Deuteronomy 20:18

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

If you allow them to live, they will persuade you to worship their disgusting gods, and you will be unfaithful to the LORD.

Cross References

2 Kings 21:3

He rebuilt the local shrines that his father Hezekiah had torn down. He built altars for the god Baal and set up a sacred pole for worshipping the goddess Asherah, just as King Ahab of Israel had done. And he faithfully worshipped the stars in heaven.

Exodus 23:32

But you must not make any agreements with them or with their gods.

Exodus 23:33

Don't let them stay in your land. They will trap you into sinning against me and worshipping their gods.

Exodus 34:12

Don't make treaties with any of those people. If you do, it will be like falling into a trap.

Exodus 34:16

Your men will even marry their women and be influenced to worship their gods.

1 Corinthians 15:33

Don't fool yourselves. Bad friends will destroy you.

2 Corinthians 6:17

The Lord also says, “Leave them and stay away! Don't touch anything that isn't clean. Then I will welcome you

Ephesians 5:11

Don't take part in doing those worthless things that are done in the dark. Instead, show how wrong they are.

Deuteronomy 18:19

Since the message comes from me, anyone who doesn't obey the message will have to answer to me.

Deuteronomy 18:9

Soon you will go into the land that the LORD your God is giving you. The nations that live there do things that are disgusting to the LORD, and you must not follow their example.

Deuteronomy 20:17

He has commanded you to completely wipe out the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

Deuteronomy 20:19

When you are attacking a town, don't chop down its fruit trees, not even if you have had the town surrounded for a long time. Fruit trees aren't your enemies, and they produce food that you can eat, so don't cut them down.

2 Thessalonians 3:14

Be on your guard against any followers who refuse to obey what we have written in this letter. Put them to shame by not having anything to do with them.

1 Timothy 6:5

and nasty quarrels. They have wicked minds and have missed out on the truth. These people think religion is supposed to make you rich.

Judges 2:3

And so, I'll stop helping you defeat your enemies. Instead, they will be there to trap you into worshipping their idols.