The word(s) "wives" appears 28 time(s) in 23 verse(s) in Quran in Abdullah Yusuf Ali translation.

(21) And if any of your wives deserts you to the Unbelievers, and ye have an accession (by the coming over of a woman from the other side), then pay to those whose wives have deserted the equivalent of what they had spent (on their dower). And fear Allah, in Whom ye believe.

(22) O ye who believe! Truly, among your wives and your children are (some that are) enemies to yourselves: so beware of them! But if ye forgive and overlook, and cover up (their faults), verily Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

(23) Except with their wives and the (captives) whom their right hands possess,- for (then) they are not to be blamed,