Deuteronomy 17:17 Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:17
17: The king must not take many wives for himself, because they will lead him away from the LORD. And he must not accumulate vast amounts of wealth in silver and gold for himself.
1 Kings 11:1
- Now King Solomon loved many foreign women. Besides Pharaoh's daughter, he married women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon, and from among the Hittites.
- The LORD had clearly instructed his people not to intermarry with those nations, because the women they married would lead them to worship their gods. Yet Solomon insisted on loving them anyway.
- He had seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines. And sure enough, they led his heart away from the LORD.
- In Solomon's old age, they turned his heart to worship their gods instead of trusting only in the LORD his God, as his father, David, had done.
Nehemiah 13:26
- "Wasn't this exactly what led King Solomon of Israel into sin?" I demanded. "There was no king from any nation who could compare to him, and God loved him and made him king over all Israel. But even he was led into sin by his foreign wives.
Genesis 2:24
- This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.
Matthew 19:5
- And he said, 'This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.'
Proverbs 30:8
- First, help me never to tell a lie. Second, give me neither poverty nor riches! Give me just enough to satisfy my needs.
- For if I grow rich, I may deny you and say, "Who is the LORD?" And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God's holy name.
Psalms 62:10
- Don't try to get rich by extortion or robbery. And if your wealth increases, don't make it the center of your life.
Malachi 2:15
- Didn't the LORD make you one with your wife? In body and spirit you are his. And what does he want? Godly children from your union. So guard yourself; remain loyal to the wife of your youth.
Matthew 19:23
- Then Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you the truth, it is very hard for a rich person to get into the Kingdom of Heaven.
- I say it again--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!"
2 Samuel 3:2
- These were the sons who were born to David in Hebron: The oldest was Amnon, whose mother was Ahinoam of Jezreel.
- The second was Kileab, whose mother was Abigail, the widow of Nabal from Carmel. The third was Absalom, whose mother was Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur.
- The fourth was Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith. The fifth was Shephatiah, whose mother was Abital.
- The sixth was Ithream, whose mother was David's wife Eglah. These sons were all born to David in Hebron.
1 Timothy 6:9
- But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
Luke 12:15
- Then he said, "Beware! Don't be greedy for what you don't have. Real life is not measured by how much we own."
1 Timothy 6:17
- Tell those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which will soon be gone. But their trust should be in the living God, who richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment.
Matthew 13:22
- The thorny ground represents those who hear and accept the Good News, but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the cares of this life and the lure of wealth, so no crop is produced.
Matthew 6:19
- "Don't store up treasures here on earth, where they can be eaten by moths and get rusty, and where thieves break in and steal.
- Store your treasures in heaven, where they will never become moth-eaten or rusty and where they will be safe from thieves.
1 Kings 10:21
- All of King Solomon's drinking cups were solid gold, as were all the utensils in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. They were not made of silver because silver was considered of little value in Solomon's day!