Genesis 38:9

The English Standar Version

But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his. So whenever he went in to his brother's wife he would waste the semen on the ground, so as not to give offspring to his brother.

Cross References

Genesis 38:10

And what he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, and he put him to death also.

Job 5:2

Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.

Proverbs 27:4

Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?

Deuteronomy 25:5

"If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead man shall not be married outside the family to a stranger. Her husband's brother shall go in to her and take her as his wife and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.

Deuteronomy 25:6

And the first son whom she bears shall succeed to the name of his dead brother, that his name may not be blotted out of Israel.

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.

James 3:14

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.

James 3:16

For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.

James 4:5

Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, "He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us"?

Ruth 1:11

But Naomi said, "Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb that they may become your husbands?

Ruth 4:10

Also Ruth the Moabite, the widow of Mahlon, I have bought to be my wife, to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of his native place. You are witnesses this day."