Bible Verses About Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God

In those days also I saw Jews that married wives, women of Azotus, and of Ammon, and of Moab.

And their children spoke half in the speech of Azotus, and could not speak the Jews' language, but they spoke according to the language of this and that people.

And I chid them, and laid my curse upon them. And I beat some of them, and shaved off their hair, and made them swear by God that they would not give their daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for their sons, nor for themselves, saying:

Did not Solomon king of Israel sin in this kind of thing: and surely among many nations, there was not a king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: and yet women of other countries brought even him to sin.

And shall we also be disobedient and do all this great evil to transgress against our God, and marry strange women:

Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the chair of pestilence:

My eye is troubled through indignation: I have grown old amongst all my enemies.

Their infirmities were multiplied: afterwards they made haste. I will not gather together their meetings for bloodofferings: nor will I be mindful of their names by my lips.

One thing I have asked of the Lord, this will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. That I may see the delight of the Lord, and may visit his temple.

For he hath hidden me in his tabernacle; in the day of evils, he hath protected me in the secret place of his tabernacle.

For this shall every one that is holy pray to thee in a seasonable time. And yet in a flood of many waters, they shall not come nigh unto him.

For if thou hadst desired sacrifice, I would indeed have given it: with burnt offerings thou wilt not be delighted.

The wicked are alienated from the womb; they have gone astray from the womb: they have spoken false things.

For my days are vanished like smoke, and my bones are grown dry like fuel for the fire.

I am smitten as grass, and my heart is withered: because I forgot to eat my bread.

Through the voice of my groaning, my bone hath cleaved to my flesh.

I am become like to a pelican of the wilderness: I am like a night raven in the house.

And he turned the storm into a breeze: and its waves were still.

And hath placed there the hungry; and they made a city for their habitation.

And they sowed fields, and planted vineyards: and they yielded fruit of birth.

And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly: and their cattle he suffered not to decrease.

Contempt was poured forth upon their princes: and he caused them to wander where there was no passing, and out of the way.

And he helped the poor out of poverty: and made him families like a flock of sheep.

The just shall see, and shall rejoice, and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

¶ Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.