Bible verses about "polygamy" | LITV

⁹ And Leah saw that she had ceased from bearing. And she took Zilpah, her slave-girl, and gave her to Jacob for a wife.

⁴ And she gave her slave-girl Bilhah to him for a wife. And Jacob went in to her.

¹ And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses, because of the Cushite woman whom he had taken. For he had taken a Cushite woman.

⁵ If brothers live together, and one of them dies, and has no son, the wife of the dead shall not go outside to a strange man; her brother-in-law shall go in to her, and take her to himself for a wife, and shall perform the duty of the levirate; ⁶ and it shall be, the first-born which she bears shall rise up for his dead brother's name, and his name shall not be wiped out of Israel. ⁷ And if the man does not desire to take his brother's wife then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate, to the elders, and say, My husband's brother is refusing to raise up a name to his brother in Israel; he has not been willing to perform the duty of my levirate. ⁸ And the elders of his city shall call for him and shall speak to him. And he shall stand and say, I have no desire to take her. ⁹ Then his brother's wife shall draw near to him before the elders, and shall take his shoe from his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So it shall be done to the man who will not build up the house of his brother. ¹⁰ And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him whose shoe was taken off.

¹⁴ When you come into the land which Jehovah your God is giving to you, and have possessed it, and settled in it; and you shall say, Let me set a king over me like all the nations around me, ¹⁵ then you shall certainly set a king over you. You may not set an alien over you, one who is not your brother. ¹⁶ Only, he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to turn back to Egypt so as to multiply horses, since Jehovah has said to you, You shall not again return in this way any more. ¹⁷ And he shall not multiply wives to himself, and his heart shall not turn aside. And he shall not greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. ¹⁸ And it shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book, from before the priests, the Levites. ¹⁹ And it shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear Jehovah your God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them; ²⁰ so that his heart may not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left; so that he may prolong his days over his kingdom, he and his sons in the midst of Israel.

¹³ And David again took concubines and wives out of Jerusalem after he came from Hebron. And again sons and daughters were born to David.

¹ And there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim from the hills of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite. ² And he had two wives the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the second, Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

¹ And king Solomon loved many foreign women, even the daughter of Pharaoh, Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, Hittites; ² of the nations which Jehovah said to the sons of Israel, You shall not go in to them, and they shall not go in to you; surely they shall turn aside your heart after their gods; Solomon clung to these in love. ³ And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart. ⁴ And it happened, at the time Solomon was old, his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, like the heart of his father David.

³ And Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he fathered sons and daughters.

⁵ And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

⁸ Sixty of them are queens, and eighty concubines, and virgins without number.

¹ And the word of Jehovah was to me, saying, ² Son of man, there were two women, daughters of one mother. ³ And they fornicated in Egypt; in their youth they fornicated. Their breasts were handled, and there their virgin nipples were worked. ⁴ And their names were Oholah, the oldest, and Oholibah, her sister. And they were Mine, and they bore sons and daughters. And their names: Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem is Oholibah.

¹ But concerning what you wrote to me, it is good for a man not to touch a woman; ² but because of fornication, let each have his own wife, and let each have her own husband. ³ Let the husband give due kindness to the wife, and likewise the wife also to the husband. ⁴ The wife does not have authority of her own body, but the husband. And likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife. ⁵ Do not deprive one another, unless by agreement for a time, that you may be free for fasting and prayer. And come together again on the same place, that Satan may not tempt you through your incontinence.

⁵ For this cause I left you in Crete, that you might set in order the things lacking and appoint elders in every city, as I ordered you: ⁶ If anyone is blameless, husband of one wife, having faithful children, not in accusation of loose behavior, or disobedient, ⁷ (for the overseer must be blameless as a steward of God), not self-pleasing, not prone to anger, not given to wine, not a quarreler, not greedy of ill gain; ⁸ but hospitable, a lover of good, discreet, just, holy, temperate,

¹⁹ And Lamech took two wives to himself: the name of the first was Adah; and the name of the second was Zillah.

³⁰ And seventy sons were born to Gideon, coming out of his loins; for he had many wives.

²¹ And Abijah became mighty, and he took fourteen wives to himself. And he fathered twenty two sons and sixteen daughters.

¹ And these were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: the first-born, Amnon, born to Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel, to Abigail of Carmel; ² the third, Absalom, the son of Maachah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; ³ the fifth, Shephatiah, to Abital. The sixth, Ithream, to his wife Eglah. ⁴ These six were born to him in Hebron. And he reigned there seven years and six months. And he reigned in Jerusalem thirty three years. ⁵ And these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four to Bathsheba the daughter of Ammiel; ⁶ also Ibhar, and Elishama, and Eliphelet; ⁷ also Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia; ⁸ and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. ⁹ These were all the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.

²¹ And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines (for he had taken eighteen wives, and sixty concubines; and he fathered twenty eight sons and sixty daughters).

⁸ And I gave you the house of your master, and your master's wives into your bosom. And I gave you the house of Israel and of Judah. And if that were too little, then I would have added to you these and those things .

¹⁵ If a man has two wives, the one loved, and the other hated; and they have borne him sons, both the loved one and the hated one; and if the first-born son was of her who was hated, ¹⁶ then it shall be, in the day that he causes his son to inherit that which he has, he may not cause to inherit the son of the loved one the first-born before the son of the hated one, who is truly the first-born. ¹⁷ But he shall acknowledge the first-born, the son of the hated one, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is the firstfruit of his strength, the right of the first-born is his.

¹ Joash was a son of seven years when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; and the name of his mother was Zibiah of Beersheba. ² And Joash did the right in the eyes of Jehovah all the days of Jehoiada the priest. ³ And Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he fathered sons and daughters.

¹ And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothing, only let your name be called on us; collect our shame.

¹ Then the kingdom of Heaven shall be compared to ten virgins who taking their lamps, went out to a meeting of the bridegroom. ² And five of them were wise, and five foolish. ³ Those being foolish, taking their lamps, did not take oil with them. ⁴ But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. ⁵ But the bridegroom delaying, all nodded and slept. ⁶ And at midnight, a cry occurred: Behold, the bridegroom comes! Go out to meet him. ⁷ Then all those virgins arose and prepared their lamps. ⁸ And the foolish said to the wise, Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out. ⁹ But the wise answered, saying, No, lest there not be enough for us and you. But rather, go to those who sell and buy for yourselves. ¹⁰ But they going away to buy, the bridegroom came. And those ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was shut. ¹¹ And afterwards, the rest of the virgins also came, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. ¹² But answering, he said, Truly I say to you, I do not know you. ¹³ Therefore, watch, for you do not know the day nor the hour in which the Son of man comes. ¹⁴ For it is as if a man going abroad called his own slaves and delivered his goods to them. ¹⁵ And to one indeed he gave five talents, and to another, two, and to another, one, to each according to his ability. And he went abroad at once. ¹⁶ And going, the one who received the five talents worked with them and made another five talents. ¹⁷ In the same way, the one with the two also did; he also gained another two. ¹⁸ But going away, the one who received the one dug in the earth and hid his lord's silver. ¹⁹ And after much time, the lord of those slaves came and took account with them. ²⁰ And coming up, the one who received five talents brought another five talents near, saying, Lord, you delivered five talents to me. Behold, I gained another five talents above them. ²¹ And his lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful over a few things; I will set you over many. Enter into the joy of your lord. ²² And the one who received two talents also coming up, he said, Lord, you delivered two talents to me. Behold, I have gained two other talents above them. ²³ His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful over a few things, I will set you over many. Enter into the joy of your lord. ²⁴ And the one who received the one talent also coming up, he said, Lord, I knew you, that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter; ²⁵ and being afraid, going away, I hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have yours. ²⁶ And answering, his lord said to him, Evil and slothful slave! You knew that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I did not I scatter. ²⁷ Then you ought to have put my silver to the bankers, and coming I would have received my own with interest. ²⁸ Therefore, take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents. ²⁹ For to each who has, more will be given, and he will abound. But from him who does not have, even that which he has will be taken from him. ³⁰ And throw the worthless slave out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of the teeth. ³¹ But when the Son of man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. ³² And before Him shall be gathered all the nations; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. ³³ And indeed He will set the sheep off His right, but the goats off the left hand . ³⁴ Then the King will say to those on His right, Come, the blessed of My Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. ³⁵ For I hungered, and you gave Me food to eat; I thirsted, and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger, and you took Me in; ³⁶ naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me. ³⁷ Then the righteous will answer, saying, Lord, when did we see You hungry, and fed You; or thirsting, and gave You drink? ³⁸ And when did we see You a stranger, and took You in; or naked, and clothed You ? ³⁹ And when did we see You sick, or in prison, and came to You? ⁴⁰ And answering, the King will say to them, Truly I say to you, Inasmuch as you did it to one of these, the least of My brothers, you did it to Me. ⁴¹ Then He will also say to those on His left, Go away from Me, cursed ones, into the everlasting fire having been prepared for the Devil and his angels. ⁴² For I hungered, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I thirsted, and you gave me nothing to drink; ⁴³ I was a stranger, and you did not take Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me. ⁴⁴ Then they also will answer Him, saying, Lord, when did we see You hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to You? ⁴⁵ Then He will answer them, saying, Truly I say to you, Inasmuch as you did not do it to one of these, the least, neither did you do it to Me. ⁴⁶ And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into everlasting life.

¹⁰ If he takes another for himself, her flesh, her clothing, and her conjugal right shall not be diminished.