Joshua 23:7 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁷ that you may not be mixed with these nations left here among you, or make mention of the names of their gods, or swear by them, or serve them, or bow down yourselves to them,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ that ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ That you may not mix with these nations that remain among you, or make mention of the names of their gods or swear by them or serve them or bow down to them.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ that ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow down yourselves unto them;

Common English Bible

⁷ Don’t have anything to do with these nations that remain with you. Don’t invoke the names of their gods or take oaths by them. Don’t serve them or worship them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Otherwise, after you have entered to the Gentiles, who will be among you in the future, you might swear by the name of their gods, and serve them, and adore them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ Lest after that you are come in among the Gentiles, who will remain among you, you should swear by the name of their gods, and serve them, and adore them.

Joshua 23:7 Cross References

2 Kings 17:12

and they served idols, of which the Lord had said to them, “You shall not do this.”

2 Kings 5:18

In this matter may the Lord pardon your servant: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there, leaning on my arm, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, when I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, the Lord pardon your servant in this matter.”

2 Chronicles 7:19

“But if you turn aside and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,

Psalm 16:4

Those who choose another god multiply their sorrows; their libations of blood I will not pour out or take their names upon my lips.

Exodus 20:5

you shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,

Exodus 23:13

Take heed to all that I have said to you; and make no mention of the names of other gods, nor let such be heard out of your mouth.

Exodus 23:33

They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me; for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”

Proverbs 4:14

Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of evil men.

Jeremiah 12:16

And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, ‘As the Lord lives,’ even as they taught my people to swear by Baal, then they shall be built up in the midst of my people.

Jeremiah 5:7

“How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me, and have sworn by those who are no gods. When I fed them to the full, they committed adultery and trooped to the houses of harlots.

Hosea 2:17

For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be mentioned by name no more.

Zephaniah 1:5

those who bow down on the roofs to the host of the heavens; those who bow down and swear to the Lord and yet swear by Milcom;

Numbers 32:38

Nebo, and Baal-meon (their names to be changed), and Sibmah; and they gave other names to the cities which they built.

Numbers 33:55

But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those of them whom you let remain shall be as pricks in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall trouble you in the land where you dwell.

1 Corinthians 15:33

Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”

Ephesians 5:11

Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.

Deuteronomy 10:20

You shall fear the Lord your God; you shall serve him and cleave to him, and by his name you shall swear.

Deuteronomy 6:13

You shall fear the Lord your God; you shall serve him, and swear by his name.

Deuteronomy 6:14

You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples who are round about you;

Joshua 23:12

For if you turn back, and join the remnant of these nations left here among you, and make marriages with them, so that you marry their women and they yours,

Joshua 23:8

but cleave to the Lord your God as you have done to this day.