Joshua 23:12

New English Translation

But if you ever turn away and make alliances with these nations that remain near you, and intermarry with them and establish friendly relations with them,

Cross References

Genesis 2:24

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family.

Genesis 34:3

Then he became very attached to Dinah, Jacob’s daughter. He fell in love with the young woman and spoke romantically to her.

1 Kings 11:2

They came from nations about which the Lord had warned the Israelites, “You must not establish friendly relations with them! If you do, they will surely shift your allegiance to their gods.” But Solomon was irresistibly attracted to them.

1 Kings 11:4

When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his father David had been.

Psalm 125:5

As for those who are bent on traveling a sinful path, may the Lord remove them, along with those who behave wickedly! May Israel experience peace!

Psalm 36:3

The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.

Isaiah 1:4

The sinful nation is as good as dead, the people weighed down by evil deeds. They are offspring who do wrong, children who do wicked things. They have abandoned the Lord, and rejected the Holy One of Israel. They are alienated from him.

Ezekiel 18:24

“But if a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing according to all the abominable practices the wicked carry out, will he live? All his righteous acts will not be remembered; because of the unfaithful acts he has done and the sin he has committed, he will die.

Zephaniah 1:6

and those who turn their backs on the Lord and do not want the Lord’s help or guidance.”

Matthew 12:45

Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first. It will be that way for this evil generation as well!”

John 6:66

After this many of his disciples quit following him and did not accompany him any longer.

Romans 12:9

Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good.

Deuteronomy 6:15

for the Lord your God, who is present among you, is a jealous God and his anger will erupt against you and remove you from the land.

Deuteronomy 7:3

You must not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

Deuteronomy 7:4

for they will turn your sons away from me to worship other gods. Then the anger of the Lord will erupt against you and he will quickly destroy you.

Joshua 23:11

Watch yourselves carefully! Love the Lord your God!

1 John 2:9

The one who says he is in the light but still hates his fellow Christian is still in the darkness.

Judges 14:3

But his father and mother said to him, “Certainly you can find a wife among your relatives or among all our people! You should not have to go and get a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines.” But Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, because she is the right one for me.”

Judges 3:6

They took the Canaanites’ daughters as wives and gave their daughters to the Canaanites; they worshiped their gods as well.