47 Bible Verses about Same Sex Marriage

Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,

And the wife is not the same as the virgin. The virgin gives her mind to the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and in spirit: but the married woman takes thought for the things of the world, how she may give pleasure to her husband.

Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.

Let the husband give to the wife what is right; and let the wife do the same to the husband.

For this reason God gave them up to evil passions, and their women were changing the natural use into one which is unnatural:

You may not have sex relations with men, as you do with women: it is a disgusting thing.

But if they have not self-control let them get married; for married life is better than the burning of desire.

But the married man gives his attention to the things of this world, how he may give pleasure to his wife.

And if he takes another woman, her food and clothing and her married rights are not to be less.

For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

And if a man has sex relations with a man, the two of them have done a disgusting thing: let them be put to death; their blood will be on them.

You may not have sex relations with your brother's wife, for she is your brother's.

And if a man takes as wife a woman and her mother, it is an act of shame; let them be burned with fire, all three of them, so that there may be no shame among you.

You may not take your sister, the daughter of your father or of your mother, wherever her birth took place, among you or in another country.

The disciples say to him, If this is the position of a man in relation to his wife, it is better not to be married.

But to the married I give orders, though not I but the Lord, that the wife may not go away from her husband

You may not take as wife a woman and her daughter, or her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter, for they are of one family: it is an act of shame.

Do not keep back from one another what is right, but only for a short time, and by agreement, so that you may give yourselves to prayer, and come together again; so that Satan may not get the better of you through your loss of self-control.

You may not have sex connection with anyone who is a near relation: I am the Lord.

And if a man has sex relations with a woman and his seed goes out from him, the two of them will have to be bathed in water and will be unclean till evening.

For when they come back from the dead there are no husbands and wives, but they are as the angels in heaven.

And you may not take as wife a woman and at the same time her sister, to be in competition with her in her life-time.

Now there were among us seven brothers; and the first was married and at his death, having no seed, gave his wife to his brother;

Keep away from the desires of the flesh. Every sin which a man does is outside of the body; but he who goes after the desires of the flesh does evil to his body.

Do not keep company with those who have not faith: for what is there in common between righteousness and evil, or between light and dark?

And if a man takes his brother's wife, it is an unclean act; he has put shame on his brother; they will have no children.

And if a man has sex relations with another man's wife, even the wife of his neighbour, he and she are certainly to be put to death.

If a man is taken in the act of going in to a married woman, the two of them, the man as well as the woman, are to be put to death: so you are to put away the evil from Israel.

Or your father's wife's daughter, the child of your father, for she is your sister.

It is right for a wife to be with her husband as long as he is living; but when her husband is dead, she is free to be married to another; but only to a Christian.

For there are men who, from birth, were without sex: and there are some who were made so by men: and there are others who have made themselves so for the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to take it, let him take it.

But if, in any man's opinion, he is not doing what is right for his virgin, if she is past her best years, and there is need for it, let him do what seems right to him; it is no sin; let them be married.

There were men of great strength and size on the earth in those days; and after that, when the sons of God had connection with the daughters of men, they gave birth to children: these were the great men of old days, the men of great name.

When they come back from the dead, they do not get married, but are like the angels in heaven.

And Cain had connection with his wife and she became with child and gave birth to Enoch: and he made a town, and gave the town the name of Enoch after his son.

So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and the Lord made her with child and she gave birth to a son.

For those who go after loose women, for those with unnatural desires, for those who take men prisoners, who make false statements and false oaths, and those who do any other things against the right teaching,

And you may not have sex relations with your neighbour's wife, making yourself unclean with her.

So it is my desire that the younger widows may be married and have children, controlling their families, and giving the Evil One no chance to say anything against them,

But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them to be even as I am.

And I said to her, You are to be mine for a long space of time; you are not to be false to me, and no other man is to have you for his wife; and so will I be to you.

Who keep men from being married and from taking food which God made to be taken with praise by those who have faith and true knowledge.

So that the land may not put you out from it, when you make it unclean, as it put out the nations which were there before you.

Or with your daughter-in-law, for she is your son's wife, and you may not take her.

But I say to you that everyone whose eyes are turned on a woman with desire has had connection with her in his heart.

But I say to you that everyone who puts away his wife for any other cause but the loss of her virtue, makes her false to her husband; and whoever takes her as his wife after she is put away, is no true husband to her.

But if you have been with another in place of your husband and have made yourself unclean with a lover: