What Does the Bible Say About Different Sex Positions?

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 39 helpful votes

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

Ephesians 5:3 ESV / 27 helpful votes

But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.

1 Corinthians 7:5 ESV / 25 helpful votes

Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

1 Corinthians 7:3-5 ESV / 24 helpful votes

The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 23 helpful votes

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

1 Corinthians 7:2 ESV / 20 helpful votes

But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.

Genesis 1:27-28 ESV / 20 helpful votes

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Proverbs 5:18-19 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth, a lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; be intoxicated always in her love.

Leviticus 18:22 ESV / 16 helpful votes

You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.

Galatians 5:19 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,

1 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 12 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood ...

1 Thessalonians 4:3 ESV / 12 helpful votes

For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality;

Colossians 3:5 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

1 Corinthians 6:13 ESV / 12 helpful votes

“Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”—and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

Romans 1:26-27 ESV / 12 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.

Leviticus 20:13 ESV / 12 helpful votes

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

Genesis 2:24-25 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 12 helpful votes

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 ESV / 11 helpful votes

For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God;

Matthew 5:28 ESV / 11 helpful votes

But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

1 Timothy 1:10 ESV / 8 helpful votes

The sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine,

Galatians 5:19-21 ESV / 8 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, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

1 Corinthians 7:3-4 ESV / 8 helpful votes

The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

1 Corinthians 6:18-20 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

1 Corinthians 6:16 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, “The two will become one flesh.”

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

Romans 1:26 ESV / 8 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;

Matthew 22:1-46 ESV / 8 helpful votes

And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son, and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come. Again he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.”’ But they paid no attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his business, ...

Genesis 2:25 ESV / 8 helpful votes

And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

Colossians 3:25 ESV / 6 helpful votes

For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.

Galatians 3:28 ESV / 6 helpful votes

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

1 Corinthians 6:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,

Romans 8:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

John 16:33 ESV / 6 helpful votes

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

Jeremiah 31:22 ESV / 5 helpful votes

How long will you waver, O faithless daughter? For the Lord has created a new thing on the earth: a woman encircles a man.”

Song of Solomon 7:7-10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Your stature is like a palm tree, and your breasts are like its clusters. I say I will climb the palm tree and lay hold of its fruit. Oh may your breasts be like clusters of the vine, and the scent of your breath like apples, and your mouth like the best wine. It goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding over lips and teeth. I am my beloved's, and his desire is for me.

Deuteronomy 14:21 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“You shall not eat anything that has died naturally. You may give it to the sojourner who is within your towns, that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. “You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.

Psalm 20:1-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob protect you! May he send you help from the sanctuary and give you support from Zion! May he remember all your offerings and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices! Selah May he grant you your heart's desire and fulfill all your plans! May we shout for joy over your salvation, and in the name of our God set up our banners! May the Lord fulfill all your petitions! ...

Luke 1:37 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

40 Bible Verses about Different Sex Positions

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 39 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 5:3 ESV / 27 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 7:5 ESV / 25 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 7:3-5 ESV / 24 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 23 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 7:2 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 1:27-28 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 5:18-19 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Leviticus 18:22 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 5:19 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Thessalonians 4:3 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 3:5 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 6:13 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 1:26-27 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Leviticus 20:13 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 2:24-25 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:28 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 1:10 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 5:19-21 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 7:3-4 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 6:18-20 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 6:16 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 1:26 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 22:1-46 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 2:25 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 3:25 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 3:28 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 6:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 16:33 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 31:22 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Song of Solomon 7:7-10 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 14:21 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 20:1-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 1:37 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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