Deuteronomy 17:17

Modern English Version

He shall not acquire many wives for himself, lest his heart turn away; nor shall he acquire for himself excess silver and gold.

Cross References

Genesis 2:24

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

2 Samuel 12:11

“Thus says the Lord: Behold, I will raise up trouble against you from within your own house. I will take your wives before your eyes and will give them to your neighbor, and he will lie with your wives in broad daylight.

2 Samuel 5:13

David took more concubines and wives in Jerusalem, after having come from Hebron, and they bore him more sons and daughters.

1 Kings 10:21

All of King Solomon’s drinking cups were made of gold, and all the cups of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were made of pure gold. None were made of silver, for it was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon.

1 Kings 10:27

The king made silver to be in Jerusalem as plentiful as stones, and he made cedars to be as plentiful as sycamore trees in the valley.

1 Chronicles 14:3

Now David took more wives in Jerusalem, and David fathered more sons and daughters.

2 Chronicles 1:15

The king made silver and gold in Jerusalem as abundant as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore trees in the lowlands of the Shephelah.

2 Chronicles 11:21

And Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom more than his other wives and concubines (for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines), and he had twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

Nehemiah 13:26

Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless, foreign women caused even him to sin.

Psalm 62:10

Trust not in oppression; put no vain hope in robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart on them.

Proverbs 31:3

Do not give your strength to women, nor your ways to those who destroy kings.

Malachi 2:15

Did He not make them one, having a remnant of the Spirit? And why one? He seeks godly offspring. So take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.

Matthew 13:22

He also who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

Matthew 19:5

and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’ ?

Luke 12:15

Then He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness. For a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

1 Timothy 6:17

Command those who are rich in this world that they not be conceited, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who richly gives us all things to enjoy.

1 Timothy 6:9

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare and into many foolish and harmful lusts, which drown men in ruin and destruction.