Bible Verses About Oral Sex – Christianity FAQ

Hebrews 13:4

ESV	Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
KJV	Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
NASB	Marriage is to be held in honor among all, and the marriage bed is to be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
NIV	Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.
NLT	Give honor to marriage, and remain faithful to one another in marriage. God will surely judge people who are immoral and those who commit adultery.

Song of Solomon 4:16

ESV	Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind! Blow upon my garden, let its spices flow. Let my beloved come to his garden, and eat its choicest fruits.
KJV	Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
NASB	“Awake, O north wind, And come, wind of the south; Make my garden breathe out fragrance, Let its spices be wafted abroad. May my beloved come into his garden And eat its choice fruits!”
NIV	Awake, north wind, and come, south wind! Blow on my garden, that its fragrance may spread everywhere. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choice fruits.
NLT	Awake, north wind! Rise up, south wind! Blow on my garden and spread its fragrance all around. Come into your garden, my love; taste its finest fruits.

Song of Solomon 2:3

ESV	As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. With great delight I sat in his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
KJV	As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
NASB	“Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, So is my beloved among the young men. In his shade I took great delight and sat down, And his fruit was sweet to my taste.
NIV	Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
NLT	Like the finest apple tree in the orchard is my lover among other young men. I sit in his delightful shade and taste his delicious fruit.

“Sexual expression within a marriage is not an option or an extra. It is certainly not, as it has sometimes been considered, a necessary evil in which spiritual Christians engage only to procreate children. It is far more than a physical act. God created it to be the expression an experience of love on the deepest human level and to be a beautiful and powerful bond between husband and wife.” ~ John MacArthur

Leviticus 18:22

ESV	You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.
KJV	Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
NASB	‘You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.
NIV	“’Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.
NLT	“Do not practice homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman. It is a detestable sin.

“Behold the beauty of God’s design for man, woman, and marriage. Two dignified people, both molded in the image of their Maker. Two diverse people uniquely designed to complement each other. A male and a female fashioned by God to form one flesh, a physical bond between two bodies where the deepest point of union is found at the greatest point of difference. A matrimony marked by unity and diversity, equality with variety, and personal sanctification through shared consummation.” ~ David Platt

Jude 1:10

ESV	But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively.
KJV	But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
NASB	But these men revile the things which they do not understand; and the things which they know by instinct, like unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed.
NIV	Yet these people slander whatever they do not understand, and the very things they do understand by instinct—as irrational animals do—will destroy them.
NLT	But these people scoff at things they do not understand. Like unthinking animals, they do whatever their instincts tell them, and so they bring about their own destruction.

Proverbs 30:20

ESV	This is the way of an adulteress: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, “I have done no wrong.”
KJV	Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
NASB	This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, “I have done no wrong.”
NIV	“This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I’ve done nothing wrong.’
NLT	An adulterous woman consumes a man, then wipes her mouth and says, “What’s wrong with that?”

Song of Solomon 7:2

ESV	Your navel is a rounded bowl that never lacks mixed wine. Your belly is a heap of wheat, encircled with lilies.
KJV	Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.
NASB	“Your navel is like a round goblet Which never lacks mixed wine; Your belly is like a heap of wheat Fenced about with lilies.
NIV	Your navel is a rounded goblet that never lacks blended wine. Your waist is a mound of wheat encircled by lilies.
NLT	Your navel is perfectly formed like a goblet filled with mixed wine. Between your thighs lies a mound of wheat bordered with lilies.

Revelation 3:9

ESV	Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet and they will learn that I have loved you.
KJV	Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
NASB	Behold, I will cause those of the synagogue of Satan, who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie— I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and make them know that I have loved you.
NIV	I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars—I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you.
NLT	Look, I will force those who belong to Satan’s synagogue—those liars who say they are Jews but are not—to come and bow down at your feet. They will acknowledge that you are the ones I love.

1 Corinthians 7:5

ESV	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.
KJV	Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
NASB	Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
NIV	Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
NLT	Do not deprive each other of sexual relations, unless you both agree to refrain from sexual intimacy for a limited time so you can give yourselves more completely to prayer. Afterward, you should come together again so that Satan won’t be able to tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Leviticus 20:13

ESV	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.
KJV	If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
NASB	If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them.
NIV	“’If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
NLT	“If a man practices homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman, both men have committed a detestable act. They must both be put to death, for they are guilty of a capital offense.

Ephesians 5:11

ESV	Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.
KJV	And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
NASB	Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them;
NIV	Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
NLT	Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead, expose them.