Deuteronomy 17:17

Bible in Basic English 1965

And he is not to have a great number of wives, for fear that his heart may be turned away; or great wealth of silver and gold.

Cross References

Genesis 2:24

For this cause will a man go away from his father and his mother and be joined to his wife; and they will be one flesh.

2 Samuel 12:11

The Lord says, From those of your family I will send evil against you, and before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to your neighbour, and he will take your wives to his bed by the light of this sun.

2 Samuel 5:13

And David took more women and wives in Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron: and he had more sons and daughters.

1 Kings 10:21

And all King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold; not one was of silver, for no one gave a thought to silver in the days of King Solomon.

1 Kings 10:27

And the king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.

1 Chronicles 14:3

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

2 Chronicles 1:15

And the king made silver and gold as common as stones in Jerusalem, and cedar like the sycamore-trees of the lowland in number.

2 Chronicles 11:21

Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, was dearer to Rehoboam than all his wives and his servant-wives: for he had eighteen wives and sixty servant-wives, and was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

Nehemiah 13:26

Was it not in these things that Solomon, king of Israel, did wrong? among a number of nations there was no king like him, and he was dear to his God, and God made him king over all Israel: but even he was made to do evil by strange women.

Psalm 62:10

Have no faith in the rewards of evil-doing, or in profits wrongly made: if your wealth is increased, do not put your hopes on it.

Proverbs 31:3

Do not give your strength to women, or your ways to that which is the destruction of kings.

Malachi 2:15

(UNTRANSLATED TEXT) So give thought to your spirit, and let no one be false to the wife of his early years.

Matthew 13:22

And that which was dropped among the thorns, this is he who has the word; and the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, put a stop to the growth of the word and it gives no fruit.

Matthew 19:5

For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two will become one flesh?

Luke 12:15

And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.

1 Timothy 6:17

Give orders to those who have money and goods in this life, not to be lifted up in their minds, or to put their hope in the uncertain chances of wealth, but in God who gives us in full measure all things for our use;

1 Timothy 6:9

But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction.