Bible verses about "masturbation" | BBE

¹⁶ And if a man's seed goes out from him, then all his body will have to be bathed in water and he will be unclean till evening. ¹⁷ And any clothing or skin on which the seed comes is to be washed with water and be unclean till evening.

¹⁴ But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires.

¹³ And do not give your bodies to sin as the instruments of wrongdoing, but give yourselves to God, as those who are living from the dead, and your bodies as instruments of righteousness to God.

²⁷ But I give blows to my body, and keep it under control, for fear that, after having given the good news to others, I myself might not have God's approval.

³ Let the husband give to the wife what is right; and let the wife do the same to the husband. ⁴ The wife has not power over her body, but the husband; and in the same way the husband has not power over his body, but the wife. ⁵ Do not keep back from one another what is right, but only for a short time, and by agreement, so that you may give yourselves to prayer, and come together again; so that Satan may not get the better of you through your loss of self-control.

¹³ Let no man say when he is tested, I am tested by God; for it is not possible for God to be tested by evil, and he himself puts no man to such a test: ¹⁴ But every man is tested when he is turned out of the right way by the attraction of his desire.

⁵ Then put to death your bodies which are of the earth; wrong use of the flesh, unclean things, passion, evil desires and envy, which is the worship of strange gods;

²⁸ But I say to you that everyone whose eyes are turned on a woman with desire has had connection with her in his heart.

¹⁹ Now the works of the flesh are clear, which are these: evil desire, unclean things, wrong use of the senses, ²⁰ Worship of images, use of strange powers, hates, fighting, desire for what another has, angry feelings, attempts to get the better of others, divisions, false teachings, ²¹ Envy, uncontrolled drinking and feasting, and such things: of which I give you word clearly, even as I did in the past, that they who do such things will have no part in the kingdom of God.

¹⁸ Keep away from the desires of the flesh. Every sin which a man does is outside of the body; but he who goes after the desires of the flesh does evil to his body.

¹⁴ But every man is tested when he is turned out of the right way by the attraction of his desire. ¹⁵ Then when its time comes, desire gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is of full growth, gives birth to death.

¹¹ My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul;

³ For the purpose of God for you is this: that you may be holy, and may keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh; ⁴ So that every one of you may keep his body holy and in honour; ⁵ Not in the passion of evil desires, like the Gentiles, who have no knowledge of God;

¹³ You have been put to no test but such as is common to man: and God is true, who will not let any test come on you which you are not able to undergo; but he will make with the test a way out of it, so that you may be able to go through it.