Deu 17:17, 2Sa 5:13, 1Ki 11:3, 1Ch 3:1-4, Pro 5:18-19, Ecc 7:26-29, 9:9 | ESV | STEP | And he shall not acquire many wives for himself, lest his heart turn away, nor shall he acquire for himself excessive silver and gold .

h[See ver. 15 above]

i Deut. 24:5

j Mal. 2:14

k Song 2:9, 17; 8:14

l[Jer. 31:14]

n Prov. 5:4

oSee Prov. 2:16

p Prov. 12:12; [Prov. 23:28]

q Prov. 22:14

rSee ch. 1:1

s Job 33:23; [ver. 20]

ySee ch. 2:10

Deuteronomy 17:17

17 And he ^ashall not acquire many wives for himself, lest his heart turn away, ^bnor shall he acquire for himself excessive silver and gold.

2 Samuel 5:13

13 And David took more ^cconcubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were born to David.

1 Kings 11:3

3 He had 700 wives, who were princesses, and 300 concubines. And his wives turned away his heart.

1 Chronicles 3:1-4

Descendants of David

1 ^dThese are the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelite; the second, ^eDaniel, by Abigail the Carmelite, 2 the third, Absalom, whose mother was Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith; 3 the fifth, Shephatiah, by Abital; the sixth, Ithream, by his wife Eglah; 4 six were born to him in Hebron, ^fwhere he reigned for seven years and six months. ^gAnd he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

Proverbs 5:18-19

18 Let your ^hfountain be blessed,
and ⁱrejoice in ^jthe wife of your youth,
19 a lovely ^kdeer, a graceful doe.
Let her breasts ^lfill you at all times with delight;
be intoxicated ^{▼▼Hebrew be led astray; also verse 20} always in her love.

Ecclesiastes 7:26-29

26 And I find something more ⁿbitter than death: ^othe woman whose heart is ^psnares and nets, and whose hands are fetters. He who pleases God escapes her, but ^qthe sinner is taken by her. 27 Behold, this is what I found, says ^rthe Preacher, while adding one thing to another to find the scheme of things— 28 which my soul has sought repeatedly, but I have not found. ^sOne man among a thousand I found, but ^ta woman among all these I have not found. 29 See, this alone I found, that ^uGod made man upright, but ^vthey have sought out many schemes.

Ecclesiastes 9:9

9 Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your ^wvain ^{▼▼The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)} life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your ^yportion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.