Neh. 13

Nehemiah rebuked the families of God’s people for allowing their children to intermarry with the children of ungodly nations. He even “Smote some of (the fathers) and plucked off their hair,” he was so incensed. He cited Solomon’s backsliding because of his many foreign wives.

Christian families should discourage their children from being “unequally yoked” in marriage with unbelievers. Yes, mates can eventually come to Christ, but damage to the spiritual destiny of the children may have already been done. The lifelong price to pay for marrying someone for the wrong reasons is costly. Conversely, the rewards for marrying a believer from a Christian homelife are off the charts.

David said, “I’ve been young and now I’m old. I have NEVER seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging bread.”