Bible Verses about “birth control”
The Bible contains 16 verses about birth control across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward.”
“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.”
“As arrows [are] in the hand of a mighty man; so [are] children of the youth.”
“Happy [is] the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.”
“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;”
“¶ Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.”
“And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all [men], apt to teach, patient,”
“Forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.”
“But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.”
“In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;”
“And [that] they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.”
“¶ Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,”
“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.”
“And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.”
“‹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.›”
“And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.”