Ezra 9:12

Now, therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Never seek their peace or prosperity, so that you may be strong and may eat the good things of the land, leaving it as an inheritance to your sons forever.’

Cross References (15)

  • Deuteronomy 7:3 (15)

    Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

  • Deuteronomy 23:6 (11)

    You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.

  • Joshua 23:12–13 (9)

    For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate w

  • Proverbs 13:22 (6)

    A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.

  • Exodus 34:15–16 (5)

    Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice

  • 2 John 1:10–11 (4)

    If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him.

  • Proverbs 20:7 (3)

    The righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him.

  • Isaiah 1:19 (3)

    If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.

  • Psalms 112:1–2 (2)

    Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.

  • Deuteronomy 6:1–2 (2)

    These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God has instructed me to teach you to follow i

  • Joshua 1:6–9 (2)

    Be strong and courageous, for you shall give these people the inheritance of the land that I swore to their fathers I wo

  • Exodus 23:32 (2)

    You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods.

  • Genesis 18:18–19 (2)

    Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

  • Ezra 9:2 (2)

    Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed

  • 2 Chronicles 19:2 (1)

    Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love