Bible Quotes About Multiple Wives

“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”

“And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.”

“If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.”

“Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.”

“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:”

“Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.”

“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. let: Heb. let thy name be called upon us to take: or, take thou away”

“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.”

“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?”

“Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.”

“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.”

“Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.”

“If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.”