BIBLE QUOTES ON HOMOSEXUALITY
The Jewish Tanakh/Christian Old Testament - New
International Version (NIV)
Deuteronomy 22:5 5 A woman must not wear men’s clothing, nor a man
wear women’s clothing, for the Lord your God detests anyone who does
this.
Leviticus 18:22 Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does
with a woman; that is detestable.
Leviticus 20:13 If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does
with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to
be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
The New Testament - New International Version
(NIV)
Romans 1:18-28 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven
against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the
truth in unrighteousness, 19 because that which is known about God
is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. 20 For
since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His
eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being
understood through what has been made, so that they are without
excuse. 21 For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as
God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations,
and their foolish heart was darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they
became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God
for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and
four-footed animals and crawling creatures.
24 Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to
impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them. 25
For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and
served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever.
Amen.
26 For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for
their women exchanged the natural function for that which is
unnatural, 27 and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural
function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another,
men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own
persons the due penalty of their error.
28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer,
God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are
not proper, 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness,
greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are
gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful,
inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 without understanding,
untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; 32 and although they know the
ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of
death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to
those who practice them.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 9 Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not
inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually
immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men
10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor
swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And that is what some
of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were
justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of
our God. (Note: The phrase translated "men who have sex with men" is
from two Greek works, malakos and arsenokoites,
which respectively refer to the active and passive partner in male
homosexual anal intercourse.)