Genesis 6:2
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2 the sons of God saw that they were fair, and they took wives for themselves of all that they chose.(A)
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Psalm 82:6-7
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6 I say, “You are gods,
children of the Most High, all of you;(A)
7 nevertheless, you shall die like mortals
and fall like any prince.”[a](B)
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- 82.7 Or fall as one man, O princes
Nehemiah 13:24-27
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24 and half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod, and they could not speak the language of Judah but spoke the language of various peoples. 25 And I contended with them and cursed them and beat some of the men and pulled out their hair, and I made them take an oath in the name of God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.(A) 26 Did not King Solomon of Israel sin on account of such women? Among the many nations there was no king like him, and he was beloved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel; nevertheless, foreign women made even him to sin.(B) 27 Shall we then listen to you and do all this great evil and act treacherously against our God by marrying foreign women?”(C)
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Deuteronomy 7:3-4
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3 Do not intermarry with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons,(A) 4 for that would turn away your children from following me, to serve other gods. Then the anger of the Lord would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly.(B)
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Genesis 3:6
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6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was a delight to the eyes and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate.(A)
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1 John 2:16
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16 for all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches—comes not from the Father but from the world.
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Romans 9:7-8
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7 and not all of Abraham’s children are his descendants, but “it is through Isaac that descendants shall be named for you.”(A) 8 This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as descendants.
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John 8:41-42
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41 You are indeed doing what your father does.” They said to him, “We are not illegitimate children; we have one Father, God himself.”(A) 42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God, and now I am here. I did not come on my own, but he sent me.(B)
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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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Exodus 34:16
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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.(A)
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Genesis 39:6-7
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6 So he left all that he had in Joseph’s charge, and with him there he had no concern for anything but the food that he ate.
Now Joseph was handsome and good-looking. 7 And after a time his master’s wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, “Lie with me.”(A)
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Genesis 24:3
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3 and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live,(A)
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Genesis 4:26
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26 To Seth also a son was born, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to invoke the name of the Lord.(A)
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