Joshua 23:12

New Century Version

“If you turn away from the way of the Lord and become friends with these people who are not part of Israel and marry them,

Cross References

Genesis 2:24

So a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one body.

Genesis 34:3

Shechem fell in love with Dinah, and he spoke kindly to her.

1 Kings 11:2

The Lord had told the Israelites, “You must not marry people of other nations. If you do, they will cause you to follow their gods.” But Solomon fell in love with these women.

1 Kings 11:4

As Solomon grew old, his wives caused him to follow other gods. He did not follow the Lord completely as his father David had done.

Psalm 125:5

But, Lord, when you remove those who do evil, also remove those who stop following you. Let there be peace in Israel.

Psalm 36:3

Their words are wicked lies; they are no longer wise or good.

Isaiah 1:4

How terrible! Israel is a nation of sin, a people loaded down with guilt, a group of children doing evil, children who are full of evil. They have left the Lord; they hate God, the Holy One of Israel, and have turned away from him as if he were a stranger.

Ezekiel 18:24

“But suppose good people stop doing good and do wrong and do the same hateful things the wicked do. Will they live? All their good acts will be forgotten, because they became unfaithful. They have sinned, so they will die because of their sins.

Zephaniah 1:6

and those who turned away from the Lord, and those who quit following the Lord and praying to him for direction.

Matthew 12:45

Then the evil spirit goes out and brings seven other spirits even more evil than it is, and they go in and live there. So the person has even more trouble than before. It is the same way with the evil people who live today.”

John 6:66

After Jesus said this, many of his followers left him and stopped following him.

Romans 12:9

Your love must be real. Hate what is evil, and hold on to what is good.

Deuteronomy 6:15

because the Lord your God is a jealous God. He is present with you, and if you worship other gods, he will become angry with you and destroy you from the earth.

Deuteronomy 7:3

Do not marry any of them, or let your daughters marry their sons, or let your sons marry their daughters.

Deuteronomy 7:4

If you do, those people will turn your children away from me, to begin serving other gods. Then the Lord will be very angry with you, and he will quickly destroy you.

Joshua 23:11

So you must be careful to love the Lord your God.

1 John 2:9

Anyone who says, “I am in the light,” but hates a brother or sister, is still in the darkness.

Judges 14:3

His father and mother answered, “Surely there is a woman from Israel you can marry. Do you have to marry a woman from the Philistines, who are not circumcised?” But Samson said, “Get that woman for me! She is the one I want!”

Judges 3:6

The Israelites began to marry the daughters of those people, and they allowed their daughters to marry the sons of those people. Israel also served their gods.