44 All these had married foreign women, and some of them had children by these wives.[a]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Ezra 10:44 Or and they sent them away with their children

20 Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife?
    Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?

Read full chapter

For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey,
    and her speech is smoother than oil;(A)

Read full chapter

16 Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman,(A)
    from the wayward woman with her seductive words,

Read full chapter

Now let us make a covenant(A) before our God to send away(B) all these women and their children, in accordance with the counsel of my lord and of those who fear the commands of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.

Read full chapter

Bible Gateway Recommends