Bible Verses About Procreation
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for procreation, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 852 votes, led by Genesis 1:28. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Procreation
Genesis 1:28177 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.
Hebrews 13:473 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Genesis 1:27-2865 votes
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Genesis 9:753 votes
And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
Psalms 127:342 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
1 Corinthians 6:9-1039 votes
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
Genesis 2:2437 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Malachi 2:1532 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 Corinthians 7:3-531 votes
Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
Ecclesiastes 11:527 votes
As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
Genesis 1:2725 votes
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Genesis 9:123 votes
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
1 Timothy 5:1423 votes
I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
1 Corinthians 7:221 votes
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Genesis 2:1818 votes
And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Genesis 1:2616 votes
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
1 Corinthians 6:1915 votes
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Proverbs 5:15-1914 votes
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
Romans 1:2014 votes
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
Romans 1:26-2713 votes
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
Ephesians 5:1-3313 votes
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
Philippians 4:1313 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Proverbs 5:18-1912 votes
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
1 Corinthians 7:1-4012 votes
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Colossians 2:1-2312 votes
For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
What does the Bible say about procreation?
Readers most often cite Genesis 1:28 on the subject of procreation. Across 852 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Hebrews 13:4, Genesis 1:27-28, Genesis 9:7. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.