| Genesis 12:11–15 | Abraham presents Sarah as sister to Pharaoh | “Say you are my sister… the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.” |
| Genesis 20:1–18 | Abraham presents Sarah to Abimelech | “Abraham said of Sarah his wife, ‘She is my sister.’” |
| Genesis 26:6–11 | Isaac presents Rebekah as sister to Abimelech | “He said, ‘She is my sister,’ fearing the men of the place.” |
| Genesis 19:30–38 | Lot’s daughters intoxicate Lot and sleep with him | “They made their father drink wine… and lay with him.” |
| Genesis 35:22 | Reuben sleeps with Bilhah, Jacob’s concubine | “Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine.” |
| Genesis 38:15–18 | Judah hires Tamar thinking she is a prostitute | “He thought her to be a prostitute… ‘What will you give me?’” |
| Leviticus 19:29 | Law forbidding making a daughter a prostitute | “Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute.” |
| Deuteronomy 23:17 | Ban on cult prostitution among Israelites | “None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute.” |
| Deuteronomy 23:18 | Ban on bringing prostitute’s wages to temple | “You shall not bring the wages of a prostitute… into the house of the LORD.” |
| Numbers 25:1–2 | Israelites engage sexually with Moabite women | “The people began to whore with the daughters of Moab.” |
| Judges 11:1 | Jephthah described as son of a prostitute | “Jephthah… was the son of a prostitute.” |
| Judges 16:1 | Samson visits a prostitute in Gaza | “Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a prostitute.” |
| 1 Kings 3:16 | Two Israelite prostitutes before Solomon | “Then two prostitutes came to the king.” |
| Hosea 1:2 | Israel’s unfaithfulness metaphorically called whoredom | “The land commits great whoredom by forsaking the LORD.” |
| Hosea 4:14 | Condemnation of Israelite men visiting prostitutes | “The men themselves go aside with prostitutes.” |
| Ezekiel 16:15–34 | Jerusalem allegorically portrayed as a prostitute | “You trusted in your beauty and played the whore.” |
| Ezekiel 23:1–21 | Samaria & Jerusalem depicted as harlots (Oholah/Oholibah) | “They played the whore… lusted after their lovers.” |
| Proverbs 2:16–19 | Warning against the adulteress/strange woman | “The adulteress… forsakes the companion of her youth.” |
| Proverbs 5:3–10 | Seductive “forbidden woman” imagery | “The lips of a forbidden woman drip honey.” |
| Proverbs 7:10–27 | Detailed depiction of a prostitute seducing a youth | “A woman meets him, dressed as a prostitute.” |
