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Deuteronomy 17:17

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multiply wives: Genesis 2:24; 2 Samuel 3:2-5; 1 Kings 11:1-4; Nehemiah 13:26; Malachi 2:15; Matthew 19:5

neither shall he: 1 Kings 10:21; Psalms 62:10; Proverbs 30:8-9; Matthew 6:19-20, Matthew 13:22, Matthew 19:23-24; Luke 12:15; 1 Timothy 6:9, 1 Timothy 6:17

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