Immorality, examples of sexual

Prohibited sexual relationships

Incest

Leviticus 18:6 See also Genesis 19:33–36 Lot's daughters; Genesis 35:22, Genesis 38:13–18; Leviticus 18:7–20; 2 Samuel 16:22; 1 Corinthians 5:1 more likely referring to his stepmother

None of you are to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.

Adultery

2 Samuel 11:4; Jeremiah 23:14, Jeremiah 29:23; Hosea 1:2; John 4:17–18

Prostitution

1 Corinthians 6:15–16 See also Judges 16:1; 1 Kings 3:16; Hosea 4:13–15

Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”

Fornication

Numbers 25:1, Numbers 25:6; 1 Samuel 2:22

Rape

Genesis 34:1–2; 2 Samuel 13:10–14

Homosexuality

Genesis 19:5 the men of Sodom; Judges 19:22 the men of Gibeah

Sexual immorality among Christians

1 Corinthians 5:1; 2 Peter 2:13–14; Jude 1:4; Revelation 2:14, Revelation 2:20

Sexual immorality as a picture of spiritual unfaithfulness

Among God's people

Jeremiah 3:20 See also Jeremiah 13:26–27 reflecting the immorality of the pagan religions in which Israel had indulged; Ezekiel 6:9, Ezekiel 16:15–17; Hosea 2:1–10, Hosea 3:1, Hosea 4:10–12, Hosea 5:4; Matthew 12:39, Matthew 16:4

But as a woman may betray her husband, so you have betrayed Me, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD.

In the world

Revelation 14:8, Revelation 17:1–2, Revelation 17:4, Revelation 18:2, Revelation 19:2