Verses in the Bible that refer to homosexuality?

BamBam: Verses in the Bible that refer to homosexuality?
I’m looking for verses and passes in the Bible that talk of homosexuality. I’m not knocking anything, or anyone, I’m just doing a research paper on gay rights and was planning to use the Bible as a refrecne. Anything would be greatly appreciated!

Answers and Views:

Answer by Smart
Romans 2:26 “and thou shalt lay, men with other men, and God will be pleased”

Answer by Music = My life
orinthians 6:9-10 – “Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 are also debated among denominations and scholars.

Leviticus 18:22 – “Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable.” (NIV)

Leviticus 20:13 – “If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.” (NIV)

Romans 1:26-27 – “Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion

Answer by St.George
My friend, take a look at the website of the religious bigots. No true faith can preach hatred, these people are evil.

Answer by Tillis
smart, is dead, dead wrong. romans 2:26 does not say that!!!

Answer by truthsayer
Here’s another one.

“But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.” (Revelation 21:8)

Answer by Lana
Many homosexuals’ claim that…

1.They are made that way.
2. Homosexuality is of no harm to the participants or to anyone else.
3. If it feels right to those involved, it is nobody else’s business.
4. Homosexual relationships and heterosexual relationships are equally valid. (Some even claim that the Bible condones homosexual relationships.)

Made that way?
“Gender, race and impairment all relate to what a person is, whereas homosexuality relates to what a person does.”

In contrast, homosexuals claim that scientific studies have shown that there is a biological basis for homosexuality.

Three main studies are cited by “gay rights” activists in support of their argument2Hamer’s X-chromosome research,3 LeVay’s study of the hypothalamus,4 and Bailey and Pillard’s study of identical twins who were homosexuals.5

In all three cases, the researchers had a vested interest in obtaining a certain outcome because they were homosexuals themselves. More importantly, their studies did not stand up to scientific scrutiny by other researchers. Also, “the media typically do not explain the methodological flaws in these studies, and they typically oversimplify the results”.6 There is no reliable evidence to date that homosexual behavior is determined by a person’s genes.

The foundational teaching on marriage and sexual issues is found in Genesis chapters 1 and 2. When Jesus was questioned about marriage, He referred to these 2 chapters (Matthew 19:1-12; Mark 10:1-12). Genesis teaches us that “male and female He created them” (Genesis 1:27). We were created to a plan, male and female complementing each other. That is, God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.

Genesis also teaches that God instituted and designed marriage between a man and a woman (Genesis 2:18-25). There are a number of reasons why He did so.

1.The complementary structure of the male and female anatomy is obviously designed for the normal husband-wife relationships. Clearly, design in human biology supports heterosexuality and contradicts homosexuality.
2.The combination of male and female enables man (and the animals) to produce and nurture offspring as commanded in Genesis 1:28 “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth.” This command is repeated to Noah after the Flood (Genesis 8:15-17). But procreation is not the only reason God made humans as sexual beings. The BUWA report affirms “that sexual intimacy between husband and wife is good, and is intended by God for bonding, pleasure and procreation.”7
3. Thirdly, God gave man and woman complementary roles in order to strengthen the family unit. Woman was to be the helper that man needed (Genesis 2:18). However, the woman’s role as the helpmate is certainly not an inferior one. The enterprising God-fearing woman in Proverbs 31:10-31 is an inspiring role model.

No harm?
Andrew Lansdown points out that ‘homosexual activity is notoriously disease-prone. In addition to diseases associated with heterosexual promiscuity, homosexual actions facilitate the transmission of anal herpes, hepatitis B, intestinal parasites, Kaposi’s Sarcoma and AIDS.’1 Research on the life expectancy of a group of homosexual men in Canada in the early 1990s indicated that they could expect 8-21 years less lifespan than other men.8

Effect on others
Secular psychologists assure us that ‘children raised in lesbian and gay households are similar to children raised in heterosexual households on characteristics such as intelligence, development, moral judgments, self-concepts, social competence and gender identity’.6 The humanists have, however, forgotten one important ingredient.

Nobody else’s business?
Gay activists claim that homosexual activity is nobody’s business other than those involved in the relationship. However, this is not true. God, our Designer and Creator, has authority over all aspects of our lives. He makes the rules, and He quite specifically forbids homosexual behavior.

“You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination” (Leviticus 18:22; see also Leviticus 20:13).

Disobedience of such a clear command indicates rejection of God’s authority.

Some people argue that the Old Testament law (including Leviticus 18 and 20) was superseded with the coming of Christ. However, we should at least consider as binding those aspects of the law that are renewed in the New Testament. The teaching of Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 was certainly reaffirmed in the New Testament.
Equally valid?

Some people claim that homosexual behavior was only condemned in the Bible because it was associated with idolatry (e.g. 1 Kings 14:24). However, it is clearly condemned apart from idolatry as well (e.g. Leviticus 18:22). It is described in Scripture as an unnatural, immoral perversion.

“For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another…

Answer by Gay Christian
Hey there,

Lana makes some interesting points but I disagree – there’s a LOT more research on why some people are gay and lesbian. There’s no evidence that homosexuality is a learned behaviour or a psychological disorder, and plenty that suggests it’s biological. For example, there are some fun facts like gay men are much more likely to be left handed than straight men. How do social theories account for that? Did we learn that at gay school?! Come on! 🙂

As for the sexual orientation of scientists – is that less biased than attempts by one Christian scientist recently to “prove” that you can change someones sexual orientation? (his research was seriously flawed – the equivalent of travelling to Scotland, interviewing only people who both worked in the Scottish tourist industry and who claimed to have had seen the Loch Ness Monster, and claiming that this was proof she exists!) It also doesn;t account for the many studies published by straight scientists which support the view that sexual orientation is biological.

BUT – say we were able to locate the “gay gene” (not that it’ll be one gene, it’ll be polygenic), what would that prove? It would mean only that gay men and lesbians are born that way, much like some people are born blind or deaf.

Sexual orientation has no moral gradient – sexual behaviour on the other hand does. Which by the way is all the Bible mentions. The concept of sexual orientation is only ~150 years old. Given that the Bible was completed in 98AD, it must be talking about homosexual behaviour, NOT homosexual orientation. (simple logic!)

The Bible doesn’t say that loving same-sex relationships are wrong. What it’s talking about are abusive homosexual relationships (look at the quote from Romans 1 – it is very clear, lust – not love!). I’ve attached a link which might help with that some more.

Hope you get on well with your paper!

🙂