Bible Verses About Contraception
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for contraception, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 552 votes, led by Psalms 127:3. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Contraception
Psalms 127:3136 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Genesis 1:28112 votes
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Psalms 127:3-565 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
1 Corinthians 7:1-4042 votes
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Genesis 38:8-1032 votes
And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
Luke 23:2932 votes
For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
Jeremiah 1:525 votes
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Genesis 38:1-3022 votes
And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
1 Timothy 2:1522 votes
Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
1 Corinthians 7:517 votes
Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
Genesis 9:114 votes
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Matthew 24:1212 votes
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
Malachi 2:1511 votes
And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
1 Timothy 5:810 votes
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
What does the Bible say about contraception?
Readers most often cite Psalms 127:3 on the subject of contraception. Across 552 votes, 14 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Genesis 1:28, Psalms 127:3-5, 1 Corinthians 7:1-40. This page lists all 14 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.