Multiple Wives

If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.

Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

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

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.

Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated: — read the full passage →

But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.

And I gave thee thy master’s house, and thy master’s wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? — read the full passage →

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? — read the full passage →

And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him, — read the full passage →

The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: — read the full passage →

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.

But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.

And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)

That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, — read the full passage →

This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →

Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:

And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:

The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. — read the full passage →

Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. — read the full passage →

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.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.

For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water, — read the full passage →

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; — read the full passage →

If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her. — read the full passage →

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:

And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,

And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest. — read the full passage →

And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; — read the full passage →

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. — read the full passage →

For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. — read the full passage →

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. — read the full passage →

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.

Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →

The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. — read the full passage →

But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; — read the full passage →

Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.

But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. — read the full passage →

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