And he shall not acquire many wives for himself, lest his heart turn away, nor shall he acquire for himself excessive silver and gold.

他也不可为自己多立妃嫔，恐怕他的心偏邪；也不可为自己多积金银。

王不可为自己多立妃嫔，免得他的心偏离；也不可为自己多积金银。

王不可为自己多立妃嫔，免得他的心偏离；也不可为自己多积金银。

他不可拥有许多妃嫔，恐怕他的心会偏离耶和华，也不可为自己积蓄大量金银。

他也不可为自己加添妃嫔，恐怕他的心偏离了耶和华；也不可为自己积蓄极多的金钱。

他也不可為自己多立妃嬪，恐怕他的心偏邪；也不可為自己多積金銀。

王不可為自己多立妃嬪，免得他的心偏離；也不可為自己多積金銀。

王不可為自己多立妃嬪，免得他的心偏離；也不可為自己多積金銀。

他不可擁有許多妃嬪，恐怕他的心會偏離耶和華，也不可為自己積蓄大量金銀。

他也不可為自己加添妃嬪，恐怕他的心偏離了耶和華；也不可為自己積蓄極多的金錢。

王也不可為自己加多妃嬪，恐怕他的心偏邪；他也不可為自己加多金銀到極多。

毋多置妃嬪、恐致心偏、毋廣積金銀、

王之嬪妃、不可加多、恐心昏迷、亦不得廣積金銀。

不可多有妃嬪、恐其心偏邪、亦不可廣積金銀、

He must not take many wives, or his heart will be led astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold.

The king must not have many wives. If he does, they will lead him astray. He must not store up large amounts of silver and gold.

The king must not take many wives for himself, because they will turn his heart away from the Lord. And he must not accumulate large amounts of wealth in silver and gold for himself.

He must not acquire many wives for himself so that his heart won’t go astray. He must not acquire very large amounts of silver and gold for himself.

And he shall not acquire many wives for himself, so that his heart does not turn away; nor shall he greatly increase silver and gold for himself.

Neither shall he multiply wives for himself, lest his heart turn away; nor shall he greatly multiply silver and gold for himself.

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

He must not acquire many wives for himself so that his heart won’t go astray. He must not acquire very large amounts of silver and gold for himself.

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

Furthermore, he must not marry many wives lest his affections turn aside, and he must not accumulate much silver and gold.

He shall not multiply wives to himself, that his heart not turn away. He shall not greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

Did not Solomon king of Israel sin on account of such women? Among the many nations there was no king like him, and he was beloved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless, foreign women made even him to sin.

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Now King Solomon loved many foreign women, along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women,from the nations concerning which the Lord had said to the people of Israel,“ You shall not enter into marriage with them, neither shall they with you, for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love.He had 700 wives, who were princesses, and 300 concubines. And his wives turned away his heart.For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.

Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me,lest I be full and deny you and say,“ Who is the Lord?” or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God.

Put no trust in extortion; set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart on them.

and said,‘ Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?

And sons were born to David at Hebron: his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam of Jezreel;and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;and the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah, David’s wife. These were born to David in Hebron.

And he said to them,“ Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.

Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? And what was the one God seeking? Godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and let none of you be faithless to the wife of your youth.

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

And Jesus said to his disciples,“ Truly, I say to you, only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven.Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”

As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.

“ Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None were of silver; silver was not considered as anything in the days of Solomon.