John Trapp on Nehemiah 10:30

Verſe 30. And that we would not give our daughters] This is the firſt particular branch of the Covenant, that they would make no inter-marriages with the Heathen; as knowing the ſnare that herein Satan laid for their ſouls. In the firſt ſentence againſt man, this cauſe is expreſſed, Becauſe thou obeyedſt the voice of thy wife, &c. By the rib (as by a ladder) Satan oft climbs to the heart, and corrupts it, as Gregory hath it. O wives! (ſaith another) the moſt ſweet poyſon, the moſt deſired evil in the world, &c. Make a wiſe choice therefore. The Heathen well ſaith, that every man when he marrieth, brings either a good or an evil ſpirit into his houſe, and ſo makes it either a heaven or a hell.