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;

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

They captured as plunder ¹  all their wealth, all their little ones, and their wives, including everything in the houses.

He said to the people, “Be ready for the third day. Do not go near your wives.” ¹ 

Our children, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock will be there in the cities of Gilead,

your infants, your wives, and the ¹  foreigners living in your encampment, those who chop wood and those who carry water –

They took the Canaanites’ daughters as wives and gave their daughters to the Canaanites; ¹  they worshiped ²  their gods as well.

David’s two wives had been taken captive – Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the Carmelite, Nabal’s widow.

He built high places for all his foreign wives so they could burn incense and make sacrifices to their gods. ¹ 

Abijah’s power grew; he had ¹  fourteen wives and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

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

So look, the Lord is about to severely afflict ¹  your people, your sons, your wives, and all you own.

Look, our fathers died violently ¹  and our sons, daughters, and wives were carried off ²  because of this.

and on the first day of the first month they finished considering all the men who had married foreign wives.

When you see a thief, you join him; ¹  you associate with men who are unfaithful to their wives. ² 

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

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

the sons of God ¹  saw that the daughters of humankind were beautiful. Thus they took wives for themselves from any they chose.

but I will confirm ¹  my covenant with you. You will enter ²  the ark – you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.

On that very day Noah entered the ark, accompanied by his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, along with his wife and his sons’ three wives. ¹