Joshua 23:7

New International Version

Do not associate with these nations that remain among you; do not invoke the names of their gods or swear by them. You must not serve them or bow down to them.

Cross References

2 Kings 17:12

They worshiped idols, though the Lord had said, “You shall not do this.”

2 Kings 5:18

But may the Lord forgive your servant for this one thing: When my master enters the temple of Rimmon to bow down and he is leaning on my arm and I have to bow there also—when I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the Lord forgive your servant for this.”

2 Chronicles 7:19

“But if you turn away and forsake the decrees and commands I have given you and go off to serve other gods and worship them,

Psalm 16:4

Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more. I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods or take up their names on my lips.

Exodus 20:5

You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,

Exodus 23:13

“Be careful to do everything I have said to you. Do not invoke the names of other gods; do not let them be heard on your lips.

Exodus 23:33

Do not let them live in your land or they will cause you to sin against me, because the worship of their gods will certainly be a snare to you.”

Proverbs 4:14

Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.

Jeremiah 12:16

And if they learn well the ways of my people and swear by my name, saying, ‘As surely as the Lord lives’—even as they once taught my people to swear by Baal—then they will be established among my people.

Jeremiah 5:7

“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I supplied all their needs, yet they committed adultery and thronged to the houses of prostitutes.

Hosea 2:17

I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips; no longer will their names be invoked.

Zephaniah 1:5

those who bow down on the roofs to worship the starry host, those who bow down and swear by the Lord and who also swear by Molek,

Numbers 32:38

as well as Nebo and Baal Meon (these names were changed) and Sibmah. They gave names to the cities they rebuilt.

Numbers 33:55

“ ‘But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will give you trouble in the land where you will live.

1 Corinthians 15:33

Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

Ephesians 5:11

Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

Deuteronomy 10:20

Fear the Lord your God and serve him. Hold fast to him and take your oaths in his name.

Deuteronomy 6:13

Fear the Lord your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name.

Deuteronomy 6:14

Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you;

Joshua 23:12

“But if you turn away and ally yourselves with the survivors of these nations that remain among you and if you intermarry with them and associate with them,

Joshua 23:8

But you are to hold fast to the Lord your God, as you have until now.