Ezra 9:12

Lighthouse Bible 2006

Now therefore do not give your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters for your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity for ever: that you may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:8

Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and inquire after all the commandments of the LORD your God: that you may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.

2 Chronicles 19:2

And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Should you help the ungodly, and love those who hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon you from before the LORD.

Ezra 9:2

For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy descendents have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers has been chief in this trespass.

Exodus 23:32

You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

Proverbs 13:22

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

Proverbs 20:7

The just man walks in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

Isaiah 1:19

If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land:

Deuteronomy 23:6

You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days for ever.

Deuteronomy 23:7

You shall not abhor an Edomite; for he is your brother: you shall not abhor an Egyptian; because you were a stranger in his land.

Deuteronomy 7:3

Neither shall you make marriages with them; your daughter you shall not give to his son, nor his daughter shall you take to your son.