Christian only please. Is there a bible verse that tells masturbation is sin?

Question

Could you please quote the bible verse which tells masturbation is sin.

I need Christians to answer this... because I am looking for a Bible verse that tells that masturbation is sin. And if you are not Christian and you the Bible verse then you list it.

Answer 1

The Bible never specifically mentions masturbation or states whether masturbation is a sin. There is no question, however, as to whether the actions that lead to masturbation are sinful. Masturbation is the end result of lustful thoughts, sexual stimulation, and/or pornographic images. As it says in Matthew 5:27-28, "You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.'But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart." It is these problems that need to be dealt with. If the sins of lust and pornography are forsaken and overcome - the problem of masturbation will become a non-issue.

The Bible tells us to avoid even the appearance of sexual immorality (Ephesians 5:3; Proverbs 7:25; Job 31:1-4). Masturbating does not pass that particular test. Sometimes a good test for whether something is a sin or not is whether you would be proud to tell others what you had just done. If it is something you would be embarrassed or ashamed about if others found out, it is very likely that it is a sin. Another good test is to determine whether we can honestly, in good conscience, ask God to bless and use the particular activity for His own good purposes. I do not think masturbation qualifies as something we can be "proud" of or can genuinely thank God for.

Answer 2

There isn't one. There are several verses about lust, however... which is where the objection to masturbation comes from (forgive the pun). Some try to say that some guy way back in the day "spilled his seed", and that's proof that God is anti-masturbation and anti-birth control... and that verse or collection of verses is being used out of context, has been for years... but that is a different question altogether. Personally, I really don't care what you do with yourself. I take that stance on most things considered sin by the Christian community at large. Not because I think that anything goes, but because I am here to love my neighbor, not judge or criticize them. So, you asked if there is a Bible verse against masturbation. The answer is a definite NO. Do I think it is a sin? No. I DO think that lust is a sin.

Answer 3

The Bible doesn't say that explicitly. There is a verse about it being wrong for a man to spill his seed, but in context, its clear the sin was that man's intention - he was being deceptive in that act.

The Bible makes it clear that thinking lustful thoughts is a sin.

The Bible makes it clear that being overwhelmed and/or obsessed with pleasures of the flesh is sinful.

That is sufficient to address the issue.

Why are only Christians allowed to respond?

Answer 4

The Catholic view is as follows:

The inordinate craving for, or indulgence of, the carnal pleasure which is experienced in the human organs of generation.

The wrongfulness of lust is reducible to this: that venereal satisfaction is sought for either outside wedlock or, at any rate, in a manner which is contrary to the laws that govern marital intercourse. Every such criminal indulgence is a mortal sin, provided of course, it be voluntary in itself and fully deliberate. This is the testimony of St. Paul in the Epistle to the Galatians, v. 19:




"Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are fornication, uncleanness, immodesty, luxury, . . . Of the which I foretell you, as I have foretold to you, that they who do such things shall not obtain the kingdom of God."

Moreover, if it be true the gravity of the offences may be measured by the harm they work to the individual or the community, there can be no doubt that lust has in this respect a gravity all its own. Transgressions against the virtues other than purity frequently admit of a minor degree of malice, and are accounted venial. Impurity has the evil distinction that, whenever there is a direct conscious surrender to any of its phases the guilt incurred is always grievous. This judgment, however, needs modifying when there is question of some impure gratification for which a person is responsible, not immediately, but because he had posited its cause, and to which he has not deliberately consented. The act may then be only venially sinful. For the determination of the amount of its wickedness much will depend upon the apprehended proximate danger of giving way on the part of the agent, as well as upon the known capacity of the thing done to bring about venereal pleasure. This teaching applies to external and internal sins alike: "Whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart" (Matthew 5:28). However the case may stand as to the extent of the obligation under which one lies to refrain in certain circumstances from actions whose net result is to excite the passions, moralists are at one as to the counsel they give. They all emphasize the perils of the situation, and point out the practical dangers of a failure to refrain. It matters not that there is not, as we suppose, an initial sinful intent. The sheerest prudence and most rudimentary self-knowledge alike demand abstinence, where possible, from things which, though not grievously bad in themselves, yet easily fan into flame the unholy fire which may be smouldering, but it is not extinct.

Lust is said to be a capital sin. The reason is obvious. The pleasure which this vice has as its object is at once so attractive and connatural to human nature as to whet keenly a man's desire, and so lead him into the commission of many other disorders in the pursuit of it. Theologians ordinarily distinguish various forms of lust in so far as it is a consummated external sin, e.g., fornication, adultery, incest, criminal assault, abduction, and sodomy. Each of these has its own specific malice--a fact to borne in mind for purposes of safeguarding the integrity of sacramental confession.

Answer 5

To the first post - complete ignorance or trying very hard to be funny (but failed miserably). Showing yourself to be ignorant is never amusing.

Onan was killed for refusing to carry on the Jewish line through Judah. Genesis 38

There are no scriptures regarding masturbation. There are many scriptures regarding the purity of your thought life. This is between you and God.

Answer 6

There is no specific verse against it.

Onan's sin was not masturbation, but disobedience.

The question is "Is it possible without impure thoughts?"

Answer 7

Jesus said that if you look upon a woman with lust, you are already guilty of adultery.

But immediately following this, He added, "If your right hand offends you, cut it off. If your right eye offends you, cut it out." - What does your eye and hand have to do with lusting after someone? I think you're smart enough to figure that one out.

And if that IS the case, then it would be better to go into heaven missing a hand or eye, then to go into hell whole.

Answer 8

Gal 5:19 the word lasciviousness which is any act of lust.

Answer 9

Leviticus chapter 15 tells about it you need to read the chapter for the context.

Answer 10

ALL LUST of the Flesh is SIN

Genesis 1:1 thru Revelations 22:21
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