Nehemiah 13:3

²The offspring of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.

³⁸A mixed multitude went up also with them, with flocks, herds, and even very much livestock.

⁴The mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly; and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, “Who will give us meat to eat?

²⁸The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters—everyone who had knowledge and understanding—

²⁷Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

²³For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

¹¹I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

²⁰Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

¹¹Now therefore make confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers and do his pleasure. Separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign women.”

⁹How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.