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Ezr 9:14 — Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed [us], so that [there should be] no remnant nor escaping?

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

we again		Jhn 5:14; Rom 6:1; 2Pe 2:20,21
join in		Ezr 9:2; Exd 23:32; Jdg 2:2; Neh 13:23-27
wouldest not thou		Exd 32:10; Num 16:21,45; Deu 9:8,14
no remnant		Ezr 9:8; Deu 32:26,27; Isa 1:9; Jer 46:28; Eze 6:8

Correlating Passages

we again

	Jhn 5:14	Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
	Rom 6:1	What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
	2Pe 2:20	For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
	2Pe 2:21	For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known [it], to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

join in

	Ezr 9:2	For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of [those] lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.
	Exd 23:32	Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
	Jdg 2:2	And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?
	Neh 13:23	In those days also saw I Jews [that] had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, [and] of Moab:
	Neh 13:24	And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.
	Neh 13:25	And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, [saying], Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
	Neh 13:26	Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.
	Neh 13:27	Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?

wouldest not thou

	Exd 32:10	Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
	Num 16:21	Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
	Num 16:45	Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
	Deu 9:8	Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you.
	Deu 9:14	Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.

no remnant

	Ezr 9:8	And now for a little space grace hath been [shewed] from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
	Deu 32:26	I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
	Deu 32:27	Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, [and] lest they should say, Our hand [is] high, and the LORD hath not done all this.
	Isa 1:9	Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, [and] we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
	Jer 46:28	Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I [am] with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.
	Eze 6:8	Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have [some] that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.

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