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.

But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, 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 seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name; take thou away our reproach.

Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth one that is put away from a husband committeth adultery.

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

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

but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, maketh her an adulteress: and whosoever shall marry her when she is put away 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 favor of Jehovah.

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 have added 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.

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

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives;

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.

Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.

And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, 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.

And there came to him certain of the Sadducees, they that say that there is no resurrection; — read the full passage →

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

Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

Or know ye not that he that is joined to a harlot is one body? for, The twain, saith he, shall become one flesh.

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been 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 worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.

But Abijah waxed mighty, and took unto himself 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.

And 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 own hands.

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

For no word from God shall be void of power.

And Rehoboam loved Maacah 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 train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, — read the full passage →

Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh 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 unto you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him in the midst of you, even as ye yourselves know;

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

A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.

If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the first-born son be hers that was hated;

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

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

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the 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 for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her when she is put away committeth adultery.

The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ. — read the full passage →

So 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 a 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 birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

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

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

Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.

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

If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married 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 a husband’s brother unto her. — read the full passage →

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:

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

And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,

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

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

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

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

And 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 up for it; — read the full passage →

But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.

But from the beginning of the creation, Male and female made he them. — read the full passage →

For I hate putting away, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, and him that covereth his garment with violence, saith Jehovah of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her life-time.

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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

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

And 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, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

for this cause ought the woman to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.

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

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

And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, 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 became 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 his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

let the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law. — read the full passage →

Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites; — read the full passage →

Thus saith Jehovah, 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 neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?

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

but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible apparel 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, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. — read the full passage →

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness: