Bible Verses About Spilling Your Seed
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for spilling your seed, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,551 votes, led by Genesis 38:8-10. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Spilling Your Seed
Genesis 38:8-10189 votes
And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
Genesis 38:9157 votes
And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
Genesis 38:1-30106 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.
Genesis 38:9-10102 votes
And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
Genesis 38:1079 votes
And the thing which he did displeased the Lord: wherefore he slew him also.
Deuteronomy 25:5-1075 votes
If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her.
Leviticus 22:467 votes
What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;
Revelation 1:159 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Colossians 2:1-2350 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;
1 John 3:949 votes
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
Leviticus 27:1647 votes
And if a man shall sanctify unto the Lord some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
Deuteronomy 25:647 votes
And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.
Genesis 38:846 votes
And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
Galatians 5:2246 votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Genesis 38:643 votes
And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
Deuteronomy 25:543 votes
If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her.
2 Corinthians 9:1042 votes
Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
Galatians 2:2042 votes
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Leviticus 20:1341 votes
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Zechariah 8:1241 votes
For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
Matthew 19:1-941 votes
And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan;
Leviticus 15:1-3340 votes
And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Luke 8:1140 votes
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Genesis 1:139 votes
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Genesis 1:2939 votes
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
What does the Bible say about spilling your seed?
Readers most often cite Genesis 38:8-10 on the subject of spilling your seed. Across 2,551 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Genesis 38:9, Genesis 38:1-30, Genesis 38:9-10. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.