Polygamy

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

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 →

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

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.

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.

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

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.)

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

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

Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Zibiah of Beer–sheba. — read the full passage →

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.

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 →

When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.

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

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

And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.

Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim–zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: — read the full passage →

Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess: — read the full passage →

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

And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.

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 →

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 Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.

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

When thou art come unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me; — read the full passage →

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: — read the full passage →

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

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.

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:

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.

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

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

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

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:

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.

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

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.

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

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; — read the full passage →

And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. — read the full passage →

And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.

But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.

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

And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

When thou art come unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;

And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.

And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

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

Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.

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

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

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 →

And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. — read the full passage →

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?

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

And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. — 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;

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.

Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

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

And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; — 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 →

And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

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

Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

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

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →

For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. — read the full passage →

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

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

So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:

And Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, and went not fully after the Lord, as did David his father.

But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.

And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?

And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan; — read the full passage →

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

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 →

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

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

And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. — read the full passage →

For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

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 →

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. — read the full passage →

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. — read the full passage →

And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

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 →

And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab’s children, saying,

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.

Then said the Lord unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the Lord toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.

And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.

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.

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father.