How Many Spouses Are Optimal?
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Solomon had like 700 wives and 300 concubines, right?
Solomon is believed to have written the majority of Proverbs (if not all), right?
So.....umm..... You might want to see how that whole having a bunch of wives thing turns out.....
Proverbs 21:9 It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
Proverbs 27:15 A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike;
Proverbs 21:19 It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.
Proverbs 25:24 It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
Proverbs 19:13 A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife's quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.
Proverbs 27:15-16 A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike; to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in one's right hand.
But, hey...if a guy can make 900 women feel cherished, who am I to question his wisdom
Solomon is believed to have written the majority of Proverbs (if not all), right?
So.....umm..... You might want to see how that whole having a bunch of wives thing turns out.....
Proverbs 21:9 It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
Proverbs 27:15 A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike;
Proverbs 21:19 It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.
Proverbs 25:24 It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
Proverbs 19:13 A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife's quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.
Proverbs 27:15-16 A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike; to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in one's right hand.
But, hey...if a guy can make 900 women feel cherished, who am I to question his wisdom
I remember JACOB and the two wives he had...
J
That's kinda my point. When a woman does not feel cherished, she may become embittered from the pain and those particular proverbs are likely to become very familiar to a man.
I always felt such compassion for Leah. We never read that she had much say in the matter. I can't even begin to imagine what her life was like.
I always felt such compassion for Leah. We never read that she had much say in the matter.
I can't even begin to imagine what her life was like.
K
I know that people in the past (even in scripture) have had multiple wives, but it seems wrong to me. Just because it happened doesn't mean it is right.
I like to think of this: [h=4]Genesis 2:22-24[/h]Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman, ' for she was taken out of man." For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
If God thought that man should have had more than one wife, don't you think he would have made more than Eve for Adam.
I think we should stick to the way it was initially. 1 man and 1 woman that become 1
I like to think of this: [h=4]Genesis 2:22-24[/h]Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman, ' for she was taken out of man." For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
If God thought that man should have had more than one wife, don't you think he would have made more than Eve for Adam.
I think we should stick to the way it was initially.
1 man and 1 woman that become 1
That's kinda my point. When a woman does not feel cherished, she may become embittered from the pain and those particular proverbs are likely to become very familiar to a man.
I always felt such compassion for Leah. We never read that she had much say in the matter. I can't even begin to imagine what her life was like.
I always felt such compassion for Leah. We never read that she had much say in the matter.
I can't even begin to imagine what her life was like.
After I read these threads I´ve found out Praus and I are seeing some "Deja Vu"... That serves to confirm something, I guess.
Jullianna, now I guess your point:
Firstly I thought you were up with Salomon´s (...) let me call it "charm"; but I think he was less charming than his father David (or Beloved).
Honestly, those girls/women were enslave for Salomon´s $tatu$. Many there have liked to live in a jail made of gold...
David, on the contrary, lost sight of his beginning as shepard and, when being old (like me) he used his "charming" position to make other sin.
Bethsabet´husband was a special man but, it seemed he loved his King more than his wife (that could be part of those words you have already mentioned).
Leah loved her man, but her father (or culture) was guilty for her sad sorrow.
Will any average woman marry a man knowing HE LOVES ANOTHER? (Don´t say "Yes" to such a mistake, ladies)
Sometimes these things I see, in the real life I live, make me feel sad (to cry).
P.S.
When a woman does not feel cherished, she may become embittered from the pain
Men feel the same, if that is the case.
Today, at my age, I think I´m going to die without knowing it. Culture has set it seal on too many things people bypass so easily... For example, it´s not a secret, some people ask (ans still seek) a wedding party to invite 100 or 200 hundred people...
I wish Jesus were invited to help them turn water into wine...
Uff!" I´m a nut.
I wish Jesus were invited to help them turn water into wine...
Uff!" I´m a nut.
**wonders which smart aleck voted 5
I was wondering the same thing
Sister Mystdancer made a substantially insightful post last night which actually inspired this thread.
Five husbands indeed... mockery is proper Christian response to this fiasco we call postmodern American culture. Thank you sister Mystdancer.
When I was more fiery than right now I wrote...
So I wouldn't be Praus without a photo of one grandpa (great grandpa?) with five wives and his family.
Sadly said but I´d say: Someone in Canada, one year ago, told my biggest brother he would marry a man or a woman, just to end up his loneliness.
My brother knew him playing 2nd life. Just guess how some people feel at being lonely, rejected, poorly rich or richly poor, fat or too thin and many insist on deserving things they took for granted (including me, who married once for wrong reasons).
Pastors and its church leaders are bypassing a couple of things, that expected growth cannot come from outsiders, recently converted, but by those belilevers helping others to grow, even in match making, but not the fashion Utah like.
Perhaps I am quite wrong, but I have seen how some shepars tend their flock: They feed, but some of them are watchful on how the reproduce, the same applies to churches and THAT is a team work.
Who wnats to be married? Raise his/her hand...
Save a lot, buy a HOUSE and PRAY A LOT.
My brother knew him playing 2nd life. Just guess how some people feel at being lonely, rejected, poorly rich or richly poor, fat or too thin and many insist on deserving things they took for granted (including me, who married once for wrong reasons).
Pastors and its church leaders are bypassing a couple of things, that expected growth cannot come from outsiders, recently converted, but by those belilevers helping others to grow, even in match making, but not the fashion Utah like.
Perhaps I am quite wrong, but I have seen how some shepars tend their flock: They feed, but some of them are watchful on how the reproduce, the same applies to churches and THAT is a team work.
Who wnats to be married? Raise his/her hand...
Save a lot, buy a HOUSE and PRAY A LOT.
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I've studied theology and I had to touch on islamic religion. They allow each man to marry 4 women and if he can afford it and he's rich, they say and for as much as he wants as long as he'll be fair in terms of money with all of them!!!!!
Some men would say 1 can make you pretty occupied. She's more than enough
Some men would say 1 can make you pretty occupied. She's more than enough