Ezra 9:12

Bible in Basic English 1965

So now do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or do anything for their peace or well-being for ever; so that you may be strong, living on the good of the land, and handing it on to your children for a heritage for ever.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:8

So now, before the eyes of all Israel, the people of the Lord, and in the hearing of our God, keep and be true to the orders of the Lord your God; so that you may have this good land for yourselves and give it for a heritage to your children after you for ever.

2 Chronicles 19:2

And Jehu, the son of Hanani the seer, went to King Jehoshaphat and said to him, Is it right for you to go to the help of evil-doers, loving the haters of the Lord? because of this, the wrath of the Lord has come on you.

Ezra 9:2

For they have taken their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the peoples of the lands; and in fact the captains and rulers have been the first to do this evil.

Exodus 23:32

Make no agreement with them or with their gods.

Proverbs 13:22

The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.

Proverbs 20:7

An upright man goes on in his righteousness: happy are his children after him!

Isaiah 1:19

If you will give ear to my word and do it, the good things of the land will be yours;

Deuteronomy 23:6

Do nothing for their peace or well-being for ever.

Deuteronomy 23:7

But have no hate for an Edomite, because he is your brother, or for an Egyptian, for you were living in his land.

Deuteronomy 7:3

Do not take wives or husbands from among them; do not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons.