Joshua 23:7

Modern English Version

Do not assimilate with these peoples remaining among you. Do not invoke the names of their gods, nor swear by, serve, or worship them.

Cross References

2 Kings 17:12

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

2 Kings 5:18

But may the Lord pardon your servant on one account: When my master enters the house of Rimmon to worship, and he leans on my hand, and I bow down in the house of Rimmon, when I do bow down in the house of Rimmon, may the Lord pardon your servant on this one account.”

2 Chronicles 7:19

“But if the people turn aside and abandon My statutes and commandments that I have given to you, and you walk after and serve other gods and worship them,

Psalm 16:4

Those who choose another god multiply their sorrows; their drink offerings of blood I will not offer nor 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 on the children to the third and fourth generation of them who hate Me,

Exodus 23:13

In all things that I have said to you, watch yourselves, and do not mention the name of other gods, nor let them be heard from your mouth.

Exodus 23:33

They shall not live in your land, lest they cause you to 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

It shall come to pass if they will diligently learn the ways of My people, to swear by My name, “As the Lord lives,” as they taught My people to swear by Baal, then they will be built up in the midst of My people.

Jeremiah 5:7

How shall I pardon you for this? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by those who are not gods. When I had fed them to the full, then they committed adultery and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.

Hosea 2:17

I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they will no longer be remembered by their name.

Zephaniah 1:5

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

Numbers 32:38

Nebo and Baal Meon (their names being changed) and Sibmah; and they named the other cities which they built.

Numbers 33:55

But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those whom you let remain will be like thorns in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will show hostility to you in the land in which you live.

1 Corinthians 15:33

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

Ephesians 5:11

And do not have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness; instead, expose them.

Deuteronomy 10:20

You must fear the Lord your God. You must serve Him and cling to Him, and swear by His name.

Deuteronomy 6:13

You shall fear the Lord your God and serve Him and shall swear by His name.

Deuteronomy 6:14

You shall not go after other gods, the gods of the people which surround you

Joshua 23:12

“For if you should turn and cling to the remainder of these peoples who are left with you, and you intermarry and assimilate with them, and they with you,

Joshua 23:8

Instead, cling to the Lord your God, as you have done until today.