Deuteronomy 17:17

God's Word

The king must never have a large number of wives, or he will turn away ⌞from God⌟. And he must never own a lot of gold and silver.

Cross References

Genesis 2:24

That is why a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and they will become one flesh.

2 Samuel 12:11

“This is what the Lord says: I will stir up trouble against you within your own household, and before your own eyes I will take your wives and give them to someone close to you. He will go to bed with your wives in broad daylight.

2 Samuel 5:13

David married more concubines  and wives from Jerusalem after he had come there from Hebron, and he fathered more sons and daughters.

1 Kings 10:21

All King Solomon’s cups were gold, and all the utensils for the hall ⌞which he called⌟ the Forest of Lebanon were fine gold. (Nothing was silver, because it wasn’t considered valuable in Solomon’s time.)

1 Kings 10:27

The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as plentiful as fig trees in the foothills.

1 Chronicles 14:3

David married more wives in Jerusalem and fathered more sons and daughters.

2 Chronicles 1:15

The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as plentiful as fig trees in the foothills.

2 Chronicles 11:21

Rehoboam loved Maacah, Absalom’s granddaughter, more than all his other wives and concubines. (He had 18 wives and 60 concubines. He fathered 28 sons and 60 daughters.)

Nehemiah 13:26

I said, “Wasn’t it because of marriages like these that King Solomon of Israel sinned? There wasn’t a king like him among all nations. God loved him, and God made him king of all Israel. But his non-Israelite wives led him to sin.

Psalm 62:10

Do not count on extortion ⌞to make you rich⌟. Do not hope to gain anything through robbery. When riches increase, do not depend on them.

Proverbs 31:3

Don’t give your strength to women or your power to those who ruin kings.

Malachi 2:15

Didn’t ⌞God⌟ make you one? Your flesh and spirit belong to him. And what does the same ⌞God⌟ look for but godly descendants? So be careful not to be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.

Matthew 13:22

The seed planted among thornbushes ⌞is another person who⌟ hears the word. But the worries of life and the deceitful pleasures of riches choke the word so that it can’t produce anything.

Matthew 19:5

and that he said, ‘That’s why a man will leave his father and mother and will remain united with his wife, and the two will be one’?

Luke 12:15

He told the people, “Be careful to guard yourselves from every kind of greed. Life is not about having a lot of material possessions.”

1 Timothy 6:17

Tell those who have the riches of this world not to be arrogant and not to place their confidence in anything as uncertain as riches. Instead, they should place their confidence in God who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.

1 Timothy 6:9

But people who want to get rich keep falling into temptation. They are trapped by many stupid and harmful desires which drown them in destruction and ruin.