The Bible & Sex

Song of Songs 1

NIV

1Β Solomon’s Song of Songs.

She

2Β Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouthβ€”
Β Β Β Β for your loveΒ is more delightful than wine.
3Β Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes;
Β Β Β Β your nameΒ is like perfume poured out.
Β Β Β Β No wonder the young womenΒ love you!
4Β Take me away with youβ€”let us hurry!
Β Β Β Β Let the king bring me into his chambers.

Friends

We rejoice and delightΒ in you;
Β Β Β Β we will praise your loveΒ more than wine.

She

How right they are to adore you!

5Β Dark am I, yet lovely,
Β Β Β Β daughters of Jerusalem,
dark like the tents of Kedar,
Β Β Β Β like the tent curtains of Solomon.
6Β Do not stare at me because I am dark,
Β Β Β Β because I am darkened by the sun.
My mother’s sons were angry with me
Β Β Β Β and made me take care of the vineyards;
Β Β Β Β my own vineyard I had to neglect.
7Β Tell me, you whom I love,
Β Β Β Β where you graze your flock
Β Β Β Β and where you rest your sheepΒ at midday.
Why should I be like a veiledΒ woman
Β Β Β Β beside the flocks of your friends?

Friends

8Β If you do not know, most beautiful of women,
Β Β Β Β follow the tracks of the sheep
and graze your young goats
Β Β Β Β by the tents of the shepherds.

Β 

He

9Β I liken you, my darling, to a mare
Β Β Β Β among Pharaoh’s chariot horses.
10Β Your cheeksΒ are beautiful with earrings,
Β Β Β Β your neck with strings of jewels.
11Β We will make you earrings of gold,
Β Β Β Β studded with silver.

She

12Β While the king was at his table,
Β Β Β Β my perfume spread its fragrance.
13Β My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh
Β Β Β Β resting between my breasts.
14Β My belovedΒ is to me a cluster of hennaΒ blossoms
Β Β Β Β from the vineyards of En Gedi.

He

15Β How beautifulΒ you are, my darling!
Β Β Β Β Oh, how beautiful!
Β Β Β Β Your eyes are doves.

She

16Β How handsome you are, my beloved!
Β Β Β Β Oh, how charming!
Β Β Β Β And our bed is verdant.

He

17Β The beams of our house are cedars;
Β Β Β Β our rafters are firs.

What else does the Bible say about sex?

Marriage

“That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.”

Genesis 2:24 NIV

Adultery

“You shall not commit adultery.”

Exodus 20:14 NIV

Fornication

“Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.”

Corinthians 6:18 NIV

Lust

“But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”

Matthew 5:28 NIV

Sexual Purity

“It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honourable, not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God.”

1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 NIV

Mutual Respect and Love

“The husband should fulfil his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife. 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.”

Corinthians 7:3-5 NIV

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