Ezra 9:12

Ezra Prays

¹¹ that Thou hast commanded by the hands of thy servants the prophets, saying, The land into which ye are going to possess it, is a land of impurity, by the impurity of the people of the lands, by their abominations with which they have filled it -- from mouth unto mouth -- by their uncleanness; ¹² and now, your daughters ye do not give to their sons, and their daughters ye do not take to your sons, and ye do not seek their peace, and their good -- unto the age, so that ye are strong, and have eaten the good of the land, and given possession to your sons unto the age. ¹³ 'And after all that hath come upon us for our evil works, and for our great guilt (for Thou, O our God, hast kept back of the rod from our iniquities, and hast given to us an escape like this),

As an Inheritance

Be Strong

Enjoy the Good

Ezra

No

Deuteronomy 7:3

'And thou dost not join in marriage with them; thy daughter thou dost not give to his son, and his daughter thou dost not take to thy son,

Deuteronomy 23:6

thou dost not seek their peace and their good all thy days -- to the age.

Proverbs 13:22

A good man causeth sons' sons to inherit, And laid up for the righteous is the sinner's wealth.

Genesis 18:18-19

and Abraham certainly becometh a nation great and mighty, and blessed in him have been all nations of the earth?

Exodus 23:32

thou dost not make a covenant with them, and with their gods;

Exodus 34:15-16

Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitant of the land, and they have gone a-whoring after their gods, and have sacrificed to their gods, and one hath called to thee, and thou hast eaten of his sacrifice,

Deuteronomy 6:1-2

And this is the command, the statutes and the judgments which Jehovah your God hath commanded to teach you, to do in the land which ye are passing over thither to possess it,

Joshua 1:6-9

be strong and courageous, for thou -- thou dost cause this people to inherit the land which I have sworn to their fathers to give to them.

Joshua 23:12-13

But -- if ye at all turn back and have cleaved to the remnant of these nations, these who are left with you, and intermarried with them, and gone in to them, and they to you,

2 Chronicles 19:2

and go out unto his presence doth Jehu son of Hanani, the seer, and saith unto king Jehoshaphat, 'To give help to the wicked, and to those hating Jehovah, dost thou love? and for this against thee is wrath from before Jehovah,

Ezra 9:2

for they have taken of their daughters to them, and to their sons, and the holy seed have mingled themselves among the peoples of the lands, and the hand of the heads and of the seconds have been first in this trespass.'

Psalm 112:1-2

Praise ye Jah! O the happiness of one fearing Jehovah, In His commands he hath delighted greatly.

Proverbs 20:7

The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons after him!

Isaiah 1:19

If ye are willing, and have hearkened, The good of the land ye consume,

2 John 1:10-11

if any one doth come unto you, and this teaching doth not bear, receive him not into the house, and say not to him, 'Hail!'