For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
Joshua 23:12 - The Scriptures 1998 “But if you do turn back at all, and cling to the remnant of these nations, these that remain among you, and intermarry with them, and go in to them and they to you, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For if you turn back and adhere to the remnant of these nations left among you and make marriages with them, you marrying their women and they yours, American Standard Version (1901) Else if ye do at all go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you; Common English Bible But if you should turn away and join the rest of these nations that remain with you, intermarry with them, and associate with each other, Catholic Public Domain Version But if you choose to cling to the errors of these nations that live among you, and to mix with them by marriage, and to join with them by friendship, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if you will embrace the errors of these nations that dwell among you, and make marriages with them, and join friendships: |
For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
And it came to be, when Shelomoh was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other mighty ones. And his heart was not perfect with יהוה his Elohim, as was the heart of his father Dawiḏ
But those who turn aside to their crooked ways, יהוה shall lead them away With the workers of wickedness. Peace be upon Yisra’ĕ
The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise, to do good.
Alas, sinning nation, a people loaded with crookedness, a seed of evil-doers, sons acting corruptly! They have forsaken יהוה, they have provoked the Set-apart One of Yisra’ĕ
“But when a righteous one turns away from his righteousness and does unrighteousness, according to all the abominations that the wrong one has done, shall he live? All his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered. For his trespass which he has committed, and for his sin which he has committed, for them he shall die.
and those who turn away from following יהוה, and who have not sought יהוה or inquired of Him.”
“Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they enter and dwell there. And the last of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation.”
From then on many of His taught ones withdrew and were not walking with Him any more.
Let love be without hypocrisy. Shrink from what is wicked, cling to what is good.
“And do not intermarry with them – you do not give your daughter to his son, and you do not take his daughter for your son,
for he turns your sons away from following Me, to serve other mighty ones. Then the displeasure of יהוה shall burn against you and promptly destroy you.
The one who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in the darkness until now.
But his father and mother said to him, “Is there no woman among the daughters of your brothers, or among all my people, that you should take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?” And Shimshon said to his father, “Take her for me, for she is pleasing in my eyes.”
and took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and they served their mighty ones.