I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!
Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
So Ezra got up and made the leading priests, Levites, and all Israel take an oath to do what had been said. And they too
Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day?
hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His
I also shook out the folds of my robe and said, “May God likewise shake out of his house and possessions every man who d
So I rebuked the officials and asked, “Why has the house of God been neglected?” Then I gathered the Levites and singers
If anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, let a strict judgment be executed against him, whet
If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the numbe
who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,
Then the Levites shall proclaim in a loud voice to every Israelite:
I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scor
Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.
And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their g
Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.
One of the experts in the law told Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well.”