What The Bible Says About Sex in Marriage

This article highlights bible verses that talk about sex and marriage

A sexual relationship in marriage teaches us something about the nature of real love. Sex was created to be a unique experience to bind husband and wife together in what the Bible calls a “one flesh” unity. Since God invented sex, He gets to set the parameters for its use, and He makes those parameters very clear throughout the Scriptures, Sex was designed for the marriage Period. Any sex outside those boundaries is a sin. Because the sexual drive is so powerful, the Bible encourages marriage to avoid sexual immorality like prostitution, homosexuality, and fornication.

Here are surprising things that Bible says about sex in marriage.

Genesis 2:24

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

 Hebrews 13:4

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

Song of Solomon 1:2

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine;

Proverbs 5:18-19

Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth, a lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; be intoxicated always in her love.

Proverbs 5:15-17

Drink water from your own well – share your love only with your wife. Why spill the water of your springs in the streets, having sex with just anyone? You should reserve it for yourselves. Never share it with strangers.

Corinthians 7:3

The husband should fulfill his wife’s sexual needs, and the wife should fulfill her husband’s needs.

1 Corinthians 7:5

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.

What is your favorite bible verse about sex and