Deuteronomy 17:17

Tree of Life Version

Nor should he multiply wives for himself, so that his heart does not turn aside, nor multiply much silver and gold for himself.

Cross References

Genesis 2:24

This is why a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife; and they become one flesh.

2 Samuel 12:11

“Thus says Adonai: Behold, I am going to raise up evil against you from your own household, and I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.

2 Samuel 5:13

Then David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were born to David.

1 Kings 10:21

All of King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the Forest House of Lebanon were of pure gold. (None was of silver—that did not count for anything in the days of Solomon.)

1 Kings 10:27

Also the king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem, and cedars as plentiful as sycamore trees in the foothills.

1 Chronicles 14:3

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

2 Chronicles 1:15

The king made silver and gold as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars as plentiful as sycamores in the foothills.

2 Chronicles 11:21

Now Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines—for he took 18 wives and 60 concubines and fathered 28 sons and 60 daughters.

Nehemiah 13:26

Didn’t Solomon king of Israel sin about these things? Yet among many nations there was never any king like him. Yes, he was beloved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless, the foreign women caused even him to sin.

Psalm 62:10

Sons of Adam are a vapor, sons of man are an illusion. In balanced scales they go up— altogether they are less than a breath.

Proverbs 31:3

do not give your vigor to women, or your ways to what ruins kings.

Malachi 2:15

Did the One not make her with a remnant of Ruach? Then what is the One seeking? Offspring of God! So protect your spirit— do not betray the wife of your youth.

Matthew 13:22

“But the one sown among the thorns, this is the one who hears the word; and the worries of the world and the seduction of wealth choke the word, and it 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, “Watch out! Be on guard against all kinds of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the material goods he possesses.”

1 Timothy 6:17

Direct those who are rich in this present age not to be proud or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but rather on God—who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.

1 Timothy 6:9

But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and a trap and many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.