Joshua 23:7

New American Bible - revised edition

or mingling with these nations that survive among you. You must not invoke their gods by name, or swear by them, or serve them, or bow down to them,

Cross References

2 Kings 17:12

and served idols, although the Lord had told them: You must not do this.

2 Kings 5:18

But may the Lord forgive your servant this: when my master enters the temple of Rimmon to bow down there, as he leans upon my arm, I too must bow down in the temple of Rimmon. When I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the Lord please forgive your servant this.”

2 Chronicles 7:19

But if ever you turn away and forsake my commandments and statutes which I set before you, and proceed to serve other gods, and bow down to them,

Psalm 16:4

They multiply their sorrows who court other gods. Blood libations to them I will not pour out, nor will I take their names upon my lips.

Exodus 20:5

you shall not bow down before them or serve them. For I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God, inflicting punishment for their ancestors’ wickedness on the children of those who hate me, down to the third and fourth generation;

Exodus 23:13

Give heed to all that I have told you. You shall not mention the name of any other god; it shall not be heard from your lips.

Exodus 23:33

They must not live in your land. For if you serve their gods, this will become a snare to you.

Proverbs 4:14

The path of the wicked do not enter, nor walk in the way of the evil;

Jeremiah 12:16

And if they truly learn my people’s custom of swearing by my name, “As the Lord lives,” just as they taught my people to swear by Baal, then they shall be built up in the midst of my people.

Jeremiah 5:7

Why should I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me, they swear by gods that are no gods. I fed them, but they commit adultery; to the prostitute’s house they throng.

Hosea 2:17

Then I will give her the vineyards she had, and the valley of Achor as a door of hope. There she will respond as in the days of her youth, as on the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.

Zephaniah 1:5

And those who bow down on the roofs to the host of heaven, And those who bow down to the Lord but swear by Milcom;

Numbers 32:38

Nebo, Baal-meon (names to be changed!), and Sibmah. These towns, which they rebuilt, they called by their old names. Other Conquests.

Numbers 33:55

But if you do not dispossess the inhabitants of the land before you, those whom you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they will harass you in the land where you live,

1 Corinthians 15:33

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

Ephesians 5:11

Take no part in the fruitless works of darkness; rather expose them,

Deuteronomy 10:20

The Lord, your God, shall you fear, and him shall you serve; to him hold fast and by his name shall you swear.

Deuteronomy 6:13

The Lord, your God, shall you fear; him shall you serve, and by his name shall you swear.

Deuteronomy 6:14

You shall not go after other gods, any of the gods of the surrounding peoples—

Joshua 23:12

For if you ever turn away from him and join with the remnant of these nations that survive among you, by intermarrying and intermingling with them,

Joshua 23:8

but you must hold fast to the Lord, your God, as you have done up to this day.