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Want to know what the Bible says about Chastity? Here are 74 Bible verses about Chastity from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Galatians 5:19-21 NIV
19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
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Proverbs 6:25 NIV
Do not lust in your heart after her beauty
    or let her captivate you with her eyes.
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1 Peter 2:11 NIV
Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul.
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1 Corinthians 7:2 NIV
But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband.
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Job 31:1 NIV
“I made a covenant with my eyes
    not to look lustfully at a young woman.
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Psalm 51:10 NIV
Create in me a pure heart, O God,
    and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
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Psalm 119:9 NIV
How can a young person stay on the path of purity?
    By living according to your word.
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Leviticus 20:13 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.
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2 Timothy 1:7 NIV
For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.
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Matthew 5:8 NIV
Blessed are the pure in heart,
    for they will see God.
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