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Deuteronomy 23:6
Deuteronomy 23:6 is verse 6 of Deuteronomy chapter 23, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.
King James Version
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
World English Bible
You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.
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Deuteronomy 23:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible
4 For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.
5 Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.
6 You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.
7 Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.
8 The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Samuel 8:2David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.
2 Samuel 12:31David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.
Ezra 9:12Now, therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Never seek their peace or prosperity, so that you may be strong and may eat the good things of the land, leaving it as an inheritance to your sons forever.’
Nehemiah 13:23In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
Nehemiah 13:24Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah.
Nehemiah 13:25I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them 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 for yourselves!