Deuteronomy 7:16

New International Reader's Version

You must destroy all the nations the Lord your God hands over to you. Don’t feel sorry for them. Don’t serve their gods. If you do, they will be a trap for you.

Cross References

Psalm 106:34

They didn’t destroy the nations in Canaan as the Lord had commanded them.

Psalm 106:36

They worshiped statues of their gods. That became a trap for them.

Exodus 23:33

Do not let them live in your land. If you do, they will cause you to sin against me. If you worship their gods, that will certainly be a trap for you.”

Jeremiah 21:7

After that, I will hand you over to your enemies. They want to kill you,” announces the Lord. “I will hand over Zedekiah, the king of Judah, and his officials. I will also hand over the people in this city who live through the plague, war and hunger. All of them will be handed over to Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon. He will kill them with swords. He will show them no mercy. He will not feel sorry for them. In fact, he will not have any concern for them at all.” ’

Numbers 33:55

“ ‘But suppose you do not drive out the people living in the land. Then those you allow to remain there will become like needles in your eyes. They will become like thorns in your sides. They will give you trouble in the land where you will live.

1 Corinthians 15:33

Don’t let anyone fool you. “Bad companions make a good person bad.”

Deuteronomy 13:8

Don’t give in to those who are tempting you. Don’t listen to them. Don’t feel sorry for them. Don’t spare them or save them.

Deuteronomy 13:9

You must certainly put them to death. You must be the first to throw stones at them. Then all the people must do the same thing.

Deuteronomy 19:13

Don’t feel sorry for him. He has killed someone who hadn’t done anything wrong. Crimes like that must be punished in Israel. Then things will go well with you.

Deuteronomy 19:21

Don’t feel sorry for that evil person. A life must be taken for a life. An eye must be put out for an eye. A tooth must be knocked out for a tooth. A hand must be cut off for a hand and a foot for a foot.

Deuteronomy 25:12

Then you must cut off her hand. Don’t feel sorry for her.

Deuteronomy 7:2

The Lord your God will hand them over to you. You will win the battle over them. You must completely destroy them. Don’t make a peace treaty with them. Don’t show them any mercy.

Deuteronomy 7:25

Burn the statues of their gods in the fire. Don’t wish for the silver and gold on those statues. Don’t take it for yourselves. If you do, it will be a trap for you. The Lord your God hates it.

Joshua 11:20

The Lord himself made their people stubborn. He made them go to war against Israel so he could totally destroy them. He wanted to wipe them out. He didn’t show them any mercy. The Lord had commanded Moses to destroy the Canaanites.

Judges 2:12

They deserted the Lord, the God of their people. He had brought them out of Egypt. But now the Israelites served other gods and worshiped them. They served the gods of the nations that were around them. They made the Lord angry

Judges 2:3

I have said something else. I said, ‘I will not drive out those people to make room for you. They and their gods will become traps for you.’ ”

Judges 3:6

They married the daughters of those people. They gave their own daughters to the sons of those people. And they served the gods of those people.

Judges 8:27

Gideon made an object out of all the gold. It looked like the linen apron the high priest of Israel wore. Gideon placed it in Ophrah. That was his hometown. All the Israelites worshiped it there. They weren’t faithful to the Lord. So the gold object became a trap to Gideon and his family.