Old Testament · Law
Leviticus 18:22
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Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
About Leviticus 18:22
Leviticus 18:22 is one of the Bible's foundational texts on What the Bible Says About LGBTQ and What the Bible Says About Perversion. Found in the law of Leviticus, this Old Testament passage has guided believers through every season of life.
Related Verses
- Genesis 1:27
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”
- Genesis 2:24
“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”
- Leviticus 20:13
“If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.”
- Romans 1:26
“For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:”
- Romans 1:27
“And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.”
How to Apply Leviticus 18:22
Meditate on Leviticus 18:22 by reading it aloud each morning this week. Ask yourself how its message on the theme of What the Bible Says About LGBTQ applies to a current challenge you are facing. Write one specific step you will take today in response to its truth — and revisit that commitment at the end of the week.