Leviticus 18:22

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Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.

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  • Lev 20:13 : 13 If a man lies with a male as one lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
  • Rom 1:26-27 : 26 For this reason, God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature. 27 In the same way, the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.
  • 1 Cor 6:9 : 9 Don't you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who practice homosexuality,
  • 1 Tim 1:10 : 10 the sexually immoral, those who practice homosexuality, slave traders, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine,
  • Jude 1:7 : 7 In the same way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desires, serve as an example by undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.
  • Judg 19:22 : 22 While they were enjoying themselves, some wicked men of the city surrounded the house. They pounded on the door and said to the old man, the owner of the house, "Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him."
  • 1 Kgs 14:24 : 24 There were even male cult prostitutes in the land. They committed all the detestable practices of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
  • Deut 23:18 : 18 There shall be no cult prostitute among the daughters of Israel, nor shall there be a cult prostitute or sacred male among the sons of Israel.
  • Gen 19:5 : 5 They called to Lot and said, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so we can have relations with them."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 18:23-24
    2 verses
    86%

    23Do not have sexual relations with an animal and defile yourself with it. A woman must not present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; that is a perversion.

    24Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves by all these things.

  • Lev 20:13-16
    4 verses
    84%

    13If a man lies with a male as one lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

    14If a man marries a woman and her mother, it is depravity. He and they must be burned with fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.

    15If a man has sexual relations with an animal, he must surely be put to death, and you must kill the animal.

    16If a woman approaches any animal to mate with it, you must kill the woman and the animal. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

  • Lev 18:16-21
    6 verses
    82%

    16Do not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would dishonor your brother.

    17Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. Do not take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter to uncover their nakedness; they are her close relatives. That is wickedness.

    18Do not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.

    19Do not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during the uncleanness of her monthly period.

    20Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife and defile yourself with her.

    21Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

  • Exod 22:19
    80%

    19Whoever sacrifices to gods other than the Lord must be utterly destroyed.

  • Deut 22:5
    79%

    5A woman shall not wear men’s clothing, nor shall a man put on women’s clothing, for anyone who does such things is detestable to the LORD your God.

  • Lev 18:26-27
    2 verses
    77%

    26But you are to keep my statutes and my judgments. Do not commit any of these abominations, whether you are a native-born or a foreigner residing among you.

    27For all these abominations were committed by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land was defiled.

  • Deut 27:21
    76%

    21Cursed is anyone who has sexual relations with any animal. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

  • Lev 18:29-30
    2 verses
    76%

    29For anyone who commits any of these detestable practices will be cut off from among their people.

    30So keep my charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were done before you, so you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.

  • Deut 14:3
    76%

    3You shall not eat any detestable thing.

  • Deut 23:17-18
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    75%

    17Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in whichever town he prefers. Do not oppress him.

    18There shall be no cult prostitute among the daughters of Israel, nor shall there be a cult prostitute or sacred male among the sons of Israel.

  • Rom 1:26-27
    2 verses
    75%

    26For this reason, God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature.

    27In the same way, the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

  • Deut 18:12
    74%

    12For anyone who does these things is detestable to the LORD. Because of these detestable practices, the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you.

  • Deut 25:16
    74%

    16For anyone who does these things, anyone who deals dishonestly, is detestable to the LORD your God.

  • Deut 7:26
    74%

    26Do not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you will be set apart for destruction just like it. Utterly detest and abhor it, for it is set apart for destruction.

  • Deut 17:1
    74%

    1Do not sacrifice to the LORD your God a bull or sheep with a defect or any flaw, for that would be detestable to the LORD your God.

  • Ezek 22:11
    73%

    11One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife, another defiles his daughter-in-law with wickedness, and another violates his sister, his father’s daughter.

  • Lev 18:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.

    7Do not dishonor your father by uncovering your mother’s nakedness. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.

  • Lev 19:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19Keep my decrees. Do not mate different kinds of animals. Do not plant your field with different kinds of seed. Do not wear clothing woven from two kinds of material.

    20If a man has sexual relations with a woman who is a slave designated for another man but who has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be an inquiry, but they are not to be put to death because she had not been freed.

  • 1 Cor 6:9
    73%

    9Don't you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who practice homosexuality,

  • Deut 18:9
    73%

    9When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable practices of those nations.

  • Lev 20:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10If a man commits adultery with another man's wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.

    11If a man sleeps with his father's wife, he has uncovered his father's nakedness. Both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

  • Deut 22:22
    72%

    22If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man and the woman who were together must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.

  • Deut 5:18
    72%

    18You shall not commit adultery.

  • Lev 15:18
    72%

    18If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both of them must bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.

  • Deut 17:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4and you are told about it and hear of it, then you must investigate it thoroughly. If it is true and confirmed that such a detestable act has been done in Israel,

    5take the man or woman who has committed this evil deed out to your city gates and stone that person to death.

  • 1 Tim 1:10
    72%

    10the sexually immoral, those who practice homosexuality, slave traders, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine,

  • Exod 20:14
    72%

    14You shall not commit adultery.

  • Deut 20:18
    71%

    18This is so they do not teach you to follow all the detestable practices they have done for their gods, causing you to sin against the LORD your God.

  • Lev 20:18
    71%

    18If a man lies with a woman during her menstrual impurity and uncovers her nakedness, he has exposed her source of blood, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them shall be cut off from among their people.

  • Lev 18:14
    71%

    14Do not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations; she is your aunt.

  • Lev 11:43
    71%

    43Do not make yourselves detestable by eating any swarming creature that moves along the ground. Do not defile yourselves with them, for you will become unclean through them.

  • Deut 13:11
    71%

    11Stone him to death because he sought to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.