Deuteronomy 17:17

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

He shall not have many wives, that may allure his mind, nor immense sums of silver and gold.

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:26

Did not Solomon king of Israel sin in this kind of thing? And surely among many nations there was not a king like him. And he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: and yet women of other countries brought even him to sin.

Matthew 19:5

For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh.

Psalm 62:10

But they have sought my soul in vain, they shall go into the lower parts of the earth:

Genesis 2:24

Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh.

Malachi 2:15

Did not one make her, and she is the residue of his spirit? And what doth one seek, but the seed of God? Keep then your spirit, and despise not the wife of thy youth.

1 Timothy 6:17

Charge the rich of this world not to be highminded, nor to trust in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, (who giveth us abundantly all things to enjoy,)

1 Timothy 6:9

For they that will become rich, fall into temptation, and into the snare of the devil, and into many unprofitable and hurtful desires, which drown men into destruction and perdition.

Luke 12:15

And he said to them: Take heed and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life doth not consist in the abundance of things which he possesseth.

Matthew 13:22

And he that received the seed among thorns, is he that heareth the word, and the care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choketh up the word, and he becometh fruitless.

1 Kings 10:21

Moreover all the vessels, out of which king Solomon drank, were of gold: and all the furniture of the house of the forest of Libanus was of most pure gold: there was no silver, nor was any account made of it in the days of Solomon.

2 Samuel 5:13

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

2 Samuel 12:11

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

1 Kings 10:27

And he made silver to be as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones: and cedars to be as common as sycamores which grow in the plains.

2 Chronicles 1:15

And the king made silver and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar-trees as sycamores, which grow in the plains in great multitude.

2 Chronicles 11:21

And Roboam loved Maacha the daughter of Absalom, above all his wives and concubines. For he had married eighteen wives, and threescore concubines. And he begot eight and twenty sons, and threescore daughters.

Proverbs 31:3

Give not thy substance to women, and thy riches to destroy kings.

1 Chronicles 14:3

And David took other wives in Jerusalem: and he begot sons, and daughters.