Joshua 23:13

New Century Version

the Lord your God will not help you defeat your enemies. They will be like traps for you, like whips on your back and thorns in your eyes, and none of you will be left in this good land the Lord your God has given you.

Cross References

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.

2 Kings 17:18

Because he was very angry with the people of Israel, he removed them from his presence. Only the tribe of Judah was left.

2 Kings 17:20

so the Lord rejected all the people of Israel. He punished them and let others destroy them; he threw them out of his presence.

2 Kings 25:21

There at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, the king had them killed. So the people of Judah were led away from their country as captives.

2 Kings 25:26

Then all the people, from the least important to the most important, along with the army leaders, ran away to Egypt, because they were afraid of the Babylonians.

Psalm 69:22

Let their own feasts cause their ruin; let their feasts trap them and pay them back.

Exodus 10:7

The king’s officers asked him, “How long will this man make trouble for us? Let the Israelites go to worship the Lord their God. Don’t you know that Egypt is ruined?”

Exodus 23:33

You must not let them live in your land, or they will make you sin against me. If you worship their gods, you will be caught in a trap.”

Exodus 34:12

Be careful that you don’t make an agreement with the people who live in the land where you are going, because it will bring you trouble.

Exodus 34:16

If you choose some of their daughters as wives for your sons and those daughters worship gods, they will lead your sons to do the same thing.

Ezekiel 28:24

“ ‘No more will neighboring nations be like thorny branches or sharp stickers to hurt Israel. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.

Numbers 33:55

“ ‘But if you don’t force those people out of the land, they will bring you trouble. They will be like sharp hooks in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will bring trouble to the land where you live.

Luke 21:24

They will be killed by the sword and taken as prisoners to all nations. Jerusalem will be crushed by non-Jewish people until their time is over.

Deuteronomy 29:28

Since the Lord became angry and furious with them, he took them out of their land and put them in another land where they are today.”

Deuteronomy 30:18

I tell you today that you will surely be destroyed. And you will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan River to enter and take as your own.

Deuteronomy 4:26

If you do, I ask heaven and earth to speak against you this day that you will quickly be removed from this land that you are crossing the Jordan River to take. You will not live there long after that, but you will be completely destroyed.

Deuteronomy 7:16

You must destroy all the people the Lord your God hands over to you. Do not feel sorry for them, and do not worship their gods, or they will trap you.

2 Timothy 2:26

And they may wake up and escape from the trap of the devil, who catches them to do what he wants.

Judges 2:21

I will no longer defeat the nations who were left when Joshua died.