Joshua 23:7

New Living Translation

Make sure you do not associate with the other people still remaining in the land. Do not even mention the names of their gods, much less swear by them or serve them or worship them.

Cross References

2 Kings 17:12

Yes, they worshiped idols, despite the Lord’s specific and repeated warnings.

2 Kings 5:18

However, may the Lord pardon me in this one thing: When my master the king goes into the temple of the god Rimmon to worship there and leans on my arm, may the Lord pardon me when I bow, too.”

2 Chronicles 7:19

“But if you or your descendants abandon me and disobey the decrees and commands I have given you, and if you serve and worship other gods,

Psalm 16:4

Troubles multiply for those who chase after other gods. I will not take part in their sacrifices of blood or even speak the names of their gods.

Exodus 20:5

You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me.

Exodus 23:13

“Pay close attention to all my instructions. You must not call on the name of any other gods. Do not even speak their names.

Exodus 23:33

They must not live in your land, or they will cause you to sin against me. If you serve their gods, you will be caught in the trap of idolatry.”

Proverbs 4:14

Don’t do as the wicked do, and don’t follow the path of evildoers.

Jeremiah 12:16

And if these nations truly learn the ways of my people, and if they learn to swear by my name, saying, ‘As surely as the Lord lives’ (just as they taught my people to swear by the name of Baal), then they will be given a place among my people.

Jeremiah 5:7

“How can I pardon you? For even your children have turned from me. They have sworn by gods that are not gods at all! I fed my people until they were full. But they thanked me by committing adultery and lining up at the brothels.

Hosea 2:17

O Israel, I will wipe the many names of Baal from your lips, and you will never mention them again.

Zephaniah 1:5

For they go up to their roofs and bow down to the sun, moon, and stars. They claim to follow the Lord, but then they worship Molech, too.

Numbers 32:38

Nebo, Baal-meon, and Sibmah. They changed the names of some of the towns they conquered and rebuilt.

Numbers 33:55

But if you fail to drive out the people who live in the land, those who remain will be like splinters in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will harass you in the land where you live.

1 Corinthians 15:33

Don’t be fooled by those who say such things, for “bad company corrupts good character.”

Ephesians 5:11

Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead, expose them.

Deuteronomy 10:20

You must fear the Lord your God and worship him and cling to him. Your oaths must be in his name alone.

Deuteronomy 6:13

You must fear the Lord your God and serve him. When you take an oath, you must use only his name.

Deuteronomy 6:14

“You must not worship any of the gods of neighboring nations,

Joshua 23:12

“But if you turn away from him and cling to the customs of the survivors of these nations remaining among you, and if you intermarry with them,

Joshua 23:8

Rather, cling tightly to the Lord your God as you have done until now.