In Jerusalem ¹  David married ²  more wives and fathered more sons and daughters.

All the men of Judah ¹  were standing before the Lord, along with their infants, wives, and children.

Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. ¹ 

Their children will be smashed to pieces before their very eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives raped.

But as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

Husbands, love your ¹  wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her

Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah! Listen to me! You wives of Lamech, hear my words! I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man ¹  for hurting me.

The land will mourn, clan by clan – the clan of the royal household of David by itself and their wives by themselves; the clan of the family of Nathan ¹  by itself and their wives by themselves;

“Come out of the ark, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives with you.

In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands. Then, ¹  even if some are disobedient to the word, they will be won over without a word by the way you live, ² 

Lamech took two wives for himself; the name of the first was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah.

So David went up, along with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail, formerly the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

Marry and have sons and daughters. Find wives for your sons and allow your daughters get married so that they too can have sons and daughters. Grow in number; do not dwindle away.

Noah entered the ark along with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives because ¹  of the floodwaters.

During the night Jacob quickly took ¹  his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons ²  and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. ³ 

and my anger will burn and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children will be fatherless. ¹ 

So Aaron said to them, “Break off the gold earrings that are on the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.” ¹ 

But your wives, children, and livestock (of which I know you have many) may remain in the cities I have given you.

Furthermore, he must not marry many ¹  wives lest his affections turn aside, and he must not accumulate much silver and gold.

The leaders ¹  of the assembly said, “How can we find wives for those who are left? ²  After all, the Benjaminite women have been wiped out.