Ezra 9:12

Ezra Prays

¹¹ which You have commanded by Your servants the prophets, saying, ‘The land which you are entering to possess is an unclean land with the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, with their abominations which have filled it from end to end and with their impurity. ¹² So now do not give your daughters to their sons nor take their daughters to your sons, and never seek their peace or their prosperity, that you may be strong and eat the good things of the land and leave it as an inheritance to your sons forever.’ ¹³ After all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and our great guilt, since You our God have requited us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us an escaped remnant as this,

As an Inheritance

Be Strong

Enjoy the Good

Ezra

No

Deuteronomy 7:3

Furthermore, you shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor shall you take their daughters for your sons.

Deuteronomy 23:6

You shall never seek their peace or their prosperity all your days.

Proverbs 13:22

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
And the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.

Genesis 18:18-19

since Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth will be blessed?

Exodus 23:32

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

Exodus 34:15-16

otherwise you might make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land and they would play the harlot with their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and someone might invite you to eat of his sacrifice,

Deuteronomy 6:1-2

“Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the judgments which the Lord your God has commanded me to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you are going over to possess it,

Joshua 1:6-9

Be strong and courageous, for you shall give this people possession of the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.

Joshua 23:12-13

For if you ever go back and cling to the rest of these nations, these which remain among you, and intermarry with them, so that you associate with them and they with you,

2 Chronicles 19:2

Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord and so bring wrath on yourself from the Lord?

Ezra 9:2

For they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy race has intermingled with the peoples of the lands; indeed, the hands of the princes and the rulers have been foremost in this unfaithfulness.”

Psalm 112:1-2

Praise the Lord!
How blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
Who greatly delights in His commandments.

Proverbs 20:7

A righteous man who walks in his integrity—
How blessed are his sons after him.

Isaiah 1:19

“If you consent and obey,
You will eat the best of the land;

2 John 1:10-11

If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house, and do not give him a greeting;