Bible Verses About Contraception

And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.

Important passage for the jealousy test in this discussion

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.

Main Onan passage used in the topic

But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

Direct New Testament command against sexual immorality.

And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.

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And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:

Immediate setup for Numbers 5

Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;

Another verse from the same passage

And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:

Part of the same Numbers 5 unit

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

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.

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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.

General sexual abstinence text often discussed alongside contraception topics

As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.

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Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

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But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.

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Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

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His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.

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And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.

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And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,

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Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

Marriage passage sometimes used in sexual ethics discussions.

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

General holiness command relevant to the topic.

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

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Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

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Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

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But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.

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Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

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Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.

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They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

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And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.

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There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.

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As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.

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