8 occurrences in 13 translations

'Wives' in the Bible

Happy are your wives, happy are these your servants whose place is ever before you, hearing your words of wisdom.

Verse ConceptsHappinessStandingRejoicing In God's Works

The nations of which the Lord had said to the children of Israel, You are not to take wives from them and they are not to take wives from you; or they will certainly make you go after their gods: to these Solomon was united in love.

Verse ConceptsParticipation, In SinCausing People To TurnEncouraged To Serve Foreign godsIntermarriageMen And Women Who LovedNo DealingsLove Marriagerehabilitation

For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.

Verse ConceptsNot Whole HearteddisrespectReceptivenessTrust, Lack OfYokesYielding To TemptationLimitations Of Old PeopleCausing People To TurnDifferent GodsEncouraged To Serve Foreign godsBeing Devoted to Godrehabilitation

And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.

Verse ConceptsIncense Offered AmissServing One's Own Gods

And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Benhadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;

Verse ConceptsPolygamyRiches, Ungodly Use OfIndeterminate Sums Of MoneyTaking Mixed MetalsTransferring Wives

Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.

Verse ConceptsThe Elders Gathered

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נשׁין 
Nashiyn (Aramaic) 
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