Ezra 10:12

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The whole assembly responded with a loud voice, "You are right! We must do as you say.

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  • Ezra 10:3-4 : 3 So now, let us make a covenant with our God to send away all these women and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done in accordance with the Law. 4 Arise, for this matter is your responsibility. We are with you, so take courage and act.
  • Neh 13:23 : 23 Additionally, in those days I saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
  • Ps 78:37 : 37 Their hearts were not faithful to Him, nor were they loyal to His covenant.
  • Ps 78:57 : 57 They turned back and were disloyal like their ancestors; they became twisted like a deceitful bow.

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  • Ezra 10:13-14
    2 verses
    79%

    13But there are many people here, and it is the rainy season, so we cannot stand outside. This matter cannot be resolved in a day or two because we have sinned greatly in this matter.

    14Let our leaders act on behalf of the entire assembly. Then let all those in our towns who have married foreign women come at appointed times, along with the elders and judges of each town, until the fierce anger of our God regarding this matter is turned away from us.

  • Exod 19:8
    77%

    8And all the people answered together, saying, 'We will do everything the LORD has spoken.' Moses brought their words back to the LORD.

  • Exod 24:3
    76%

    3Moses came and told the people all the LORD's words and laws. The people responded with one voice, saying, "We will do everything the LORD has said."

  • Ezra 10:9-11
    3 verses
    76%

    9So, within three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin had gathered in Jerusalem. It was the twentieth day of the ninth month, and all the people sat in the square before the house of God, trembling because of the matter and because of the heavy rain.

    10Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, "You have been unfaithful; you have married foreign women, adding to Israel's guilt.

    11Now make confession to the Lord, the God of your fathers, and do His will. Separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign women.

  • Deut 1:14
    74%

    14And you answered me and said, 'What you have proposed is good for us to do.'

  • Ezra 10:1-5
    5 verses
    74%

    1While Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping, and falling facedown in front of the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, because the people were weeping bitterly.

    2Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, said to Ezra, "We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the peoples around us. But even now there is hope for Israel regarding this.

    3So now, let us make a covenant with our God to send away all these women and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done in accordance with the Law.

    4Arise, for this matter is your responsibility. We are with you, so take courage and act.

    5Then Ezra arose and made the leaders of the priests, Levites, and all Israel take an oath to do what had been said. So they took the oath.

  • Deut 5:27-28
    2 verses
    73%

    27Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you, and we will listen and obey.

    28The LORD heard your words when you spoke to me, and He said to me, 'I have heard the words of this people, which they have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken.

  • Neh 5:12
    73%

    12'We will give it back,' they responded, 'and we will not demand anything more from them. We will do as you say.' Then I summoned the priests and made the nobles and officials take an oath to do what they had promised.

  • 1 Chr 13:4
    73%

    4The whole assembly agreed to do so, for the proposal seemed right to all the people.

  • Ezra 9:10
    73%

    10'But now, our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken the commandments'

  • Josh 24:16
    72%

    16The people replied, "Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods!

  • Exod 24:7
    72%

    7Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They said, "We will do everything the LORD has said; we will obey."

  • Neh 10:29
    71%

    29The rest of the people—the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to follow the Law of God, along with their wives, sons, and daughters, all who could understand—

  • Josh 1:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16They answered Joshua, saying, “We will do everything you have commanded us, and we will go wherever you send us.

    17Just as we obeyed Moses in everything, so we will obey you. Only may the LORD your God be with you as He was with Moses.

  • Neh 1:7
    71%

    7We have acted very corruptly against you. We have not obeyed the commands, decrees, and laws you gave your servant Moses.

  • Deut 1:41
    71%

    41Then you answered me and said, 'We have sinned against the LORD. We will go up and fight, just as the LORD our God commanded us.' So each of you strapped on his weapons of war and thought it would be easy to go up into the hill country.

  • Neh 13:27
    70%

    27Must we then hear about you committing all this terrible evil, acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?

  • Judg 10:15
    70%

    15The Israelites said to the LORD, 'We have sinned. Do to us whatever seems good to You, but please save us today.'

  • 2 Chr 15:14
    70%

    14They took an oath to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, with trumpets, and with rams' horns.

  • Num 32:31
    70%

    31The sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answered, "As the Lord has said to your servants, so we will do.

  • Jer 11:6
    70%

    6The LORD said to me, ‘Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Listen to the words of this covenant and do them.’

  • Neh 8:1
    70%

    1All the people gathered together as one in the open square in front of the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.

  • Jer 42:6
    69%

    6Whether it is good or bad, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we are sending you, so that it may go well with us when we obey the voice of the LORD our God."

  • Dan 9:5
    69%

    5we have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly, rebelled, and turned away from Your commandments and judgments.

  • Ezra 9:14
    69%

    14shall we again break your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who commit these abominations? Would you not become so angry with us that you would destroy us completely, leaving no remnant or survivor?

  • Josh 9:19
    69%

    19But all the leaders said to the assembly, 'We have sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.'

  • 2 Chr 15:12
    69%

    12They entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul.

  • Lev 8:5
    69%

    5Moses said to the congregation, "This is what the Lord has commanded to be done."

  • 2 Chr 29:10
    69%

    10Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger may turn away from us.

  • Judg 20:8
    69%

    8All the people stood together as one and said, "None of us will go to his tent or turn back to his house.

  • Dan 9:13
    69%

    13As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our sins and gaining insight into Your truth.

  • Josh 9:11
    69%

    11So our elders and all the inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions for the journey and go to meet them. Tell them: We are your servants; now make a treaty with us.’

  • Jer 16:10
    69%

    10When you tell these people all these words, they will ask you, 'Why has the LORD declared such a great calamity against us? What is our guilt? What is the sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?'

  • Gen 34:15
    68%

    15However, we will agree to you on one condition: if you become like us by every male among you being circumcised.

  • Neh 9:2
    68%

    2The descendants of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, stood, and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.

  • Deut 27:10
    68%

    10Obey the voice of the LORD your God and follow His commandments and statutes that I am giving you today.

  • Deut 27:14
    68%

    14Then the Levites shall declare to all the people of Israel in a loud voice:

  • Josh 24:24
    68%

    24The people said to Joshua, "We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.

  • Deut 17:10
    68%

    10You must act according to the decision they give you at the place the LORD will choose. Be careful to do everything they instruct you.