Exodus 23:33
They must not live in your land, lest they make you sin against me, for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”
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- Deut 7:16 : 16 Exhortation to Destroy Canaanite Paganism You must destroy all the people whom the LORD your God is about to deliver over to you; you must not pity them or worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
- Ps 106:36 : 36 They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
- Exod 34:12 : 12 Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it become a snare among you.
- Josh 23:13 : 13 know for certain that the LORD our God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. They will trap and ensnare you; they will be a whip that tears your sides and thorns that blind your eyes until you disappear from this good land the LORD your God gave you.
- Judg 2:3 : 3 At that time I also warned you,‘If you disobey, I will not drive out the Canaanites before you. They will ensnare you and their gods will lure you away.’”
- Deut 12:30 : 30 After they have been destroyed from your presence, be careful not to be ensnared like they are; do not pursue their gods and say,“How do these nations serve their gods? I will do the same.”
- Deut 7:2-3 : 2 and he delivers them over to you and you attack them, you must utterly annihilate them. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy! 3 You must not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
- 1 Sam 18:21 : 21 Saul said,“I will give her to him so that she may become a snare to him and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David,“Today is the second time for you to become my son-in-law.”
- 1 Kgs 14:16 : 16 He will hand Israel over to their enemies because of the sins which Jeroboam committed and which he made Israel commit.”
- 2 Chr 33:9 : 9 But Manasseh misled the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem so that they sinned more than the nations whom the LORD had destroyed ahead of the Israelites.
- 2 Tim 2:26 : 26 and they will come to their senses and escape the devil’s trap where they are held captive to do his will.
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32 “You must make no covenant with them or with their gods.
- Judg 2:2-32 verses81%
2 but you must not make an agreement with the people who live in this land. You should tear down the altars where they worship.’ But you have disobeyed me. Why would you do such a thing?
3 At that time I also warned you,‘If you disobey, I will not drive out the Canaanites before you. They will ensnare you and their gods will lure you away.’”
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12 Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it become a snare among you.
- Exod 34:15-173 verses78%
15 Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and someone invites you, you will eat from his sacrifice;
16 and you then take his daughters for your sons, and when his daughters prostitute themselves to their gods, they will make your sons prostitute themselves to their gods as well.
17 You must not make yourselves molten gods.
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7 or associate with these nations that remain near you. You must not invoke or make solemn declarations by the names of their gods! You must not worship or bow down to them!
- Deut 12:30-312 verses76%
30 After they have been destroyed from your presence, be careful not to be ensnared like they are; do not pursue their gods and say,“How do these nations serve their gods? I will do the same.”
31 You must not worship the LORD your God the way they do! For everything that is abhorrent to him, everything he hates, they have done when worshiping their gods. They even burn up their sons and daughters before their gods!
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24 “You must not bow down to their gods; you must not serve them or do according to their practices. Instead you must completely overthrow them and smash their standing stones to pieces.
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16 Exhortation to Destroy Canaanite Paganism You must destroy all the people whom the LORD your God is about to deliver over to you; you must not pity them or worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
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12 They worshiped the disgusting idols in blatant disregard of the LORD’s command.
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9 There must be no other god among you. You must not worship a foreign god.
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14 You must not go after other gods, those of the surrounding peoples,
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18 so that they cannot teach you all the abhorrent ways they worship their gods, causing you to sin against the LORD your God.
- Josh 23:12-132 verses74%
12 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,
13 know for certain that the LORD our God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. They will trap and ensnare you; they will be a whip that tears your sides and thorns that blind your eyes until you disappear from this good land the LORD your God gave you.
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36 They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
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35 The LORD made a covenant with them and instructed them,“You must not worship other gods. Do not bow down to them, serve them, or offer sacrifices to them.
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55 But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, then those whom you allow to remain will be irritants in your eyes and thorns in your side, and will cause you trouble in the land where you will be living.
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7 the gods of the surrounding people(whether near you or far from you, from one end of the earth to the other).
- Deut 7:25-262 verses74%
25 You must burn the images of their gods, but do not covet the silver and gold that covers them so much that you take it for yourself and thus become ensnared by it; for it is abhorrent to the LORD your God.
26 You must not bring any abhorrent thing into your house and thereby become an object of divine wrath along with it. You must absolutely detest and abhor it, for it is an object of divine wrath.
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17 However, if you turn aside and do not obey, but are lured away to worship and serve other gods,
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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.
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16 Exhortation to Instruction and Obedience Make sure you do not turn away to serve and worship other gods!
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6 Do not pay allegiance to other gods and worship and serve them. Do not make me angry by the things that you do. Then I will not cause you any harm.’
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23 You must not walk in the statutes of the nation which I am about to drive out before you, because they have done all these things and I am filled with disgust against them.
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36 The LORD will force you and your king whom you will appoint over you to go away to a people whom you and your ancestors have not known, and you will serve other gods of wood and stone there.
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6 You must not seek peace and prosperity for them through all the ages to come.
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33 They were worshiping the LORD and at the same time serving their own gods in accordance with the practices of the nations from which they had been deported.
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28 There you will worship gods made by human hands– wood and stone that can neither see, hear, eat, nor smell.
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26 They went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods they did not know and that he did not permit them to worship.
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19 “But if you people ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, and decide to serve and worship other gods,
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16 If you violate the covenantal laws of the LORD your God which he commanded you to keep, and follow, worship, and bow down to other gods, the LORD will be very angry with you and you will disappear quickly from the good land which he gave to you.”
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9 Provision for Prophetism When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, you must not learn the abhorrent practices of those nations.
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4 You must not worship the LORD your God the way they worship.
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17 You have seen their detestable things and idols of wood, stone, silver, and gold.)
18 Beware that the heart of no man, woman, clan, or tribe among you turns away from the LORD our God today to pursue and serve the gods of those nations; beware that there is among you no root producing poisonous and bitter fruit.
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3 You must not do as they do in the land of Egypt where you have been living, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan into which I am about to bring you; you must not walk in their statutes.
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52 you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images, all their molten images, and demolish their high places.
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23 You must not make gods of silver alongside me, nor make gods of gold for yourselves.
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33 When a resident foreigner lives with you in your land, you must not oppress him.
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64 The LORD will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known, gods of wood and stone.
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23 they will by no means see the land that I swore to their fathers, nor will any of them who despised me see it.
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34 Therefore do not defile the land that you will inhabit, in which I live, for I the LORD live among the Israelites.”
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3 by serving other gods and worshiping them– the sun, moon, or any other heavenly bodies which I have not permitted you to worship.
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5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me,
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9 You must not worship or serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God. I punish the sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons for the sin of the fathers who reject me,