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The Old Testament prohibited making an image of human beings, and that would prohibit any pornography also. The term is not used in modern translations of the Bible, but the ESV references various forms of the terms "prostitution" 57 times, "adultery" 71 times, and "lust" 22 times. The penalty for adultery was death, typically strangulation of the woman alone or stoning of both participants, under the Old Testament.
The Old Testament prohibited making an image of human beings, and that would prohibit any pornography also. The term is not used in modern translations of the Bible, but the ESV references various forms of the terms "prostitution" 57 times, "adultery" 71 times, and "lust" 22 times. The penalty for adultery was death, typically strangulation of the woman alone or stoning of both participants, under the Old Testament.
Our Lord Jesus Himself and His Apostles condemned "porneia", from which the word for pornography is derived: "Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, sodomites, thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revellers, robbers – none of these will inherit the kingdom of God" (1 Cor 6:9-10).
"A. The Greek New Testament word translated into English as “fornication” or “sexual immorality” or sometimes just “immorality” (porneia — from which we get the word “pornography”) refers sometimes to sexual relations between unmarried persons, and sometimes to that kind of sexual activity as well as adultery. In either case, the term always includes the meaning of sexual relations between unmarried persons.
Given that definition, we can find cohabitation prohibited or condemned in a number of biblical passages, such as Matthew 15:19; Mark 7:21; Acts 15:20, 29; 1 Corinthians 5:11; 6:9-10, 18-20; 7:1-2; 10:8; 2 Corinthians 12:21; Galatians 5:19; Ephesians 5:3; Colossians 3:5-6; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8; and Revelation 21:8, 22:15." <ref>https://www.stcatherinercc.org/single-post/2018/08/28/Does-Scripture-Condemn-Cohabitation</ref>
The New Living Translation interprets Hosea 4:11 for a statement that prostitution destroys people's minds, much as modern pornography does.
The New Living Translation interprets Hosea 4:11 for a statement that prostitution destroys people's minds, much as modern pornography does.