GUIDE TO THE SCRIPTURES
Chastity
See also Adultery; Fornication; Sensual, Sensuality; Virtue

Sexual purity of men and women.

Joseph resisted the advances of Potiphar's wife, Gen. 39: 7-21 (D&C 42: 24; 59: 6). Thou shalt not commit adultery, Ex. 20: 14. A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, Prov. 12: 4 (Prov. 31: 10). Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost? 1 Cor. 6: 18-19. Be thou an example in purity, 1 Tim. 4: 12. No unclean thing can dwell with God, 1 Ne. 10: 21. For I, the Lord God, delight in the chastity of women, Jacob 2: 28. Sexual sin is an abomination, Alma 39: 1-13. Chastity and virtue are most dear and precious above all things, Moro. 9: 9. We believe in being chaste, A of F 1: 13.