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Prostitutes
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Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, — read the full passage →
There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →
And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel. — read the full passage →
And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: — read the full passage →
And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: — read the full passage →
Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. — read the full passage →
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. — read the full passage →
Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea. And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the Lord.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness. — read the full passage →
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, — read the full passage →
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. — read the full passage →
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: — read the full passage →
But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat. — read the full passage →
Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the Lord thy God.
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. — read the full passage →
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →
And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the Lord, where the women wove hangings for the grove.
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.
Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?
But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein.
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. — read the full passage →
And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.
For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, — read the full passage →
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. — read the full passage →
Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. — read the full passage →
Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,
Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. — read the full passage →
Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place. — read the full passage →
And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. — read the full passage →
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. — read the full passage →
As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: — read the full passage →
And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. — read the full passage →
I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?
Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: — read the full passage →
And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the Lord: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. — read the full passage →
And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not:
And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: — read the full passage →
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery. — read the full passage →
Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, — read the full passage →
But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,
Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.
For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
For by it the elders obtained a good report.
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
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