Joshua 23:12 Cross References
Joshua 23:12
12: "But if you turn away from him and intermarry with the survivors of these nations remaining among you,
Deuteronomy 7:3
- Do not intermarry with them, and don't let your daughters and sons marry their sons and daughters.
Exodus 34:12
- "Be very careful never to make treaties with the people in the land where you are going. If you do, you soon will be following their evil ways.
- Instead, you must break down their pagan altars, smash the sacred pillars they worship, and cut down their carved images.
- You must worship no other gods, but only the LORD, for he is a God who is passionate about his relationship with you.
- "Do not make treaties of any kind with the people living in the land. They are spiritual prostitutes, committing adultery against me by sacrificing to their gods. If you make peace with them, they will invite you to go with them to worship their gods, and you are likely to do it.
- And you will accept their daughters, who worship other gods, as wives for your sons. Then they will cause your sons to commit adultery against me by worshiping other gods.
Matthew 12:45
- Then the spirit finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they all enter the person and live there. And so that person is worse off than before. That will be the experience of this evil generation."
Ezra 9:11
- Your servants the prophets warned us that the land we would possess was totally defiled by the detestable practices of the people living there. From one end to the other, the land is filled with corruption.
- You told us not to let our daughters marry their sons, and not to let our sons marry their daughters, and not to help those nations in any way. You promised that if we avoided these things, we would become a prosperous nation. You promised that we would enjoy the good produce of the land and leave this prosperity to our children as an inheritance forever.
Genesis 2:24
- This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.
Genesis 34:3
- But Shechem's love for Dinah was strong, and he tried to win her affection.
1 John 2:9
- If anyone says, "I am living in the light," but hates a Christian brother or sister, that person is still living in darkness.
1 Kings 11:2
- The LORD had clearly instructed his people not to intermarry with those nations, because the women they married would lead them to worship their gods. Yet Solomon insisted on loving them anyway.
Hebrews 10:38
- And a righteous person will live by faith. But I will have no pleasure in anyone who turns away."
- But we are not like those who turn their backs on God and seal their fate. We have faith that assures our salvation.
Nehemiah 13:23
- About the same time I realized that some of the men of Judah had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
- Even worse, half their children spoke in the language of Ashdod or some other people and could not speak the language of Judah at all.
- So I confronted them and called down curses on them. I beat some of them and pulled out their hair. I made them swear before God that they would not let their children intermarry with the pagan people of the land.
- "Wasn't this exactly what led King Solomon of Israel into sin?" I demanded. "There was no king from any nation who could compare to him, and God loved him and made him king over all Israel. But even he was led into sin by his foreign wives.
1 Samuel 18:1
- After David had finished talking with Saul, he met Jonathan, the king's son. There was an immediate bond of love between them, and they became the best of friends.
- From that day on Saul kept David with him at the palace and wouldn't let him return home.
- And Jonathan made a special vow to be David's friend,
2 Peter 2:18
- They brag about themselves with empty, foolish boasting. With lustful desire as their bait, they lure back into sin those who have just escaped from such wicked living.
- They promise freedom, but they themselves are slaves to sin and corruption. For you are a slave to whatever controls you.
- And when people escape from the wicked ways of the world by learning about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and then get tangled up with sin and become its slave again, they are worse off than before.
- It would be better if they had never known the right way to live than to know it and then reject the holy commandments that were given to them.
- They make these proverbs come true: "A dog returns to its vomit," and "A washed pig returns to the mud."
John 6:66
- At this point many of his disciples turned away and deserted him.
Psalms 125:5
- But banish those who turn to crooked ways, O LORD. Take them away with those who do evil. And let Israel have quietness and peace.
Romans 12:9
- Don't just pretend that you love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Stand on the side of the good.
Ezra 9:1
- But then the Jewish leaders came to me and said, "Many of the people of Israel, and even some of the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the other peoples living in the land. They have taken up the detestable practices of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.
- For the men of Israel have married women from these people and have taken them as wives for their sons. So the holy race has become polluted by these mixed marriages. To make matters worse, the officials and leaders are some of the worst offenders."
2 Corinthians 6:14
- Don't team up with those who are unbelievers. How can goodness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness?
- What harmony can there be between Christ and the Devil? How can a believer be a partner with an unbeliever?
- And what union can there be between God's temple and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God said: "I will live in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
- Therefore, come out from them and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord. Don't touch their filthy things, and I will welcome you.
1 Kings 11:4
- In Solomon's old age, they turned his heart to worship their gods instead of trusting only in the LORD his God, as his father, David, had done.
Psalms 106:34
- Israel failed to destroy the nations in the land, as the LORD had told them to.
- Instead, they mingled among the pagans and adopted their evil customs.
Psalms 36:3
- Everything they say is crooked and deceitful. They refuse to act wisely or do what is good.
Ezekiel 18:24
- However, if righteous people turn to sinful ways and start acting like other sinners, should they be allowed to live? No, of course not! All their previous goodness will be forgotten, and they will die for their sins.
Zephaniah 1:6
- And I will destroy those who used to worship me but now no longer do. They no longer ask for the LORD's guidance or seek my blessings."
Isaiah 1:4
- Oh, what a sinful nation they are! They are loaded down with a burden of guilt. They are evil and corrupt children who have turned away from the LORD. They have despised the Holy One of Israel, cutting themselves off from his help.