Genesis 38:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Be his

Deuteronomy 25:6

Ruth 1:11

Ruth 4:10

Lest that

James 4:5

Bible References

Be his

It shall be that the firstborn whom she bears shall assume the name of his dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.

But Naomi said, “Return, my daughters. Why should you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, to be my wife in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance, so that the name of the deceased will not be cut off from his brothers or from the court of his birth place; you are witnesses today.”

Lest that

“For anger slays the foolish man,
And jealousy kills the simple.

Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood,
But who can stand before jealousy?

For we also once were foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth.

Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose: “He jealously desires the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us”?