Genesis 6:2

the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.

Cross References (26)

  • Psalms 82:6–7 (13)

    I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’

  • 1 John 2:16 (10)

    For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Fa

  • 2 Peter 2:14 (6)

    Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed ch

  • Romans 9:7–8 (6)

    Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring wil

  • 2 Samuel 11:2 (5)

    One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman ba

  • Nehemiah 13:24–27 (5)

    Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah.

  • Genesis 3:6 (4)

    When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wis

  • Ezra 9:1–2 (4)

    After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the pries

  • Deuteronomy 7:3–4 (4)

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

  • John 8:41–42 (4)

    You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Hims

  • Ezra 9:12 (4)

    Now, therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Never seek t

  • Exodus 4:22–23 (3)

    Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,

  • Joshua 23:12–13 (3)

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

  • Genesis 24:3 (3)

    and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son

  • Deuteronomy 14:1 (3)

    You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,

  • 2 Corinthians 6:14–16 (2)

    Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellows

  • Job 31:1 (2)

    “I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?

  • Isaiah 63:16 (2)

    Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father;

  • Exodus 34:16 (2)

    And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their g

  • 1 Corinthians 7:39 (2)

    A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as

  • Malachi 2:15 (2)

    Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard

  • Genesis 39:6–7 (2)

    So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. No

  • Genesis 4:26 (2)

    And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.

  • Genesis 27:46 (2)

    Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from am

  • Malachi 2:11 (1)

    Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s

  • 2 Corinthians 6:18 (1)

    And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”