Deuteronomy 17:17

The Scriptures 1998

“And he is not to increase wives for himself, lest his heart turn away, nor is he to greatly increase silver and gold for himself.

Cross References

Genesis 2:24

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

2 Samuel 12:11

“Thus said יהוה, ‘See, I am raising up evil against you, from your own house, and shall take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbour, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.

2 Samuel 5:13

And Dawiḏ

1 Kings 10:21

And all the drinking vessels of Sovereign Shelomoh were of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Leḇ

1 Kings 10:27

And the sovereign made silver as common in Yerushalayim as stones, and he made cedars as plenty as the sycamores which are in the low country.

1 Chronicles 14:3

And Dawiḏ

2 Chronicles 1:15

And the sovereign made silver and gold to be as stones in Yerushalayim, and he made cedars to be as plenty as the sycamores which are in the low country.

2 Chronicles 11:21

And Reḥ

Nehemiah 13:26

“Did not Shelomoh sovereign of Yisra’ĕ

Psalm 62:10

Do not trust in oppression. And do not become vain in robbery; If riches increase, Do not set your heart on them.

Proverbs 31:3

Do not give your strength to women, Nor your ways to wiping away sovereigns.

Malachi 2:15

And did He not make one? And He had the remnant of the Spirit? And what is the one alone? He seeks a seed of Elohim. So you shall guard your spirit, and let none act treacherously against the wife of his youth.

Matthew 13:22

“And that sown among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the worry of this age and the deceit of riches choke the word, and it becomes fruitless.

Matthew 19:5

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

Luke 12:15

And He said to them, “Mind, and beware of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the excess of his possessions.”

1 Timothy 6:17

Charge those who are rich in this present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living Elohim, who gives us richly all for enjoyment,

1 Timothy 6:9

But those wishing to be rich fall into trial and a snare, and into many foolish and injurious lusts which plunge men in ruin and destruction.