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Romans 9:7-8
Being descendants of Abraham doesn’t make them truly Abraham’s children. For the Scriptures say,“ Isaac is the son through whom your descendants will be counted,” though Abraham had other children, too.This means that Abraham’s physical descendants are not necessarily children of God. Only the children of the promise are considered to be Abraham’s children.
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Deuteronomy 7:3-4
You must not intermarry with them. Do not let your daughters and sons marry their sons and daughters,for they will lead your children away from me to worship other gods. Then the anger of the Lord will burn against you, and he will quickly destroy you.
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Ezra 9:12
Don’t let your daughters marry their sons! Don’t take their daughters as wives for your sons. Don’t ever promote the peace and prosperity of those nations. If you follow these instructions, you will be strong and will enjoy the good things the land produces, and you will leave this prosperity to your children forever.’
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1 Corinthians 7 39
A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. If her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but only if he loves the Lord.
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Exodus 34:16
Then you will accept their daughters, who sacrifice to other gods, as wives for your sons. And they will seduce your sons to commit adultery against me by worshiping other gods.
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Job 31:1
“ I made a covenant with my eyes not to look with lust at a young woman.
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Genesis 39:6-7
So Potiphar gave Joseph complete administrative responsibility over everything he owned. With Joseph there, he didn’t worry about a thing— except what kind of food to eat! Joseph was a very handsome and well built young man,and Potiphar’s wife soon began to look at him lustfully.“ Come and sleep with me,” she demanded.
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2 Peter 2 14
They commit adultery with their eyes, and their desire for sin is never satisfied. They lure unstable people into sin, and they are well trained in greed. They live under God’s curse.
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Joshua 23:12-13
“ But if you turn away from him and cling to the customs of the survivors of these nations remaining among you, and if you intermarry with them,then know for certain that the Lord your God will no longer drive them out of your land. Instead, they will be a snare and a trap to you, a whip for your backs and thorny brambles in your eyes, and you will vanish from this good land the Lord your God has given you.
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2 Corinthians 6 18
And I will be your Father, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
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Deuteronomy 14:1
“ Since you are the people of the Lord your God, never cut yourselves or shave the hair above your foreheads in mourning for the dead.
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Isaiah 63:16
Surely you are still our Father! Even if Abraham and Jacob would disown us, Lord, you would still be our Father. You are our Redeemer from ages past.
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Nehemiah 13:24-27
Furthermore, half their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of some other people and could not speak the language of Judah at all.So I confronted them and called down curses on them. I beat some of them and pulled out their hair. I made them swear in the name of God that they would not let their children intermarry with the pagan people of the land.“ Wasn’t this exactly what led King Solomon of Israel into sin?” I demanded.“ There was no king from any nation who could compare to him, and God loved him and made him king over all Israel. But even he was led into sin by his foreign wives.How could you even think of committing this sinful deed and acting unfaithfully toward God by marrying foreign women?”
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2 Samuel 11 2
Late one afternoon, after his midday rest, David got out of bed and was walking on the roof of the palace. As he looked out over the city, he noticed a woman of unusual beauty taking a bath.
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Malachi 2:11
Judah has been unfaithful, and a detestable thing has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem. The men of Judah have defiled the Lord’s beloved sanctuary by marrying women who worship idols.
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Genesis 27:46
Then Rebekah said to Isaac,“ I’m sick and tired of these local Hittite women! I would rather die than see Jacob marry one of them.”
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John 8:41-42
No, you are imitating your real father.” They replied,“ We aren’t illegitimate children! God himself is our true Father.”Jesus told them,“ If God were your Father, you would love me, because I have come to you from God. I am not here on my own, but he sent me.
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Genesis 3:6
The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too.
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Genesis 4:26
When Seth grew up, he had a son and named him Enosh. At that time people first began to worship the Lord by name.
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Exodus 4:22-23
Then you will tell him,‘ This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son.I commanded you,“ Let my son go, so he can worship me.” But since you have refused, I will now kill your firstborn son!’”
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Ezra 9:1-2
When these things had been done, the Jewish leaders came to me and said,“ Many of the people of Israel, and even some of the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the other peoples living in the land. They have taken up the detestable practices of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.For the men of Israel have married women from these people and have taken them as wives for their sons. So the holy race has become polluted by these mixed marriages. Worse yet, the leaders and officials have led the way in this outrage.”
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Malachi 2:15
Didn’t the Lord make you one with your wife? In body and spirit you are his. And what does he want? Godly children from your union. So guard your heart; remain loyal to the wife of your youth.
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Psalms 82:6-7
I say,‘ You are gods; you are all children of the Most High.But you will die like mere mortals and fall like every other ruler.’”
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1 John 2 16
For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world.
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Genesis 24:3
Swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not allow my son to marry one of these local Canaanite women.
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2 Corinthians 6 14-2 Corinthians 6 16
Don’t team up with those who are unbelievers. How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness?What harmony can there be between Christ and the devil? How can a believer be a partner with an unbeliever?And what union can there be between God’s temple and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God said:“ I will live in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
