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.

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.

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

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.

“ 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.

This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.

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 the people of Israel,“ You must not marry them, because they will turn your hearts to their gods.” Yet Solomon insisted on loving them anyway.He had 700 wives of royal birth and 300 concubines. And in fact, they did turn his heart away from the Lord.In Solomon’s old age, they turned his heart to worship other gods instead of being completely faithful to the Lord his God, as his father, David, had been.

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.

Don’t make your living by extortion or put your hope in stealing. And if your wealth increases, don’t make it the center of your life.

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.’

These are the sons who were born to David in Hebron: The oldest was Amnon, whose mother was Ahinoam from Jezreel.The second was Daniel, 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 Eglah, David’s wife. These sons were all born to David in Hebron.

Then he said,“ Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.”

Teach those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which is so unreliable. Their trust should be in God, who richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment.

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 your heart; remain loyal to the wife of your youth.

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.

Then Jesus said to his disciples,“ I tell you the truth, it is very hard for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.I’ll 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!”

The seed that fell among the thorns represents those who hear God’s word, but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the worries of this life and the lure of wealth, so no fruit is produced.

“ Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal.Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.

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, for silver was considered worthless in Solomon’s day!