Ezra 9:2

New Century Version

The Israelite men and their sons have married these women. They have mixed the people who belong to God with the people around them. The leaders and officers of Israel have led the rest of the Israelites to do this unfaithful thing.”

Cross References

Genesis 6:2

When the sons of God saw that these girls were beautiful, they married any of them they chose.

1 Kings 11:1

King Solomon loved many women who were not from Israel. He loved the daughter of the king of Egypt, as well as women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites.

Ezra 10:2

Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel the Elamite said to Ezra, “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying women from the peoples around us. But even so, there is still hope for Israel.

Ezra 9:12

So do not let your daughters marry their sons, and do not let their daughters marry your sons. Do not wish for their peace or success. Then you will be strong and eat the good things of the land. Then you can leave this land to your descendants forever.’

Ezra 9:14

We should not again break your commands by allowing marriages with these wicked people. If we did, you would get angry enough to destroy us, and none of us would be left alive.

Nehemiah 13:17

I argued with the important men of Judah and said to them, “What is this evil thing you are doing? You are ruining the Sabbath day.

Nehemiah 13:28

Joiada was the son of Eliashib the high priest. One of Joiada’s sons married a daughter of Sanballat the Horonite, so I sent him away from me.

Exodus 19:6

you will be my kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ You must tell the Israelites these words.”

Exodus 22:31

“You are to be my holy people. You must not eat the meat of any animal that has been killed by wild animals. Instead, give it to the dogs.

Exodus 34:16

If you choose some of their daughters as wives for your sons and those daughters worship gods, they will lead your sons to do the same thing.

Isaiah 6:13

One-tenth of the people will be left in the land, but it will be destroyed again. These people will be like an oak tree whose stump is left when the tree is chopped down. The people who remain will be like a stump that will sprout again.”

Leviticus 21:15

so the people will respect his children as his own. I am the Lord. I have set the high priest apart for his special job.’ ”

Malachi 2:11

The people of Judah have broken their promises. They have done something God hates in Israel and Jerusalem: The people of Judah did not respect the Temple that the Lord loves, and the men of Judah married women who worship foreign gods.

Malachi 2:15

God made husbands and wives to become one body and one spirit for his purpose—so they would have children who are true to God. So be careful, and do not break your promise to the wife you married when you were young.

1 Corinthians 7:14

The husband who is not a believer is made holy through his believing wife. And the wife who is not a believer is made holy through her believing husband. If this were not true, your children would not be clean, but now your children are holy.

2 Corinthians 6:14

You are not the same as those who do not believe. So do not join yourselves to them. Good and bad do not belong together. Light and darkness cannot share together.

Deuteronomy 14:2

You are holy people, who belong to the Lord your God. He has chosen you from all the people on earth to be his very own.

Deuteronomy 7:6

You are holy people who belong to the Lord your God. He has chosen you from all the people on earth to be his very own.

Joshua 22:15

These leaders went to Gilead to talk to the people of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh. They said:

Joshua 23:12

“If you turn away from the way of the Lord and become friends with these people who are not part of Israel and marry them,