Deuteronomy 20:18

God's Word

Otherwise, they will teach you to do all the disgusting things they do for their gods, and you will sin against the Lord your God.

Cross References

2 Kings 21:3

He rebuilt the illegal places of worship that his father Hezekiah had destroyed. He set up altars dedicated to Baal and made a pole dedicated to the goddess Asherah as King Ahab of Israel had done. Manasseh, like Ahab, worshiped and served the entire army of heaven.

Exodus 23:32

Never make a treaty with them and their gods.

Exodus 23:33

Never let them live in your land, or they will make you sin against me and trap you into serving their gods.”

Exodus 34:12

Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land where you’re going. This will prove to be a trap to you.

Exodus 34:16

Then your sons will end up marrying their daughters. When their daughters chase after their gods as though they were prostitutes, they’ll lead your sons to do the same thing.

1 Corinthians 15:33

Don’t let anyone deceive you. Associating with bad people will ruin decent people.

2 Corinthians 6:17

The Lord says, “Get away from unbelievers. Separate yourselves from them. Have nothing to do with anything unclean. Then I will welcome you.”

Ephesians 5:11

Have nothing to do with the useless works that darkness produces. Instead, expose them for what they are.

Deuteronomy 18:19

Whoever refuses to listen to the words that prophet speaks in my name will answer to me.

Deuteronomy 18:9

When you come to the land that the Lord your God is giving you, never learn the disgusting practices of those nations.

Deuteronomy 20:17

You must claim the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites for the Lord and completely destroy them, as the Lord your God has commanded you.

Deuteronomy 20:19

This is what you must do whenever you blockade a city for a long time in order to capture it in war. Don’t harm any of its fruit trees with an ax. You can eat the fruit. Never cut those trees down, because the trees of the field are not people you have come to blockade.

Deuteronomy 9:5

It’s not because you’ve been living right or because you’re so honest that you’re entering to take possession of their land. It’s because these people are so wicked that the Lord your God is forcing them out of your way. It’s also because the Lord wants to confirm the promise he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

2 Thessalonians 3:14

It may be that some people will not listen to what we say in this letter. Take note of them and don’t associate with them so that they will feel ashamed.

1 Timothy 6:5

and conflict between people whose corrupt minds have been robbed of the truth. They think that a godly life is a way to make a profit.

Joshua 23:13

then you should know that the Lord your God will never again force these people out of your way. Instead, they will be a snare and a trap for you, a whip laid to your sides, and thorns in your eyes until none of you are left in this good land that the Lord your God has given you.

Judges 2:3

So I have this to say, ‘I will not force them out of your way. They will be like thorns in your sides, and their gods will become a trap for you.’ ”