Bible verses about "promiscuity" | ACV

¹⁴ And king Herod heard, for his name had become well known. And he said, John, the man who immerses, was raised from the dead, and because of this the powers work in him. ¹⁵ Others said, He is Elijah, and others said, He is a prophet, like one of the prophets. ¹⁶ But Herod, when he heard, said, This is John whom I beheaded. He was raised from the dead. ¹⁷ For Herod himself having sent forth, he arrested John, and bound him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because he married her. ¹⁸ For John said to Herod, It is not permitted for thee to have thy brother's wife. ¹⁹ And Herodias was resentful toward him, and wanted to kill him. And she could not, ²⁰ for Herod feared John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man, and he protected him. And having heard of him-the many things he was doing-he even heard of him gladly. ²¹ And having become an opportune day, when Herod on his birthday made a dinner for his chiefs, and the high captains, and the leading men of Galilee, ²² and the daughter of her (of Herodias) having come in and danced, and having pleased Herod and those who sat with the king, he said to the maiden, Ask of me whatever thou may want, and I will give to thee. ²³ And he swore to her, Whatever thou may ask of me, I will give to thee, as much as half of my kingdom. ²⁴ And having gone out, she said to her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the immerser. ²⁵ And having come in straightaway with haste to the king, she asked, saying, I want that thou may give me, of it on a platter, the head of John the immerser. ²⁶ And the king, who became exceeding sorry, did not want to refuse her because of the oaths, and of those dining together. ²⁷ And straightaway having sent an executioner, the king commanded his head to be brought. And having departed, he beheaded him in the prison, ²⁸ and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the maiden. And the maiden gave it to her mother. ²⁹ And when his disciples heard, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a sepulcher.

¹ And he said to his disciples, It is impossible for the stumbling-blocks not to come, but woe to him through whom they come! ² It is better for him if a donkey-powered millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

¹³ Let us walk decently as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in beddings and wantonness, not in strife and envy.

¹⁹ Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? And ye are not your own,

²⁸ But I say to you, that every man who looks on a woman to crave her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

³ But fornication, and all uncleanness, or greed, shall not even be named among you as befits the sanctified,

¹⁹ Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? And ye are not your own, ²⁰ for ye were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and your spirit, which is of God.

²² And flee juvenile impulses, but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those who call upon the Lord out of a pure heart.

⁹ Or know ye not that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not led astray. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate men, nor homosexuals, ¹⁰ nor greedy men, nor thieves, nor drunkards, nor the slanderous, nor the predatory will inherit the kingdom of God.

⁸ But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I. ⁹ But if they have no self-control they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn.

¹³ No temptation has taken you except is common to man. But God is faithful who will not allow you to be tempted above what ye are able, but with the temptation will also make the way to escape, to enable you to endure.

¹⁹ Now the works of the flesh are apparent, which are, adultery, fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness, ²⁰ idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strifes, jealousies, wraths, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions, ²¹ envyings, murders, intoxications, revelings, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, as I also did forewarn, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

¹⁸ Flee fornication. Every sin, whatever a man may do, is outside the body, but he who fornicates sins against his own body.