Ezra 10:44

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

These men divorced their foreign wives, then sent them and their children away.

Cross References

1 Kings 11:1

The LORD did not want the Israelites to worship foreign gods, so he had warned them not to marry anyone who was not from Israel. Solomon loved his wife, the daughter of the king of Egypt. But he also loved some women from Moab, Ammon, and Edom, and others from Sidon and the land of the Hittites.

Ezra 10:3

if we follow your advice and the advice of others who truly respect the laws of God. We must promise God that we will divorce our foreign wives and send them away, together with their children.

Ezra 9:2

Some Israelite men have married foreign women and have let their sons do the same thing. Our own officials and leaders were the first to commit this disgusting sin, and now God's holy people are mixed with foreigners.

Proverbs 2:16

Wisdom will protect you from the smooth talk of a sinful woman,

Proverbs 5:20

Don't go mad over a woman who is unfaithful to her own husband!

Proverbs 5:3

The words of an immoral woman may be as sweet as honey and as smooth as olive oil.