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1 Kings 11:1
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1 Kings 11:1
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Solomon’s Heart Turns from the Lord
11 But (A)King Solomon loved (B)many foreign women, as well as the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites—
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1 Kings 11:1
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1 Kings 11:1
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Solomon’s Wives
11 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women(A) besides Pharaoh’s daughter—Moabites, Ammonites,(B) Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites.
Deuteronomy 17:17
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Deuteronomy 17:17
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17 Neither shall he multiply wives for himself, lest his heart turn away; nor shall he greatly multiply silver and (A)gold for himself.
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Deuteronomy 17:17
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Deuteronomy 17:17
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17 He must not take many wives,(A) or his heart will be led astray.(B) He must not accumulate(C) large amounts of silver and gold.(D)
Proverbs 6:24
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Proverbs 6:24
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24 (A)To keep you from the evil woman,
From the flattering tongue of a seductress.
Proverbs 6:24
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Proverbs 6:24
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24 keeping you from your neighbor’s wife,
from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.(A)
Proverbs 7:5
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Proverbs 7:5
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5 (A)That they may keep you from the immoral woman,
From the seductress who flatters with her words.
Proverbs 7:5
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Proverbs 7:5
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5 They will keep you from the adulterous woman,
from the wayward woman with her seductive words.(A)
Proverbs 2:16
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Proverbs 2:16
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Proverbs 2:16
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Proverbs 2:16
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16 Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman,(A)
from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
Nehemiah 13:23-27
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Nehemiah 13:23-27
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23 In those days I also saw Jews who (A)had married women of (B)Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. 24 And half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod, and could not speak the language of Judah, but spoke according to the language of one or the other people.
25 So I (C)contended with them and [a]cursed them, struck some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them (D)swear by God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters as wives to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons or yourselves. 26 (E)Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among many nations there was no king like him, (F)who was beloved of his God; and God made him king over all Israel. (G)Nevertheless pagan women caused even him to sin. 27 Should we then hear of your doing all this great evil, (H)transgressing against our God by marrying pagan women?”
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- Nehemiah 13:25 pronounced them cursed
Nehemiah 13:23-27
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Nehemiah 13:23-27
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23 Moreover, in those days I saw men of Judah who had married(A) women from Ashdod, Ammon and Moab.(B) 24 Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or the language of one of the other peoples, and did not know how to speak the language(C) of Judah. 25 I rebuked them and called curses down on them. I beat some of the men and pulled out their hair. I made them take an oath(D) in God’s name and said: “You are not to give your daughters in marriage to their sons, nor are you to take their daughters in marriage for your sons or for yourselves.(E) 26 Was it not because of marriages like these that Solomon king of Israel sinned? Among the many nations there was no king like him.(F) He was loved by his God,(G) and God made him king over all Israel, but even he was led into sin by foreign women.(H) 27 Must we hear now that you too are doing all this terrible wickedness and are being unfaithful to our God by marrying(I) foreign women?”
1 Kings 11:8
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1 Kings 11:8
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8 And he did likewise for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
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1 Kings 11:8
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1 Kings 11:8
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8 He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and offered sacrifices to their gods.
Proverbs 22:14
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Proverbs 22:14
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14 (A)The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit;
(B)He who is abhorred by the Lord will fall there.
Proverbs 22:14
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Proverbs 22:14
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Proverbs 5:8-20
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Proverbs 5:8-20
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8 Remove your way far from her,
And do not go near the door of her house,
9 Lest you give your [a]honor to others,
And your years to the cruel one;
10 Lest aliens be filled with your [b]wealth,
And your labors go to the house of a foreigner;
11 And you mourn at last,
When your flesh and your body are consumed,
12 And say:
“How I have hated instruction,
And my heart despised correction!
13 I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers,
Nor inclined my ear to those who instructed me!
14 I was on the verge of total ruin,
In the midst of the assembly and congregation.”
15 Drink water from your own cistern,
And running water from your own well.
16 Should your fountains be dispersed abroad,
[c]Streams of water in the streets?
17 Let them be only your own,
And not for strangers with you.
18 Let your fountain be blessed,
And rejoice with (A)the wife of your youth.
19 (B)As a loving deer and a graceful doe,
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;
And always be [d]enraptured with her love.
20 For why should you, my son, be enraptured by (C)an immoral woman,
And be embraced in the arms of a seductress?
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- Proverbs 5:9 vigor
- Proverbs 5:10 Lit. strength
- Proverbs 5:16 Channels
- Proverbs 5:19 Lit. intoxicated
Proverbs 5:8-20
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Proverbs 5:8-20
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8 Keep to a path far from her,(A)
do not go near the door of her house,
9 lest you lose your honor to others
and your dignity[a] to one who is cruel,
10 lest strangers feast on your wealth
and your toil enrich the house of another.(B)
11 At the end of your life you will groan,
when your flesh and body are spent.
12 You will say, “How I hated discipline!
How my heart spurned correction!(C)
13 I would not obey my teachers
or turn my ear to my instructors.
14 And I was soon in serious trouble(D)
in the assembly of God’s people.”(E)
15 Drink water from your own cistern,
running water from your own well.
16 Should your springs overflow in the streets,
your streams of water in the public squares?
17 Let them be yours alone,
never to be shared with strangers.
18 May your fountain(F) be blessed,
and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.(G)
19 A loving doe, a graceful deer(H)—
may her breasts satisfy you always,
may you ever be intoxicated with her love.
20 Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife?
Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?
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- Proverbs 5:9 Or years
1 Kings 3:1
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1 Kings 3:1
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Solomon Requests Wisdom(A)
3 Now (B)Solomon made [a]a treaty with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and married Pharaoh’s daughter; then he brought her (C)to the City of David until he had finished building his (D)own house, and (E)the house of the Lord, and (F)the wall all around Jerusalem.
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- 1 Kings 3:1 an alliance
1 Kings 3:1
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1 Kings 3:1
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Proverbs 23:33
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Proverbs 23:33
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33 Your eyes will see strange things,
And your heart will utter perverse things.
Proverbs 23:33
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Proverbs 23:33
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33 Your eyes will see strange sights,
and your mind will imagine confusing things.
Leviticus 18:18
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Leviticus 18:18
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18 Nor shall you take a woman (A)as a rival to her sister, to uncover her nakedness while the other is alive.
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Leviticus 18:18
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Leviticus 18:18
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18 “‘Do not take your wife’s sister(A) as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.
Genesis 6:2-5
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Genesis 6:2-5
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2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they (A)took wives for themselves of all whom they chose.
3 And the Lord said, (B)“My Spirit shall not (C)strive[a] with man forever, (D)for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” 4 There were [b]giants on the earth in those (E)days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
5 Then [c]the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every (F)intent[d] of the thoughts of his heart was only evil [e]continually.
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- Genesis 6:3 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. abide
- Genesis 6:4 Heb. nephilim, fallen or mighty ones
- Genesis 6:5 So with MT, Tg.; Vg. God; LXX Lord God
- Genesis 6:5 thought
- Genesis 6:5 all the day
Genesis 6:2-5
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Genesis 6:2-5
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2 the sons of God(A) saw that the daughters(B) of humans were beautiful,(C) and they married(D) any of them they chose. 3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit(E) will not contend with[a] humans forever,(F) for they are mortal[b];(G) their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”
4 The Nephilim(H) were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans(I) and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.(J)
5 The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth,(K) and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.(L)
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- Genesis 6:3 Or My spirit will not remain in
- Genesis 6:3 Or corrupt
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