Deuteronomy 7:16

Good News Translation

Destroy every nation that the Lord your God places in your power, and do not show them any mercy. Do not worship their gods, for that would be fatal.

Cross References

Psalm 106:34

They did not kill the heathen, as the Lord had commanded them to do,

Psalm 106:36

God's people worshiped idols, and this caused their destruction.

Exodus 23:33

Do not let those people live in your country; if you do, they will make you sin against me. If you worship their gods, it will be a fatal trap for you.”

Jeremiah 21:7

But as for you, your officials, and the people who survive the war, the famine, and the disease—I will let all of you be captured by King Nebuchadnezzar and by your enemies, who want to kill you. Nebuchadnezzar will put you to death. He will not spare any of you or show mercy or pity to any of you. I, the Lord, have spoken.”

Numbers 33:55

But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those that are left will be as troublesome as splinters in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they will fight against you.

1 Corinthians 15:33

Do not be fooled. “Bad companions ruin good character.”

Deuteronomy 13:8

But do not let any of them persuade you; do not even listen to them. Show them no mercy or pity, and do not protect them.

Deuteronomy 13:9

Kill them! Be the first to stone them, and then let everyone else stone them too.

Deuteronomy 19:13

No mercy will be shown to you. Israel must rid itself of murderers, so that all will go well.

Deuteronomy 19:21

In such cases show no mercy; the punishment is to be a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, and a foot for a foot.

Deuteronomy 25:12

show her no mercy; cut off her hand.

Deuteronomy 7:2

When the Lord your God places these people in your power and you defeat them, you must put them all to death. Do not make an alliance with them or show them any mercy.

Deuteronomy 7:25

Burn their idols. Do not desire the silver or gold that is on them, and do not take it for yourselves. If you do, that will be fatal, because the Lord hates idolatry.

Joshua 11:20

The Lord had made them determined to fight the Israelites, so that they would be condemned to total destruction and all be killed without mercy. This was what the Lord had commanded Moses.

Judges 2:12

They stopped worshiping the Lord, the God of their ancestors, the God who had brought them out of Egypt, and they began to worship other gods, the gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and made the Lord angry.

Judges 2:3

So I tell you now that I will not drive these people out as you advance. They will be your enemies, and you will be trapped by the worship of their gods.”

Judges 3:6

They intermarried with them and worshiped their gods.

Judges 8:27

Gideon made an idol from the gold and put it in his hometown, Ophrah. All the Israelites abandoned God and went there to worship the idol. It was a trap for Gideon and his family.