Biblical Quote by Abigail Van Buren Download Open image “In Biblical times, a man could have as many wives as he could afford. Just like today.” — Abigail Van Buren ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Biblical Men Time Today Wife
I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I am thinking of taking a fifth wife. Why not? Solomon had a thousand wives and he is a synonym for wisdom. — John Barrymore Copy Share Image
The bible teaches that a father may sell his daughter for a slave, that he may sacrifice her purity to a mob, and that he may murder her, and still be a good father and a holy man. It teaches that a man may have any number of wives; that he may sell them, give them away, or swap them… — Helen H. Gardener Copy Share
Solomon, who was one of the Deity's favorites, had a copulation cabinet composed of seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines. To save his life he could not have kept two of these young creatures satisfactorily refreshed, even if he had fifteen experts to help him. Necessarily almost the entire thousand had to go hungry for years and years on… — Mark Twain Copy Share
Many Westerners forget that when the Prophet spoke of four wives as the maximum allowable number, he had in mind a reduction to four… — Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Copy Share Image
I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture. MARTIN LUTHER, letter to Chancellor Gregory Brück, January 13,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
“It was quite normal in that day for a man to use up three or four wives in a normal lifetime.” — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Most of the leading figures of the Old Testament were polygamists. Abraham had several wives and concubines. If they wanted, they could say this… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
I speak of plurality of wives as one of the most holy principles that God ever revealed to man, and all those who exercise… — Heber C. Kimball Copy Share Image
If I were obliged to marry all those with whom I have jested, I should have at least two hundred wives. — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Copy Share Image
Some People are more turned on by money than they are by love. In one respect they're alike. They're both wonderful as long as… — Abigail Van Buren Copy Share Image
Kids grow up awfully fast these days,"she said. "You should try to have a good relationship with your kids, no matter what they do. — Abigail Van Buren Copy Share Image
“The best index to a perso's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good and how he treats people who… — Abigail Van Buren Copy Share Image
“In response to a letter regarding the writer's lack of religious belief: The lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty.” — Abigail van Buren Copy Share Image
“You could move.” ~Abigail Van Buren, "DEAR ABBY" In response to a reader who complained that a gay couple was moving in across the… — Abigail Van Buren Copy Share Image
Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more... — Abigail Van Buren Copy Share Image
Accept every blind date you can get, even with a girl who wears jeans. Maybe you can talk her out of them. — Abigail Van Buren Copy Share Image
It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can't speak for my twin sister. — Abigail Van Buren Copy Share Image
The Louvre! The Louvre has me in its clutches. Every time I'm there rich blessings rain down upon me. I am coming to understand… — Paula Modersohn-Becker Copy Share Image
“Richard Dawkins regards faith as an evil to be eliminated; he takes all religious faith to be blind faith. (Dawkins says) ‘Scientific belief is… — John Lennox Copy Share Image
The fall [of your soul] from perfection into duality...was naturally followed by the discovery of the duality of good and evil...This is the Biblical… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
“And I pray mark how he begins: he sets not up trophies to himself, but triumphs in his God-- "I will love thee, O… — Richard Steele Copy Share Image
Scripture is not inerrant; believers are called to interpret biblical texts in light of tradition and reason. — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
I portray myself as wicked, hoping I will not be regarded as wicked. But I may be wicked in the biblical sense — Errol Flynn Copy Share Image
[John Calvin's] treatment of the person and work of Christ, of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer, of prayer and liturgy,… — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
If I had to choose between the two ways of approaching the deity, I should prefer the existential relational way, to the abstract philosophical… — Frank Moore Cross Copy Share Image
We have used the Bible as if it was a mere special constable's handbook — an opium-dose for keeping beasts of burden patient while… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
Mother's Day is among the most appropriate to reflect on the true meaning of love. -I Corinthians 13:4-7 — Bible Copy Share Image
The words 'God is love' conclude a biblical warning, not a warm and fuzzy slogan. 'He who doesn't love [his neighbor] doesn't love God,… — Mel White Copy Share Image