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Romans 9:7-8
Neither is it the case that all of Abraham’s children are his descendants. On the contrary, your offspring will be traced through Isaac.That is, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children, but the children of the promise are considered to be the offspring.
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Deuteronomy 7:3-4
You must not intermarry with them, and you must not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,because they will turn your sons away from me to worship other gods. Then the LORD’s anger will burn against you, and he will swiftly destroy you.
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Ezra 9:12
So do not give your daughters to their sons in marriage or take their daughters for your sons. Never pursue their welfare or prosperity, so that you will be strong, eat the good things of the land, and leave it as an inheritance to your sons forever.”
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1 Corinthians 7 39
A wife is bound as long as her husband is living. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to anyone she wants— only in the Lord.
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Exodus 34:16
Then you will take some of their daughters as brides for your sons. Their daughters will prostitute themselves with their gods and cause your sons to prostitute themselves with their gods.
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Job 31:1
I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I look at a young woman?
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Genesis 39:6-7
He left all that he owned under Joseph’s authority; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome.After some time his master’s wife looked longingly at Joseph and said,“ Sleep with me.”
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2 Peter 2 14
They have eyes full of adultery that never stop looking for sin. They seduce unstable people and have hearts trained in greed. Children under a curse!
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Joshua 23:12-13
If you ever turn away and become loyal to the rest of these nations remaining among you, and if you intermarry or associate with them and they with you,know for certain that the LORD your God will not continue to drive these nations out before you. They will become a snare and a trap for you, a sharp stick for your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you disappear from this good land the LORD your God has given you.
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2 Corinthians 6 18
And I will be a Father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.
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Deuteronomy 14:1
“ You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or make a bald spot on your head on behalf of the dead,
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Isaiah 63:16
Yet you are our Father, even though Abraham does not know us and Israel doesn’t recognize us. You, LORD, are our Father; your name is Our Redeemer from Ancient Times.
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Nehemiah 13:24-27
Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or the language of one of the other peoples but could not speak Hebrew.I rebuked them, cursed them, beat some of their men, and pulled out their hair. I forced them to 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 yourselves!Didn’t King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel, yet foreign women drew him into sin.Why then should we hear about you doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”
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2 Samuel 11 2
One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing— a very beautiful woman.
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Malachi 2:11
Judah has acted treacherously, and a detestable act has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s sanctuary, which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
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Genesis 27:46
So Rebekah said to Isaac,“ I’m sick of my life because of these Hethite girls. If Jacob marries someone from around here, like these Hethite girls, what good is my life?”
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John 8:41-42
You’re doing what your father does.”“ We weren’t born of sexual immorality,” they said.“ We have one Father— God.”Jesus said to them,“ If God were your Father, you would love me, because I came from God and I am here. For I didn’t come on my own, but he sent me.
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Genesis 3:6
The woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
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Genesis 4:26
A son was born to Seth also, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to call on the name of the LORD.
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Exodus 4:22-23
And you will say to Pharaoh: This is what the LORD says: Israel is my firstborn son.I told you: Let my son go so that he may worship me, but you refused to let him go. Look, I am about to kill your firstborn son!”
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Ezra 9:1-2
After these things had been done, the leaders approached me and said,“ The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not separated themselves from the surrounding peoples whose detestable practices are like those of the Canaanites, Hethites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.Indeed, the Israelite men have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has become mixed with the surrounding peoples. The leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!”
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Malachi 2:15
Didn’t God make them one and give them a portion of spirit? What is the one seeking? Godly offspring. So watch yourselves carefully, so that no one acts treacherously against the wife of his youth.
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Psalms 82:6-7
I said,“ You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.However, you will die like humans and fall like any other ruler.”
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1 John 2 16
For everything in the world— the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in one’s possessions— is not from the Father, but is from the world.
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Genesis 24:3
and I will have you swear by the LORD, God of heaven and God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I live,
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2 Corinthians 6 14-2 Corinthians 6 16
Do not be yoked together with those who do not believe. For what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?What agreement does Christ have with Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?And what agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, as God said: I will dwell and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.