What Does the Bible Say About Sexual Aggression?

James 1:19-20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

Proverbs 29:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

A man of wrath stirs up strife, and one given to anger causes much transgression.

James 1:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

Colossians 3:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.

Ephesians 5:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

Ephesians 5:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

Galatians 5:19-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions,

Romans 1:26-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, ...

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Matthew 24:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Proverbs 29:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.

Proverbs 22:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man,

Proverbs 16:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

Proverbs 15:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.

Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 14:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A man of quick temper acts foolishly, and a man of evil devices is hated.

Proverbs 12:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent ignores an insult.

19 Bible Verses about Sexual Aggression

James 1:19-20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 29:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 1:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 3:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 5:19-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:26-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 24:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 29:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 16:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 15:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 14:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 12:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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19 Bible Verses about Sexual Aggression

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James 1:19-20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 29:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 1:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 3:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 5:19-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:26-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 24:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 29:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 16:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 15:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Proverbs 14:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 12:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes