Joshua 23:12 - New International Reader's Version

¹² “But suppose you turn away from him. You mix with the people who are left alive in the nations that remain among you. Later, you and they get married to each other. And you do other kinds of things with them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² For if you turn back and adhere to the remnant of these nations left among you and make marriages with them, you marrying their women and they yours,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² Else if ye do at all go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you;

Common English Bible

¹² But if you should turn away and join the rest of these nations that remain with you, intermarry with them, and associate with each other,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² But if you choose to cling to the errors of these nations that live among you, and to mix with them by marriage, and to join with them by friendship,

Joshua 23:12 Cross References

Genesis 2:24

That’s why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife. The two of them become one.

Genesis 34:3

Then he longed for Jacob’s daughter Dinah. He fell in love with her and spoke tenderly to her.

1 Kings 11:2

The Lord had warned Israel about women from other nations. He had said, “You must not marry them. If you do, you can be sure they will turn your hearts toward their gods.” But Solomon continued to love them anyway. He wouldn’t give them up.

1 Kings 11:4

As Solomon grew older, his wives turned his heart toward other gods. He didn’t follow the Lord his God with all his heart. So he wasn’t like his father David.

Psalm 125:5

But the Lord will drive out those who have taken crooked paths. He will drive them out with those who do evil things. May Israel enjoy peace.

Psalm 36:3

Their mouths speak words that are evil and false. They do not act wisely or do what is good.

Isaiah 1:4

How terrible it will be for this sinful nation! They are loaded down with guilt. They are people who do nothing but evil. They are children who are always sinning. They have deserted the Lord. They have turned against the Holy One of Israel. They have turned their backs on him.

Ezekiel 18:24

“Suppose a godly person stops doing what is right. And they sin. They do the same evil things a sinful person does. They do things I hate. Then they will not live. I will not remember any of the right things they have done. They have not been faithful to me. They have also committed many other sins. So they are guilty. They will die.

Zephaniah 1:6

I will destroy those who stop following the Lord. They no longer look to him or ask him for advice.

Matthew 12:45

Then the evil spirit goes and takes with it seven other spirits more evil than itself. They go in and live there. That person is worse off than before. That is how it will be with the evil people of today.”

John 6:66

From this time on, many of his disciples turned back. They no longer followed him.

Romans 12:9

Love must be honest and true. Hate what is evil. Hold on to what is good.

Deuteronomy 6:15

The Lord your God is among you. He wants you to worship only him. If you worship other gods, God will be very angry with you. And he will destroy you from the face of the land.

Deuteronomy 7:3

Don’t marry any of their people. Don’t give your daughters to their sons. And don’t take their daughters for your sons.

Deuteronomy 7:4

If you do, those people will turn your children away from serving the Lord. Then your children will serve other gods. The Lord will be very angry with you. He will quickly destroy you.

Joshua 23:11

So be very careful to love the Lord your God.

1 John 2:9

Suppose someone claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister. Then they are still in the darkness.

Judges 14:3

His father and mother replied, “Can’t we find a wife for you among your relatives? Isn’t there one among any of our people? Do you have to go to the Philistines to get a wife? They aren’t God’s people. They haven’t even been circumcised.” But Samson said to his father, “Get her for me. She’s the right one for me.”

Judges 3:6

They married the daughters of those people. They gave their own daughters to the sons of those people. And they served the gods of those people.