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
Lest that
Bible References
Be his
Deuteronomy 25:6
It shall be that her firstborn [son] will be given the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out of Israel.
Ruth 1:11
But Naomi said, “Go back, my daughters, why should you go with me? Do I still have sons in my womb that may become your husbands?
Ruth 4:10
I have also acquired Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, to be my wife to restore the name of the deceased to his inheritance, so that the name of the deceased will not be cut off from his brothers or from the gate of his birthplace. You are witnesses today.”
Lest that
Job 5:2
“For anger slays the foolish man,
And jealousy kills the simple (naive).
“For anger slays the foolish man,
And jealousy kills the simple (naive).
Proverbs 27:4
Wrath is cruel and anger is an overwhelming flood,
But who is able to endure and stand before [the sin of] jealousy?
Wrath is cruel and anger is an overwhelming flood,
But who is able to endure and stand before [the sin of] jealousy?
Titus 3:3
For we too once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various sinful desires and pleasures, spending and wasting our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
James 3:14
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be arrogant, and [as a result] be in defiance of the truth.
James 4:5
Or do you think that the Scripture says to no purpose that the [human] spirit which He has made to dwell in us lusts with envy?