Prostitution

`Thou dost not pollute thy daughter to cause her to go a-whoring, that the land go not a-whoring, and the land hath been full of wickedness.

`There is not a whore among the daughters of Israel, nor is there a whoremonger among the sons of Israel; — read the full passage →

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, — read the full passage →

and also a whoremonger hath been in the land; they have done according to all the abominations of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel.

`There is not a whore among the daughters of Israel, nor is there a whoremonger among the sons of Israel;

And it cometh to pass about three months <FI>after<Fi> , that it is declared to Judah, saying, `Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath committed fornication; and also, lo, she hath conceived by fornication:' and Judah saith, `Bring her out--and she is burnt.'

flee the whoredom; every sin--whatever a man may commit--is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin.

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

`And a daughter of any priest when she polluteth herself by going a-whoring--her father she is polluting; with fire she is burnt.

A man loving wisdom rejoiceth his father, And a friend of harlots destroyeth wealth.

And Samson goeth to Gaza, and seeth there a woman, a harlot, and goeth in unto her;

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,

For a harlot <FI>is<Fi> a deep ditch, And a strange woman <FI>is<Fi> a strait pit.

And Joshua son of Nun sendeth from Shittim, two men, spies, silently, saying, `Go, see the land--and Jericho;' and they go and come into the house of a woman, a harlot, and her name <FI>is<Fi> Rahab, and they lie down there.

widow, or cast out, or polluted one--a harlot--these he doth not take, but a virgin of his own people he doth take <FI>for<Fi> a wife,

by faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with those who disbelieved, having received the spies with peace.

And, lo, a woman to meet him--(A harlot's dress, and watchful of heart,

And the remnant of the whoremongers who were left in the days of Asa his father he took away out of the land;

then come in do two women, harlots, unto the king, and stand before him,

`And a man who committeth adultery with a man's wife--who committeth adultery with the wife of his neighbour--the adulterer and the adulteress are surely put to death.

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

Have ye not known that your bodies are members of Christ? having taken, then, the members of the Christ, shall I make <FI>them<Fi> members of an harlot? let it be not! — read the full passage →

Because of this did God give them up to dishonourable affections, for even their females did change the natural use into that against nature; — read the full passage →

`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not commit adultery; — read the full passage →

And he breaketh down the houses of the whoremongers that <FI>are<Fi> in the house of Jehovah, where the women are weaving houses for the shrine.

whoremongers, sodomites, men-stealers, liars, perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that to sound doctrine is adverse,

the meats <FI>are<Fi> for the belly, and the belly for the meats. And God both this and these shall make useless; and the body <FI>is<Fi> not for whoredom, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body;

as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, in like manner to these, having given themselves to whoredom, and gone after other flesh, have been set before--an example, of fire age-during, justice suffering.

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil <FI>is<Fi> her mouth, — read the full passage →

`And unto a woman in the separation of her uncleanness thou dost not draw near to uncover her nakedness. — read the full passage →

but when thy son--this one who did devour thy living with harlots--came, thou didst kill to him the fatted calf.

And a certain one of the Pharisees was asking him that he might eat with him, and having gone into the house of the Pharisee he reclined (at meat), — read the full passage →

which of the two did the will of the father?' They say to him, `The first.' Jesus saith to them, `Verily I say to you, that the tax-gatherers and the harlots do go before you into the reign of God, — read the full passage →

The commencement of Jehovah's speaking by Hosea. And Jehovah saith unto Hosea, `Go, take to thee a woman of whoredoms, and children of whoredoms, for utterly go a-whoring doth the land from after Jehovah.'

So--the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, `I have not done iniquity.'

`A woman, a harlot, or polluted, they do not take, and a woman cast out from her husband they do not take, for he <FI>is<Fi> holy to his God;

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

honourable <FI>is<Fi> the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.

so that if any one <FI>is<Fi> in Christ--<FI> he is<Fi> a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

which of the two did the will of the father?' They say to him, `The first.' Jesus saith to them, `Verily I say to you, that the tax-gatherers and the harlots do go before you into the reign of God,

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `Son of man, — read the full passage →

A deep pit <FI>is<Fi> the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there.

For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.

And Jephthah the Gileadite hath been a mighty man of valour, and he <FI>is<Fi> son of a woman, a harlot; and Gilead begetteth Jephthah,

thou dost not bring a gift of a whore, or a price of a dog, into the house of Jehovah thy God, for any vow; for the abomination of Jehovah thy God <FI>are<Fi> even both of them.

`And a man who lieth with a male as one lieth with a woman; abomination both of them have done; they are certainly put to death; their blood <FI>is<Fi> on them.

And they have eaten, and are not satisfied, They have gone a-whoring, and increase not, For they have left off taking heed to Jehovah. — read the full passage →

For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil <FI>is<Fi> her mouth, — read the full passage →

therefore thus said Jehovah: Thy wife in the city doth go a-whoring, And thy sons and thy daughters by sword do fall, And thy land by line is apportioned, And thou on an unclean land diest, And Israel certainly removeth from off its land.'

`And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it <FI>is<Fi> .

And he asketh the men of her place, saying, `Where <FI>is<Fi> the separated one--she in Enayim, by the way?' and they say, `There hath not been in this <FI>place<Fi> a separated one.' — read the full passage →

and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part <FI>is<Fi> in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'

lo, I Paul do say to you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing;

have ye not known that we shall judge messengers? why not then the things of life?

Lo, this hath been the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, Arrogancy, fulness of bread, and quiet ease, Have been to her and to her daughters, And the hand of the afflicted and needy She hath not strengthened. — read the full passage →

She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth.

To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings, — read the full passage →

To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,

and the wife of Gilead beareth to him sons, and the wife's sons grow up and cast out Jephthah, and say to him, `Thou dost not inherit in the house of our father; for son of another woman <FI>art<Fi> thou.'

`Thou dost not lend in usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of food, usury of anything which is lent on usury.

`When a man taketh a wife, and hath gone in unto her, and hated her, — read the full passage →

except for his relation who <FI>is<Fi> near unto him--for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother.

And Judah seeth her, and reckoneth her for a harlot, for she hath covered her face,

And two of the messengers come towards Sodom at even, and Lot is sitting at the gate of Sodom, and Lot seeth, and riseth to meet them, and boweth himself--face to the earth, — read the full passage →

having eyes full of adultery, and unable to cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having an heart exercised in covetousnesses, children of a curse,

lest any one be a fornicator, or a profane person, as Esau, who in exchange for one morsel of food did sell his birthright,

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction, — read the full passage →

and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

neither may we commit whoredom, as certain of them did commit whoredom, and there fell in one day twenty-three thousand;

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, — read the full passage →

have ye not known that to whom ye present yourselves servants for obedience, servants ye are to him to whom ye obey, whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?

neither present ye your members instruments of unrighteousness to the sin, but present yourselves to God as living out of the dead, and your members instruments of righteousness to God;

And thou dost trust in thy beauty, And goest a-whoring because of thy renown, And dost pour out thy whoredoms On every passer by--to him it is.

Lift thine eyes to the high places, and see, Where hast thou not been lain with? On the ways thou hast sat for them, As an Arab in a wilderness, And thou defilest the land, By thy fornications, and by thy wickedness.

Woe <FI>to<Fi> those saying to evil `good,' And to good `evil,' Putting darkness for light, and light for darkness, Putting bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.

A man taking a portion above his neighbour, Spreadeth a net for his own steps. — read the full passage →

and his servants say to him, `Let them seek for my lord the king a young woman, a virgin, and she hath stood before the king, and is to him a companion, and hath lain in thy bosom, and my lord the king hath heat.' — read the full passage →

`And if the people of the land really hide their eyes from that man, in his giving of his seed to the Molech, so as not to put him to death,

`But I have against thee a few things: That thou hast there those holding the teaching of Balaam, who did teach Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat idol-sacrifices, and to commit whoredom;

for every command having been spoken, according to law, by Moses, to all the people, having taken the blood of the calves and goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, he both the book itself and all the people did sprinkle,

Have ye not known that your bodies are members of Christ? having taken, then, the members of the Christ, shall I make <FI>them<Fi> members of an harlot? let it be not!

of the things of life, indeed, then, if ye may have judgment, those despised in the assembly--these cause ye to sit;

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God-- — read the full passage →

And at dawn he came again to the temple, — read the full passage →

Because of the abundance of the fornications of an harlot, The goodness of the grace of the lady of witchcrafts, Who is selling nations by her fornications, And families by her witchcrafts.

A word of Jehovah that hath been unto Hosea, son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel: — read the full passage →

`What, my son? and what, son of my womb? And what, son of my vows? — read the full passage →

Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways. — read the full passage →

and the city hath been devoted, it and all that <FI>is<Fi> in it, to Jehovah; only Rahab the harlot doth live, she and all who <FI>are<Fi> with her in the house, for she hid the messengers whom we sent; — read the full passage →

and thirty and three days she doth abide in the blood of her cleansing; against any holy thing she doth not come, and unto the sanctuary she doth not go in, till the fulness of the days of her cleansing.

`Whoever lieth with a beast is certainly put to death.

for this is the will of God--your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom,

lest again having come, my God may humble me in regard to you, and I may bewail many of those having sinned before, and not having reformed concerning the uncleanness, and whoredom, and lasciviousness, that they did practise.

and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;

Have ye not known that your bodies are members of Christ? having taken, then, the members of the Christ, shall I make <FI>them<Fi> members of an harlot? let it be not! — read the full passage →

Dare any one of you, having a matter with the other, go to be judged before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit; — read the full passage →

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit;