Deuteronomy 17:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁷ He must not acquire many wives for himself so that his heart won’t go astray.  He must not acquire very large amounts of silver and gold for himself.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ And he shall not multiply wives to himself, that his [mind and] heart turn not away; neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ The king must not take numerous wives so that his heart doesn’t go astray. Nor can the king acquire too much silver and gold.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ He shall not have many wives, who might allure his mind, and he shall not have immense weights of silver and gold.

Deuteronomy 17:17 Cross References

Genesis 2:24

This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh.

2 Samuel 12:11

‘This is what the Lord says,  “I am going to bring disaster on you from your own family: I will take your wives and give them to another  before your very eyes, and he will sleep with them in broad daylight.

2 Samuel 5:13

After he arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.

1 Kings 10:21

All of King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon  were pure gold.  There was no silver, since it was considered as nothing in Solomon’s time,

1 Kings 10:27

The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones,  and he made cedar  as abundant as sycamore in the Judean foothills.

1 Chronicles 14:3

David took more wives in Jerusalem, and he became the father of more sons and daughters.

2 Chronicles 1:15

The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar as abundant as sycamore in the Judean foothills.

2 Chronicles 11:21

Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. He acquired eighteen wives  and sixty concubines and was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

Nehemiah 13:26

Didn’t King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel, yet foreign women drew him into sin.

Proverbs 31:3

Don’t spend your energy  on women or your efforts on those who destroy kings.

Malachi 2:15

Didn’t God make them one and give them a portion of spirit? What is the one seeking?  Godly offspring. So watch yourselves carefully,  , so that no one acts treacherously against the wife of his  youth.

Matthew 13:22

Now the one sown among the thorns #– #this is one who hears the word, but the worries of this age   and the deceitfulness   of wealth   choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Matthew 19:5

and he also said, “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh”?   ,

Luke 12:15

He then told them, ‘Watch out and be on your guard   against all greed,   because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions.’

1 Timothy 6:17

Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant  or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God,  who richly provides us with all things  to enjoy.

1 Timothy 6:9

But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.