Leviticus 18:22
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.”
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BSBPD
“You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“`And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it <FI>is<Fi> .”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Leviticus 18:22 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 19:5They called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!”
- Leviticus 20:13If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
- Deuteronomy 23:18You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God.
- Judges 19:22While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!”
- 1 Kings 14:24There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
- Romans 1:26For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.
- 1 Corinthians 6:9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
- 1 Timothy 1:10for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching
- Jude 1:7In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.
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