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What does the Bible say about multiple wives?

19 verses about multiple wives, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

14 booksMost in Deuteronomy

Bible verses about multiple wives

Exodus 21:10 — If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. 6 votes
Deuteronomy 17:17 — Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. 6 votes
1 Corinthians 7:2 — Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 6 votes
1 Timothy 3:2 — A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 6 votes
1 Kings 11:3 — And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. 5 votes
Isaiah 4:1 — And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach. 5 votes
Luke 16:18 — Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery. 4 votes
1 Timothy 3:12 — Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. 4 votes
Genesis 4:19 — And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. 3 votes
Deuteronomy 21:15 — If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated: 3 votes
2 Samuel 12:8 — And I gave thee thy master’s house, and thy master’s wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things. 3 votes
Proverbs 18:22 — Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD. 3 votes
Matthew 5:32 — But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery. 3 votes
Genesis 2:24 — Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. 2 votes
Matthew 19:3 — The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? 2 votes
Ephesians 5:31 — For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. 2 votes
Ephesians 5:33 — Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband. 2 votes
Titus 1:6 — If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. 2 votes
1 Peter 3:1 — Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; 2 votes

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Genesis (2), Deuteronomy (2), Matthew (2), Ephesians (2), 1 Timothy (2), Exodus (1), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (1), Luke (1), 1 Corinthians (1) and 2 more

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