Hebrews 13:4

Let marriage be respected by everyone. Let the marriage bed be pure, for God will judge the sexually immoral people and adulterers.

Unlocked Literal Bible

In The King James Version

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

In Context

3Remember prisoners, as if you were bound with them. Remember those who are mistreated, as if you also were them in the body.

5Let your conduct be free from the love of money. Be content with the things you have, for God himself has said, “I will never leave you, nor will I forsake you.”

Read all of Hebrews 13

Cross References

Genesis 2:21Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, so the man slept. Yahweh God took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh where he took the rib.

Leviticus 15:18If a woman and a man sleep together and there is a transfer of semen to her, they must both bathe themselves in water; they will be unclean until evening.

2 Kings 22:14So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Akbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (she lived in Jerusalem in the second quarter), and they spoke with her.

Psalms 50:16But to the wicked God says, 1 “What have you to do with declaring my statutes, 1 that you have taken my covenant in your mouth, 1

Isaiah 8:3I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then Yahweh said to me, “Call his name Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.

1 Corinthians 5:13But God judges those who are on the outside. 1 “Remove the evil person from among you.”

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 13:2-18

Various Duties. ( a. d. 62.) 1 Let brotherly love continue. 2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. 3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. 4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. 5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee,… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Hebrews 13:4