Haller's Concordance: WIVES
- Who took two wives: the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the other Sella. Gen. 4:19
- And Lamech said to his wives Ada and Sella: Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech, hearken to my speech: for I have slain a man to the wounding of myself, and a stripling to my own bruising. Gen. 4:23
- The sons of God seeing the daughters of men, that they were fair, took themselves wives of all which they chose. Gen. 6:2
- And I will establish my covenant with thee, and thou shalt enter into the ark, thou and thy sons, and thy wife, and the wives of thy sons with thee. Gen. 6:18
- And Noe went in and his sons, his wife and the wives of his sons with him into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. Gen. 7:7
- In the selfsame day Noe, and Sem, and Cham, and Japheth, his sons: his wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, went into the ark. Gen. 7:13
- Go out of the ark, thou and thy wife, thy sons and the wives of thy sons with thee. Gen. 8:16
- So Noe went out, he and his sons: his wife, and the wives of his sons with him. Gen. 8:18
- And Abram and Nachor married wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai: and the name of Nachor's wife, Melcha, the daughter of Aran, father of Melcha and father of Jescha. Gen. 11:29
- And Esau being forty years old, married wives, Judith, the daughter of Beeri, the Hethite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon, of the same place. Gen. 26:34
- Give me my wives, and my children, for whom I have served thee, that I may depart: thou knowest the service that I have rendered thee. Gen. 30:26
- Then Jacob rose up, and having set his children and wives upon camels, went his way. Gen. 31:17
- If thou afflict my daughters, and if thou bring in other wives over them: none is witness of our speech but God, who is present and beholdeth. Gen. 31:50
- And rising early, he took his two wives and his two handmaids, with his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of Jaboc. Gen. 32:22
- These men are peaceable, and are willing to dwell with us: let them trade in the land, and till it, which being large and wide wanteth men to till it: we shall take their daughters for wives, and we will give them ours. Gen. 34:21
- And their children and wives they took captive. Gen. 34:29
- Esau took wives of the daughters of Chanaan: Ada the daughter of Elon the Hethite, and Oolibama the daughter of Ana, the daughter of Sebeon the Hevite: Gen. 36:2
- And Esau took his wives, and his sons and daughters, and every soul of his house, and his substance, and cattle, and all that he was able to acquire in the land of Chanaan: and went into another country, and departed from his brother Jacob. Gen. 36:6
- And these are his generations: Joseph, when he was sixteen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren, being but a boy: and he was with the sons of Bala and of Zelpha his father's wives: and he accused his brethren to his father of a most wicked crime. Gen. 37:2
- Give orders also that they take wagons out of the land of Egypt, for the carriage of their children and their wives; and say: Take up your father, and make haste to come with all speed: Gen. 45:19
- And Jacob rose up from the well of the oath: and his sons took him up, with their children and wives in the wagons, which Pharao had sent to carry the old man, Gen. 46:5
- All the souls that went with Jacob into Egypt, and that came out of his thigh, besides his sons' wives, sixty-six. Gen. 46:26
- He said to them: Be ready against the third day, and come not near your wives. Ex. 19:15
- And my rage shall be enkindled, and I will strike you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. Ex. 22:24
- And Aaron said to them: Take the golden earrings from the ears of your wives, and your sons and daughters, and bring them to me. Ex. 32:2
- Would God that we had died in Egypt: and would God we may die in this vast wilderness, and that the Lord may not bring us into this land, lest we fall by the sword, and our wives and children be led away captives. Is it not better to return into Egypt? Num. 14:3
- And when they were departed from their tents round about, Dathan and Abiron coming out stood in the entry of their pavilions with their wives and children, and all the people. Num. 16:27
- We will leave our children, and our wives and sheep and cattle, in the cities of Galaad: Num. 32:26
- Now if men of another tribe take them to wives, their possession will follow them, and being transferred to another tribe, will be a diminishing of our inheritance. Num. 36:3
- Lest the possession of the children of Israel be mingled from tribe to tribe. For all men shall marry wives of their own tribe and kindred: Num. 36:7
- Leaving your wives and children and cattle. For I know you have much cattle, and they must remain in the cities, which I have delivered to you. Dt. 3:19
- He shall not have many wives, that may allure his mind, nor immense sums of silver and gold. Dt. 17:17
- If a man have two wives, one beloved, and the other hated, and they have had children by him, and the son of the hated be the firstborn, Dt. 21:15
- Your children and your wives, and the stranger that abideth with thee in the camp, besides the hewers of wood, and them that bring water: Dt. 29:11
- Your wives, and children; and cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan: but pass you over armed before your brethren all of you that are strong of hand, and fight for them, Josu. 1:14
- And they took their daughters to wives, and they gave their own daughters to their sons, and they served their gods. Judg. 3:6
- One that was wiser than the rest of his wives, returned this answer to her mother in law: Judg. 5:29
- And he had seventy sons, who came out of his thigh, for he had many wives. Judg. 8:30
- He had thirty sons, and as many daughters, whom he sent abroad, and gave to husbands, and took wives for his sons, of the same number, bringing them into his house. And he judged Israel seven years: Judg. 12:9
- Whence shall they take wives? For we have all in general sworn, not to give our daughters to them. Judg. 21:7
- So they sent ten thousand of the most valiant men, and commanded them, saying: Go and put the inhabitants of Jabes Galaad to the sword, with their wives and their children. Judg. 21:10
- And the children of Benjamin came at that time, and wives were given them of the daughters of Jabes Galaad: but they found no others, whom they might give in like manner. Judg. 21:14
- And the ancients said: What shall we do with the rest, that have not received wives? for all the women in Benjamin are dead. Judg. 21:16
- And they took wives of the women of Moab, of which one was called Orpha, and the other Ruth. And they dwelt there ten years, Ruth 1:4
- And he had two wives, the name of one was Anna, and the name of the other Phenenna. Phenenna had children: but Anna had no children. 1 Ki. 1:2
- Moreover David took also Achinoam of Jezrahel: and they were both of them his wives. 1 Ki. 25:43
- And David dwelt with Achis at Geth, he and his men; every man with his household, and David with his two wives, Achinoam, the Jezrahelitess, and Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel. 1 Ki. 27:3
- So when David and his men came to the city, and found it burnt with fire, and that their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives, 1 Ki. 30:3
- For the two wives also of David were taken captives, Achinoam, the Jezrahelitess, and Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel. 1 Ki. 30:5
- So David recovered all that the Amalecites had taken, and he rescued his two wives. 1 Ki. 30:18
- So David went up, and his two wives Achinoam the Jezrahelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal of Carmel: 2 Ki. 2:2
- And David took more concubines and wives of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were born to David other sons also and daughters: 2 Ki. 5:13
- And gave thee thy master's house and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and Juda: and if these things be little, I shall add far greater things unto thee. 2 Ki. 12:8
- Thus saith the Lord: Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thy own house, and I will take thy wives before thy eyes and give them to thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. 2 Ki. 12:11
- Then Joab going into the house to the king, said: Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, that have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons, and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines. 2 Ki. 19:5
- And he had seven hundred wives as queens, and three hundred concubines: and the women turned away his heart. 3 Ki. 11:3
- And he did in this manner for all his wives that were strangers, who burnt incense, and offered sacrifice to their gods. 3 Ki. 11:8
- He said: Thus saith Benadad: Thy silver and thy gold is mine: and thy wives and thy goodliest children are mine. 3 Ki. 20:3
- And the messengers came again, and said: Thus saith Benadad, who sent us unto thee: Thy silver and thy gold, and thy wives and thy children, thou shalt deliver up to me. 3 Ki. 20:5
- And the king of Israel called all the ancients of the land, and said: Mark, and see that he layeth snares for us. For he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver and gold: and I said not nay. 3 Ki. 20:7
- ¤ Now a certain woman of the wives of the prophets, cried to Eliseus, saying: Thy servant, my husband, is dead, and thou knowest that thy servant was one that feared God, and behold the creditor is come to take away my two sons to serve him. 4 Ki. 4:1
- And he carried away Joachin into Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his eunuchs: and the judges of the land he carried into captivity, from Jerusalem, into Babylon. 4 Ki. 24:15
- And Assur the father of Thecua had two wives, Halaa and Naara: 1 Par. 4:5
- And there were with them by their families and peoples, six and thirty thousand most valiant men ready for war: for they had many wives and children. 1 Par. 7:4
- And Machir took wives for his sons Happhim, and Saphan: and he had a sister named Maacha: the name of the second was Salphaad, and Salphaad had daughters. 1 Par. 7:15
- And Saharim begot in the land of Moab, after he sent away Husim and Bara his wives. 1 Par. 8:8
- And David took other wives in Jerusalem: and he begot sons, and daughters. 1 Par. 14:3
- And Roboam loved Maacha the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and concubines: for he had married eighteen wives, and threescore concubines: and he begot eight and twenty sons, and threescore daughters. 2 Par. 11:21
- Because he was wiser and mightier than all his sons, and in all the countries of Juda, and of Benjamin, and in all the walled cities: and he gave them provisions in abundance, and he sought many wives. 2 Par. 11:23
- But Abia, being strengthened in his kingdom, took fourteen wives: and begot two and twenty sons, and sixteen daughters. 2 Par. 13:21
- And all Juda stood before the Lord with their little ones, and their wives, and their children. 2 Par. 20:13
- Behold the Lord will strike thee with a great plague, with all thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy substance. 2 Par. 21:14
- And they came up into the land of Juda, and wasted it, and they carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, his sons also, and his wives: so that there was no son left him but Joachaz, who was the youngest. 2 Par. 21:17
- And Joiada took for him two wives, by whom he had sons and daughters. 2 Par. 24:3
- Behold, our fathers are fallen by the sword, our sons, and our daughters, and wives are led away captives for this wickedness. 2 Par. 29:9
- And to all the multitude, both to their wives, and to their children of both sexes, victuals were given faithfully out of the things that had been sanctified. 2 Par. 31:18
- And Sechenias the son of Jehiel of the sons of Elam answered, and said to Esdras: We have sinned against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: and now if there be repentance in Israel concerning this, 1 Esd. 10:2
- Let us make a covenant with the Lord our God, to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the will of the Lord, and of them that fear the commandment of the Lord our God: let it be done according to the law. 1 Esd. 10:3
- And Esdras the priest stood up, and said to them: You have transgressed, and taken strange wives, to add to the sins of Israel. 1 Esd. 10:10
- And now make confession to the Lord the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure, and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from your strange wives. 1 Esd. 10:11
- Let rulers be appointed in all the multitude: and in all our cities, let them that have taken strange wives come at the times appointed, and with them the ancients and the judges of every city, until the wrath of our God be turned away from us for this sin. 1 Esd. 10:14
- And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month. 1 Esd. 10:17
- And there were found among the sons of the priests that had taken strange wives: Of the sons of Josue the son of Josedec, and his brethren, Maasia, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Godolia. 1 Esd. 10:18
- And they gave their hands to put away their wives, and to offer for their offence a ram of the flock. 1 Esd. 10:19
- All these had taken strange wives, and there were among them women that had borne children. 1 Esd. 10:44
- And I looked and rose up: and I said to the chief men and the magistrates, and to the rest of the common people: be not afraid of them. Remember the Lord who is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, and your wives, and your houses. 2 Esd. 4:14
- ¤ Now there was a great cry of the people, and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. 2 Esd. 5:1
- And the rest of the people, priests, Levites, porters, and singing men, Nathinites, and all that had separated themselves from the people of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters. 2 Esd. 10:28
- And they sacrificed on that day great sacrifices, and they rejoiced: for God had made them joyful with great joy: their wives also and their children rejoiced, and the joy of Jerusalem was heard afar off. 2 Esd. 12:43
- In those days also I saw Jews that married wives, women of Azotus, and of Ammon, and of Moab. 2 Esd. 13:23
- And all the people cried to the Lord with great earnestness, and they humbled their souls in fastings, and prayers, both they and their wives. Jud. 4:7
- And they cried to the Lord the God of Israel with one accord, that their children might not be made a prey, and their wives carried off, and their cities destroyed, and their holy things profaned, and that they might not be made a reproach to the Gentiles. Jud. 4:9
- For it is better, that being captives we should live and bless the Lord, than that we should die, and be a reproach to all flesh, after we have seen our wives and our infants die before our eyes. Jud. 7:16
- And who gavest their wives to be made a prey, and their daughters into captivity: and all their spoils to be divided to the servants, who were zealous with thy zeal: assist, I beseech thee, O Lord God, me a widow. Jud. 9:3
- And by this example all the wives of the princes of the Persians and the Medes will slight the commandments of their husbands: wherefore the king's indignation is just. Esther 1:18
- And let this be published through all the provinces of thy empire, (which is very wide,) and let all wives, as well of the greater as of the lesser, give honour to their husbands. Esther 1:20
- We have commanded that all whom Aman shall mark out, who is chief over all the provinces, and second after the king, and whom we honour as a father, shall be utterly destroyed by their enemies, with their wives and children, and that none shall have pity on them, on the fourteenth day of the twelfth month Adar of this present year: Esther 13:6
- And the king gave orders to them, to speak to the Jews in every city, and to command them to gather themselves together, and to stand for their lives, and to kill and destroy all their enemies with their wives and children and all their houses, and to take their spoil. Esther 8:11
- Their wives are foolish, and their children wicked. Wis. 3:12
- Their infants shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes: their houses shall be pillaged, and their wives shall be ravished. Isa. 13:16
- And their houses shall be turned over to others, with their lands and their wives together: for I will stretch forth my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord. Jer. 6:12
- And the people to whom they prophesy, shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword, and there shall be none to bury them: they and their wives, their sons and their daughters, and I will pour out their wickedness upon them. Jer. 14:16
- Therefore deliver up their children to famine, and bring them into the hands of the sword: let their wives be bereaved of children and widows: and let their husbands be slain by death: let their young men be stabbed with the sword in battle. Jer. 18:21
- Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters: and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, and let them bear sons and daughters: and be ye multiplied there, and be not few in number. Jer. 29:6
- Because they have acted folly in Israel, and have committed adultery with the wives of their friends, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I commanded them not: I am the judge and the witness, saith the Lord. Jer. 29:23
- Therefore we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all things that he commanded us: so as to drink no wine all our days: neither we, nor our wives, nor our sons, nor our daughters: Jer. 35:8
- And all thy wives, and thy children shall be brought out to the Chaldeans, and thou shalt not escape their hands, but thou shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and he shall burn this city with fire. Jer. 38:23
- Have you forgotten the evils of your fathers, and the evils of the kings of Juda, and the evils of their wives, and your evils, and the evils of your wives, that they have done in the land of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem? Jer. 44:9
- Then all the men that knew that their wives sacrificed to other gods: and all the women of whom there stood by a great multitude, and all the people of them that dwelt in the land of Egypt in Phatures, answered Jeremias, saying: Jer. 44:15
- Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, saying: You and your wives have spoken with your mouth, and fulfilled with your hands, saying: Let us perform our vows which we have made, to offer sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her: you have fulfilled your vows, and have performed them indeed. Jer. 44:25
- The things that are sacrificed to them, their priests sell and abuse: in like manner also their wives take part of them, but give nothing of it either to the sick, or to the poor. Bar. 6:27
- The priests take away their garments, and clothe their wives and their children. Bar. 6:32
- And being now drunk, he commanded that they should bring the vessels of gold and silver, which Nabuchodonosor, his father, had brought away out of the temple, that was in Jerusalem, that the king and his nobles, and his wives, and his concubines, might drink in them. Dan. 5:2
- Then were the golden and silver vessels brought, which he had brought away out of the temple that was in Jerusalem: and the king and his nobles, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them. Dan. 5:3
- But hast lifted thyself up against the Lord of heaven: and the vessels of his house have been brought before thee: and thou, and thy nobles, and thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them: and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and of gold, and of brass, of iron, and of wood, and of stone, that neither see, nor hear, nor feel: but the God who hath thy breath in his hand, and all thy ways, thou hast not glorified. Dan. 5:23
- And by the king's commandment, those men were brought that had accused Daniel: and they were cast into the lions' den, they and their children, and their wives: and they did not reach the bottom of the den, before the lions caught them, and broke all their bones in pieces. Dan. 6:24
- Now the priests of Bel were seventy, besides their wives, and little ones, and children. And the king went with Daniel into the temple of Bel. Dan. 14:9
- But the priests went in by night, according to their custom, with their wives, and their children: and they ate and drank up all. Dan. 14:14
- Then he took the priests, and their wives, and their children: and they shewed him the private doors by which they came in, and consumed the things that were on the table. Dan. 14:20
- And they abode there, they and their children, and their wives, and their cattle: because afflictions increased upon them. 1 Ma. 2:30
- So they gave them battle on the sabbath: and they were slain, with their wives, and their children, and their cattle, to the number of a thousand persons. 1 Ma. 2:38
- They come against us with an insolent multitude, and with pride, to destroy us, and our wives, and our children, and to take our spoils. 1 Ma. 3:20
- And he said to them that were building houses, or had betrothed wives, or were planting vineyards, or were fearful, that they should return every man to his house, according to the law. 1 Ma. 3:56
- And all our brethren that were in the places of Tubin, are killed: and they have carried away their wives, and their children, captives, and taken their spoils, and they have slain there almost a thousand men. 1 Ma. 5:13
- And he took with him those that were in Galilee and in Arbatis, with their wives, and children, and all that they had, and he brought them into Judea with great joy. 1 Ma. 5:23
- And Judas gathered together all the Israelites that were in the land of Galaad, from the least even to the greatest, and their wives and children, and an army exceeding great, to come into the land of Juda. 1 Ma. 5:45
- And they sent a general against them, and fought with them, and many of them were slain, and they carried away their wives, and their children captives, and spoiled them, and took possession of their land, and threw down their walls, and brought them to be their servants unto this day. 1 Ma. 8:10
- I will avenge then my nation and the sanctuary, and our children, and wives: for all the heathens are gathered together to destroy us out of mere malice. 1 Ma. 13:6
- And they that were in the city went up, with their wives and children, upon the wall, with their garments rent, and they cried with a loud voice, beseeching Simon to grant them peace. 1 Ma. 13:45
- The men of Joppe also were guilty of this kind of wickedness: they desired the Jews, who dwelt among them, to go with their wives and children into the boats, which they had prepared, as though they had no enmity to them. 2 Ma. 12:3
- For their concern was less for their wives, and children, and for their brethren, and kinsfolks: but their greatest and principal fear was for the holiness of the temple. 2 Ma. 15:18
- He saith to them: Because Moses by reason of the hardness of your heart permitted you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. Mt. 19:8
- They did eat and drink, they married wives and were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark and the flood came and destroyed them all. Lk. 17:27
- But they that shall be accounted worthy of that world and of the resurrection from the dead shall neither be married nor take wives. Lk. 20:35
- And the days being expired, departing we went forward, they all bringing us on our way, with their wives and children, till we were out of the city. And we kneeled down on the shore: and we prayed. Acts 21:5
- This therefore I say, brethren: The time is short. It remaineth, that they also who have wives be as if they had none: 1 Cor. 7:29
- Therefore as the church is subject to Christ: so also let the wives be to their husbands in all things. Eph. 5:24
- Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the church and delivered himself up for it: Eph. 5:25
- So also ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. Eph. 5:28
- Wives, be subject to your husbands, as it behoveth in the Lord. Col. 3:18
- Husbands, love your wives and be not bitter towards them. Col. 3:19
- But avoid foolish and old wives' fables: and exercise thyself unto godliness. 1 Tim. 4:7
- ¤ In like manner also, let wives be subject to their husbands: that, if any believe not the word, they may be won without the word, by the conversation of the wives, 1 Pet. 3:1