Joshua 23:12

Easy To Read Version

“Don’t stop following the Lord. Don’t become friends with these other people that are not part of Israel. Don’t marry any of their people. But if you do become friends with these people,

Cross References

Genesis 2:24

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife. This way, two people become one.

Genesis 34:3

Then Shechem fell in love with Dinah and wanted to marry her.

1 Kings 11:2

In the past, the Lord had said to the people of Israel, “You must not marry people from other nations. If you do, then those people will cause you to follow their gods.” But Solomon fell in love with these women.

1 Kings 11:4

When Solomon was old, his wives caused him to follow other gods. Solomon did not follow the Lord completely the way that his father David had done.

Psalm 125:5

Evil people do crooked things.\par The Lord will punish those evil people.\par

Psalm 36:3

His words are only worthless lies.\par He does not become wise\par or learn to do good.\par

Isaiah 1:4

The nation of Israel is full of guilt. This guilt is like a heavy weight the people have to carry. Those people are like bad children from evil families. They left the Lord. They insulted the Holy One (God) of Israel. They left him and treated him like a stranger.

Ezekiel 18:24

“Now, maybe a good man might stop being good. He might change his life and begin to do all the terrible things that bad person had done in the past. (That bad person changed, so he can live!) So if that good person changes and becomes bad, then God won’t remember all the good things that person did. God will remember that that man turned against him and began to sin. So that man will die because of his sin.”

Zephaniah 1:6

Some people turned away from the Lord. They quit following me. Those people stopped asking the Lord for help. So I will remove those people from that place.”

Matthew 12:45

Then the evil spirit goes out and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself. Then all the spirits go into that person and live there. And that person has even more trouble than he had before. It is the same way with the evil people that live today.”

John 6:66

After Jesus said these things, many of his followers left him. They stopped following Jesus.

Romans 12:9

Your love must be real. Hate the things that are evil. Do only the things that are good.

Deuteronomy 6:15

The Lord your God is always with you. And the Lord hates his people worshiping other gods! So if you follow those other gods, the Lord will become very angry at you. He will destroy you from the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 7:3

Don’t marry any of those people, and don’t let your sons or daughters marry any of the people from those other nations.

Deuteronomy 7:4

Why? Because those people will turn your children away from following me. Then your children will serve other gods. And the Lord will become very angry at you. He will quickly destroy you.

Joshua 23:11

So you must continue to love the Lord your God.

1 John 2:9

A person says, “I am in the light. {\cf2\super [4]} ” But if that person hates his brother or sister \{in Christ\}, then he is still in the darkness (sin).

Judges 14:3

His father and his mother answered, “But surely there is a woman from the people of Israel that you can marry. Do you have to marry a woman from the Philistine people? Those people are not even circumcised.” [109]

Judges 3:6

The people of Israel began to marry the daughters of those people. The people of Israel allowed their own daughters to marry the sons of those people. And the people of Israel began to worship the gods of those people.