Ezra 9:2

Lighthouse Bible 2006

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.

Cross References

Genesis 6:2

That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took wives for themselves of all which they chose.

1 Kings 11:1

But king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites;

Ezra 10:2

And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken foreign wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

Ezra 9:12

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.

Ezra 9:14

Should we again break your commandments, and join in marriage with the people of these abominations? would you not be angry with us till you had consumed us, so that there would be no remnant nor escaping?

Nehemiah 13:17

Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, What evil thing is this that you do, and profane the sabbath day?

Nehemiah 13:28

And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.

Exodus 19:6

And you shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.

Exodus 22:31

And you shall be holy men unto me: neither shall you eat any flesh that is torn by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.

Exodus 34:16

And you take of their daughters for your sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make your sons go a whoring after their gods.

Isaiah 6:13

But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a linden tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them when they drop their leaves: so the holy people shall be the substance thereof.

Leviticus 21:15

Neither shall he profane his descendents among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.

Malachi 2:11

Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and has married the daughter of a strange god.

Malachi 2:15

And did he not make one? Yet had he much more of the spirit. And why one? That he might seek a godly offspring. Therefore be careful of your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

1 Corinthians 7:14

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: otherwise your children would be unclean; but now are they holy.

2 Corinthians 6:14

Be not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship has righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion has light with darkness?

Deuteronomy 14:2

For you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a special people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.

Deuteronomy 7:6

For you are a holy people unto the LORD your God: the LORD your God has chosen you to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

Joshua 22:15

And they came to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying,

Joshua 23:12

Else if you do at all go back, and cling to 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: