What Does the Bible Say About Kissing And Hugging?

Romans 16:16 ESV / 22 helpful votes

Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.

1 Corinthians 7:1-40 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. ...

Ecclesiastes 4:11 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone?

Luke 15:20 ESV / 16 helpful votes

And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.

John 15:13 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

1 John 4:19 ESV / 13 helpful votes

We love because he first loved us.

2 Corinthians 13:12 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Greet one another with a holy kiss.

1 Peter 5:14 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Greet one another with the kiss of love. Peace to all of you who are in Christ.

John 3:16 ESV / 12 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

1 Timothy 5:1-2 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity.

1 Thessalonians 5:26 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.

1 Corinthians 16:20 ESV / 8 helpful votes

All the brothers send you greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss.

1 John 3:16 ESV / 7 helpful votes

By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

1 Corinthians 7:1 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”

1 Corinthians 6:9 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,

Acts 20:37 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And there was much weeping on the part of all; they embraced Paul and kissed him,

Proverbs 5:20 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with a forbidden woman and embrace the bosom of an adulteress?

1 John 3:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes

But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 6 helpful votes

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Galatians 6:10 ESV / 6 helpful votes

So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 6 helpful votes

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; ...

Luke 7:45 ESV / 6 helpful votes

You gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in she has not ceased to kiss my feet.

Luke 3:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Bear fruits in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.

Proverbs 24:26 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Whoever gives an honest answer kisses the lips.

2 Timothy 2:22 ESV / 5 helpful votes

So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

1 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.

Romans 5:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

John 14:23 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

Psalm 147:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

2 Timothy 4:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come.

1 Timothy 5:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity.

Colossians 2:1-23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ. ...

Ephesians 5:25 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,

Romans 8:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Jeremiah 17:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?

1 Samuel 20:41 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And as soon as the boy had gone, David rose from beside the stone heap and fell on his face to the ground and bowed three times. And they kissed one another and wept with one another, David weeping the most.

Genesis 29:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

1 John 3:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

Romans 8:38-39 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Acts 26:1-29 ESV / 3 helpful votes

So Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and made his defense: “I consider myself fortunate that it is before you, King Agrippa, I am going to make my defense today against all the accusations of the Jews, especially because you are familiar with all the customs and controversies of the Jews. Therefore I beg you to listen to me patiently. “My manner of life from my youth, spent from the beginning among my own nation and in Jerusalem, is known by all the Jews. They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I have lived as a Pharisee. ...

John 14:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Song of Solomon 2:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the does of the field, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.

Proverbs 27:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.

Psalm 2:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

Colossians 3:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

Galatians 3:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified.

John 13:35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Matthew 26:48-49 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I will kiss is the man; seize him.” And he came up to Jesus at once and said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” And he kissed him.

Exodus 8:1-10:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Let my people go, that they may serve me. But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your country with frogs. The Nile shall swarm with frogs that shall come up into your house and into your bedroom and on your bed and into the houses of your servants and your people, and into your ovens and your kneading bowls. The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your servants.”’” And the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the canals and over the pools, and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt!’” ...

52 Bible Verses about Kissing And Hugging

Romans 16:16 ESV / 22 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 7:1-40 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 4:11 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 15:20 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 15:13 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 4:19 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 13:12 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 5:14 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 5:1-2 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Thessalonians 5:26 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 16:20 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 3:16 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 7:1 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 6:9 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 20:37 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 5:20 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 3:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 6:10 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 7:45 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 3:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 24:26 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 2:22 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 5:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 14:23 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 147:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 4:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 5:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 2:1-23 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 5:25 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 17:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Samuel 20:41 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 29:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 3:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:38-39 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 26:1-29 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 14:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Song of Solomon 2:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 27:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 2:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 3:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 3:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 13:35 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 26:48-49 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 8:1-10:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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