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Ezra 9:12
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Ezra 9:12
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12 Therefore, do not give your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters for your sons, and never seek their peace or prosperity, so that you may be strong and eat the good of the land and leave it for an inheritance to your children forever.’(A)
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Ezra 9:12
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Ezra 9:12
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Deuteronomy 7:3
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Deuteronomy 7:3
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3 Do not intermarry with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons,(A)
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Deuteronomy 7:3
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Deuteronomy 7:3
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3 Do not intermarry with them.(A) Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
Deuteronomy 23:6
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Deuteronomy 23:6
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6 You shall never promote their welfare or their prosperity as long as you live.
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Deuteronomy 23:6
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Joshua 23:12-13
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Joshua 23:12-13
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12 For if you turn back and join the survivors of these nations left here among you and intermarry with them, so that you marry their women and they yours,(A) 13 know assuredly that the Lord your God will not continue to drive out these nations before you, but they shall be a snare and a trap for you, a scourge on your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the Lord your God has given you.(B)
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Joshua 23:12-13
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Joshua 23:12-13
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12 “But if you turn away and ally yourselves with the survivors of these nations that remain among you and if you intermarry with them(A) and associate with them,(B) 13 then you may be sure that the Lord your God will no longer drive out(C) these nations before you. Instead, they will become snares(D) and traps for you, whips on your backs and thorns in your eyes,(E) until you perish from this good land,(F) which the Lord your God has given you.
Proverbs 13:22
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Proverbs 13:22
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22 The good leave an inheritance to their children’s children,
but the sinner’s wealth is laid up for the righteous.(A)
Proverbs 13:22
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Proverbs 13:22
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22 A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children,
but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.(A)
Exodus 34:15-16
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Exodus 34:15-16
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15 You shall not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to their gods, someone among them will invite you, and you will eat of the sacrifice,(A) 16 and you will take wives from among their daughters for your sons, and their daughters who prostitute themselves to their gods will make your sons also prostitute themselves to their gods.(B)
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Exodus 34:15-16
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Exodus 34:15-16
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15 “Be careful not to make a treaty(A) with those who live in the land; for when they prostitute(B) themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you and you will eat their sacrifices.(C) 16 And when you choose some of their daughters as wives(D) for your sons and those daughters prostitute themselves to their gods,(E) they will lead your sons to do the same.
2 John 10-11
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2 John 10-11
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10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive and welcome this person into your house,(A) 11 for to welcome is to participate in the evil deeds of such a person.(B)
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2 John 10-11
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2 John 10-11
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10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take them into your house or welcome them.(A) 11 Anyone who welcomes them shares(B) in their wicked work.
Isaiah 1:19
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Isaiah 1:19
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19 If you are willing and obedient,
you shall eat the good of the land,(A)
Isaiah 1:19
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Isaiah 1:19
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Proverbs 20:7
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Proverbs 20:7
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7 The righteous walk in integrity—
happy are the children who follow them!(A)
Proverbs 20:7
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Proverbs 20:7
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Psalm 112:1-2
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Psalm 112:1-2
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Psalm 112
Blessings of the Righteous
1 Praise the Lord!
Happy are those who fear the Lord,
who greatly delight in his commandments.(A)
2 Their descendants will be mighty in the land;
the generation of the upright will be blessed.(B)
Psalm 112:1-2
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Psalm 112:1-2
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Psalm 112[a]
2 Their children(E) will be mighty in the land;
the generation of the upright will be blessed.
Footnotes
- Psalm 112:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the lines of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Psalm 112:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah
Ezra 9:2
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Ezra 9:2
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2 For they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons. Thus the holy seed has mixed itself with the peoples of the lands, and in this faithlessness the officials and leaders have led the way.”(A)
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Ezra 9:2
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2 They have taken some of their daughters(A) as wives for themselves and their sons, and have mingled(B) the holy race(C) with the peoples around them. And the leaders and officials have led the way in this unfaithfulness.”(D)
Joshua 1:6-9
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Joshua 1:6-9
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6 Be strong and courageous, for you shall lead this people to possess the land that I swore to their ancestors to give them. 7 Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to act in accordance with all the law that my servant Moses commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, so that you may be successful wherever you go.(A) 8 This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth; you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to act in accordance with all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall be successful.(B) 9 I hereby command you: Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”(C)
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Joshua 1:6-9
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Joshua 1:6-9
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6 Be strong(A) and courageous,(B) because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their ancestors(C) to give them.
7 “Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey(D) all the law(E) my servant Moses(F) gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left,(G) that you may be successful wherever you go.(H) 8 Keep this Book of the Law(I) always on your lips;(J) meditate(K) on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.(L) 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid;(M) do not be discouraged,(N) for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”(O)
Deuteronomy 6:1-2
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Deuteronomy 6:1-2
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The Great Commandment
6 “Now this is the commandment—the statutes and the ordinances—that the Lord your God charged me to teach you to observe in the land that you are about to cross into and occupy, 2 so that you and your children and your children’s children may fear the Lord your God all the days of your life and keep all his decrees and his commandments that I am commanding you, so that your days may be long.(A)
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Deuteronomy 6:1-2
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Deuteronomy 6:1-2
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Love the Lord Your God
6 These are the commands, decrees and laws the Lord your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, 2 so that you, your children and their children after them may fear(A) the Lord your God as long as you live(B) by keeping all his decrees and commands(C) that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life.(D)
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