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Deuteronomy 23:17
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Deuteronomy 23:17
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17 “None of the daughters of Israel shall serve in an illicit shrine; none of the sons of Israel shall serve in an illicit shrine.(A)
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Deuteronomy 23:17
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Deuteronomy 23:17
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2 Kings 23:7
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2 Kings 23:7
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7 He broke down the houses of the illicit priests who were in the house of the Lord, where the women did weaving for Asherah.(A)
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2 Kings 23:7
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2 Kings 23:7
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7 He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes(A) that were in the temple of the Lord, the quarters where women did weaving for Asherah.
1 Kings 14:24
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1 Kings 14:24
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24 there were also illicit priests in the land. They committed all the abominations of the nations that the Lord had driven out before the people of Israel.(A)
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1 Kings 14:24
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1 Kings 14:24
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24 There were even male shrine prostitutes(A) in the land; the people engaged in all the detestable(B) practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.
Leviticus 19:29
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Leviticus 19:29
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29 “Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, that the land not become prostituted and full of depravity.(A)
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Leviticus 19:29
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Leviticus 19:29
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29 “‘Do not degrade your daughter by making her a prostitute,(A) or the land will turn to prostitution and be filled with wickedness.(B)
1 Kings 22:46
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1 Kings 22:46
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46 The remnant of the illicit priests who remained from the days of his father Asa, he purged from the land.(A)
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1 Kings 22:46
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1 Kings 22:46
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46 He rid the land of the rest of the male shrine prostitutes(A) who remained there even after the reign of his father Asa.
1 Kings 15:12
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1 Kings 15:12
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12 He put away the illicit priests out of the land and removed all the idols that his ancestors had made.(A)
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1 Kings 15:12
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1 Kings 15:12
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12 He expelled the male shrine prostitutes(A) from the land and got rid of all the idols(B) his ancestors had made.
1 Timothy 1:10
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1 Timothy 1:10
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10 the sexually immoral, men who engage in illicit sex,[a] slave traders, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to the sound teaching(A)
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- 1.10 Meaning of Gk uncertain
1 Timothy 1:10
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1 Timothy 1:10
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10 for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine(A)
Deuteronomy 22:21
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Deuteronomy 22:21
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21 then they shall bring the young woman out to the entrance of her father’s house, and the men of her town shall stone her to death, because she committed a disgraceful act in Israel by prostituting herself in her father’s house. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.(A)
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Deuteronomy 22:21
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Deuteronomy 22:21
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21 she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death. She has done an outrageous thing(A) in Israel by being promiscuous while still in her father’s house. You must purge the evil from among you.
1 Corinthians 6:9
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1 Corinthians 6:9
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1 Corinthians 6:9
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1 Corinthians 6:9
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9 Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God?(A) Do not be deceived:(B) Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers(C) nor men who have sex with men[a](D)
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- 1 Corinthians 6:9 The words men who have sex with men translate two Greek words that refer to the passive and active participants in homosexual acts.
Romans 1:26-28
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Romans 1:26-28
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26 For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Their females exchanged natural intercourse[a] for unnatural,(A) 27 and in the same way also the males, giving up natural intercourse[b] with females, were consumed with their passionate desires for one another. Males committed shameless acts with males and received in their own persons the due penalty for their error.(B)
28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to an unfit mind and to do things that should not be done.(C)
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Romans 1:26-28
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Romans 1:26-28
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26 Because of this, God gave them over(A) to shameful lusts.(B) Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones.(C) 27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.(D)
28 Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over(E) to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done.
Proverbs 2:16
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Proverbs 2:16
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16 Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman,(A)
from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
Judges 19:22
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Judges 19:22
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Gibeah’s Crime
22 While they were enjoying themselves, the men of the city, a perverse lot, surrounded the house and started pounding on the door. They said to the old man, the master of the house, “Bring out the man who came into your house, so that we may have intercourse with him.”(A)
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Judges 19:22
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Judges 19:22
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22 While they were enjoying themselves,(A) some of the wicked men(B) of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they shouted to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house so we can have sex with him.(C)”
Genesis 19:4-5
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Genesis 19:4-5
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4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house, 5 and they called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, so that we may know them.”(A)
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Genesis 19:4-5
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Genesis 19:4-5
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4 Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom(A)—both young and old—surrounded the house. 5 They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.”(B)
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