Hebrews 13:4

Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Cross References (27)

  • Genesis 2:24 (75)

    For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

  • Proverbs 5:15–23 (31)

    Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.

  • 1 Corinthians 7:2–16 (28)

    But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

  • Galatians 5:19 (26)

    The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;

  • Genesis 1:27–28 (18)

    So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

  • Galatians 5:21 (13)

    and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not i

  • 1 Corinthians 6:9 (13)

    Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, n

  • Colossians 3:5–6 (12)

    Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and gre

  • 1 Corinthians 5:13 (12)

    God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”

  • Ephesians 5:5 (9)

    For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the king

  • 1 Corinthians 7:38 (8)

    So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better.

  • 1 Timothy 3:12 (8)

    A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household.

  • Malachi 3:5 (8)

    “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers

  • Genesis 2:21 (8)

    So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed u

  • 1 Timothy 3:4 (8)

    An overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity.

  • Leviticus 21:13–15 (7)

    The woman he marries must be a virgin.

  • 1 Corinthians 9:5 (7)

    Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?

  • Titus 1:6 (7)

    An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accus

  • 1 Timothy 4:3 (7)

    They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiv

  • 2 Corinthians 5:10 (7)

    For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the

  • Revelation 22:15 (7)

    But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and

  • 1 Timothy 5:14 (7)

    So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for

  • 1 Timothy 3:2 (6)

    An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospita

  • 2 Kings 22:14 (5)

    So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum

  • Isaiah 8:3 (5)

    And I had relations with the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. The LORD said to me, “Name him Maher

  • Psalms 50:16–22 (4)

    To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?

  • Hebrews 12:16 (4)

    See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.