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Romans 7:1-8:39 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Matthew 15:4 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Proverbs 5:18-19 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Colossians 2:23-3:25 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Song of Solomon 5:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Song of Solomon 2:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

James 1:14-15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 31:30 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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21 Bible Verses about Sexual Fantasies

Matthew 5:28 ESV / 84 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 5:16 ESV / 71 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Thessalonians 4:3-8 ESV / 69 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 4:23 ESV / 53 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 44 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:8 ESV / 35 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 3:2-5 ESV / 29 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 7:24 ESV / 28 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 6:25 ESV / 26 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 55:7 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 10:5 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 22:30-46 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 7:1-8:39 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 15:4 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 5:18-19 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 2:23-3:25 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Song of Solomon 5:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Matthew 5:28 ESV / 84 helpful votes

Galatians 5:16 ESV / 71 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 4:3-8 ESV / 69 helpful votes

Proverbs 4:23 ESV / 53 helpful votes

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 44 helpful votes

Matthew 5:8 ESV / 35 helpful votes

Colossians 3:2-5 ESV / 29 helpful votes

John 7:24 ESV / 28 helpful votes

Proverbs 6:25 ESV / 26 helpful votes

Isaiah 55:7 ESV / 14 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 10:5 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Matthew 22:30-46 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Romans 7:1-8:39 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Matthew 15:4 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Proverbs 5:18-19 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Colossians 2:23-3:25 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Song of Solomon 5:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Song of Solomon 2:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

James 1:14-15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 31:30 ESV / 4 helpful votes