Bible verses about "promiscuity" | Noyes

¹⁴ And king Herod heard of him (for his name was spread abroad), and he said, John the Baptizer hath risen from the dead, and therefore do these powers work in him. But others said, It is Elijah. ¹⁵ And others said, It is a prophet, as one of the prophets. ¹⁶ But Herod hearing of it said, John, whom I beheaded, hath risen again. ¹⁷ For Herod himself had sent forth and seized John, and bound him in prison, on account of Herodias, his brother Philips wife; for he had married her. ¹⁸ For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brothers wife. ¹⁹ And Herodias was enraged against him, and wished to put him to death, but could not. ²⁰ For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and was regardful of him; and on hearing him, was in much anxiety, and listened to him gladly. ²¹ And a convenient day having come, when Herod on his birthday made a supper for his nobles and chief captains and the principal men of Galilee, ²² and the daughter of Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and those at table with him; and the king said to the damsel, Ask of me whatever thou wilt, and I will give it thee. ²³ And he swore to her, Whatever thou shalt ask of me, I will give thee, to the half of my kingdom. ²⁴ And she went out and said to her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptizer. ²⁵ And she came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked, saying, I desire that thou wilt give me immediately on a platter the head of John the Baptist. ²⁶ And the king was exceedingly sorry; but on account of his oaths, and of those at table with him, he would not refuse her. ²⁷ And the king immediately sent one of his guards, and ordered his head to be brought. And he went and beheaded him in the prison, ²⁸ and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the damsel; and the damsel gave it to her mother. ²⁹ And his disciples, when they heard of it, came and took up his body, and laid it in a tomb.

¹ And he said to his disciples, It is impossible but that stumblingblocks will come; but woe to him through whom they come! ² It were better for him to have a millstone hung round his neck, and be cast into the sea, than to cause one of these little ones to fall away.

¹³ Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in lewdness and wantonness, not in strife and envy;

¹⁹ Know ye not, that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God, and that ye are not your own?

²⁸ But I say to you, that whoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

³ But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints,

¹⁹ Know ye not, that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God, and that ye are not your own? ²⁰ For ye were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body.

⁹ Know ye not, that wrongdoers shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, ¹⁰ nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

²² But flee youthful lusts, and follow righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

⁸ I say also to the unmarried and the widows, it is good for them to remain as I am; ⁹ but if they cannot control themselves, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.

¹³ No temptation hath come upon you, but such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted beyond what ye are able to endure, but will with the temptation furnish also the way to escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

¹⁹ Now the works of the flesh are manifest; such as fornication, uncleanness, wantonness, ²⁰ idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strife, rivalry, outbursts of wrath, cabals, divisions, factions, ²¹ envyings, drunkenness, revelings, and things like these; of which I tell you beforehand, as I also told you in time past, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

¹⁸ Flee fornication. Every other sin which a man may commit, is apart from the body; but he that committeth fornication, sinneth against his own body.