Ezr 9:1-2, 1Cor 6:15-17, 1Ti 4:5, Tit 1:15 | ESV | STEP | After these things had been done , the officials approached me and said , The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands with their abominations , from the Canaanites , the Hittites , the Perizzites , the Jebusites , the Ammonites , the Moabites , the Egyptians , and the Amorites .

Ezra 9:1-2

Ezra Prays About Intermarriage

1 After these things had been done, the officials approached me and said, “The people of Israel and the priests and the ^aLevites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands ^bwith their abominations, from the ^cCanaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. 2 ^dFor they have taken some of their daughters to be wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the ^eholy race ^{▼▼Hebrew offspring} has ^gmixed itself with the peoples of the lands. And in this faithlessness the hand of the officials and chief men has been foremost.”

1 Corinthians 6:15-17

15 Do you not know that ^hyour bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! 16 Or do you not know that he who is joined ^{▼▼Or who holds fast (compare Genesis 2:24 and Deuteronomy 10:20); also verse 17} to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, ^j“The two will become one flesh.” 17 But he who is joined to the Lord ^kbecomes one spirit with him.

1 Timothy 4:5

5 for it is made holy ^lby the word of God and prayer.

Titus 1:15

15 ^mTo the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and ⁿunbelieving, nothing is pure; but both ^otheir minds and their consciences are defiled.