Bible Verses About Polygamy

If he marries another wife, he is not to reduce her food, clothing or marital rights.

You are not to take a woman to be a rival with her sister and have sexual relations with her while her sister is still alive.

Likewise, he is not to acquire many wives for himself, so that his heart will not turn away; and he is not to acquire excessive quantities of silver and gold.

"If a man has two wives, the one loved and the other unloved, and both the loved and unloved wives have borne him children, and if the firstborn son is the child of the unloved wife;

then, when it comes time for him to pass his inheritance on to his sons, he may not give the inheritance due the firstborn to the son of the loved wife in place of the son of the unloved one, who is in fact the firstborn.

No, he must acknowledge as firstborn the son of the unloved wife by giving him a double portion of everything he owns, for he is the firstfruits of his manhood, and the right of the firstborn is his.

He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other P'ninah. P'ninah had children, but Hannah had no children.

I gave you your master's house and your master's wives to embrace. I gave you the house of Isra'el and the house of Y'hudah. And if that had been too little, I would have added to you a lot more.

Y'hoyada chose two wives for him, and he became the father of sons and daughters.

On that day, seven women will grab hold of one man and say, "We will supply our own food and wear our own clothes. Just let us bear your name; take away our disgrace."

ADONAI said to me, "Go once more, and show love to [this] wife [of yours] who has been loved by her boyfriend, to this adulteress - just as ADONAI loves the people of Isra'el, even though they turn to other gods and love the raisin cakes [offered to them]."

So I bought her back for myself with fifteen pieces of silver and eight bushels of barley .

Nevertheless, you ask, "Why is this?" Because ADONAI is witness between you and the wife of your youth that you have broken faith with her, though she is your companion, your wife by covenant.

And hasn't he made [them] one [flesh] in order to have spiritual blood-relatives? For what the one [flesh] seeks is a seed from God. Therefore, take heed to your spirit, and don't break faith with the wife of your youth.

He replied, "Haven't you read that at the beginning the Creator made them male and female,

and that he said, `For this reason a man should leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two are to become one flesh'?

Some P'rushim came up and tried to trap him by asking him, "Does the Torah permit a man to divorce his wife?"

He replied, "What did Moshe command you?"

They said, "Moshe allowed a man to hand his wife a get and divorce her."

But Yeshua said to them, "He wrote this commandment for you because of your hardheartedness.

However, at the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.

For this reason, a man should leave his father and mother and be united with his wife,

and the two are to become one flesh. Thus they are no longer two, but one.

A congregation leader must be above reproach, he must be faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, orderly, hospitable and able to teach.

Let the shammashim each be faithful to his wife, managing his children and household well.