Judges 2:3

World English Bible (2000)

Therefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be [as thorns] in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare to you."

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  • Num 33:55 : 55 "But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those you let remain of them will be as pricks in your eyes and as thorns in your sides, and they will harass you in the land in which you dwell.
  • Josh 23:13 : 13 know for a certainty that Yahweh your God will no longer drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap to you, a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which Yahweh your God has given you.
  • Judg 2:21 : 21 I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations that Joshua left when he died;
  • Judg 3:6 : 6 and they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their own daughters to their sons and served their gods.
  • Deut 7:16 : 16 You shall consume all the peoples whom Yahweh your God shall deliver to you; your eye shall not pity them: neither shall you serve their gods; for that will be a snare to you.
  • Ps 106:36 : 36 They served their idols, which became a snare to them.
  • Exod 23:33 : 33 They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me, for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you."
  • Exod 34:12 : 12 Be careful, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be for a snare in the midst of you:
  • 1 Kgs 11:1-7 : 1 Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites; 2 of the nations concerning which Yahweh said to the children of Israel, "You shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods." Solomon joined to these in love. 3 He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart. 4 For it happened, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as was the heart of David his father. 5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. 6 Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and didn't go fully after Yahweh, as did David his father. 7 Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on the mountain that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 33:55-56
    2 verses
    82%

    55 "But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those you let remain of them will be as pricks in your eyes and as thorns in your sides, and they will harass you in the land in which you dwell.

    56 It shall happen that as I thought to do to them, so will I do to you."

  • Exod 23:32-33
    2 verses
    81%

    32 You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

    33 They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me, for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you."

  • Josh 23:13
    80%

    13 know for a certainty that Yahweh your God will no longer drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap to you, a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which Yahweh your God has given you.

  • Judg 2:2
    77%

    2 and you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall break down their altars.' But you have not listened to my voice: why have you done this?

  • Exod 34:12
    75%

    12 Be careful, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be for a snare in the midst of you:

  • Judg 2:21-23
    3 verses
    75%

    21 I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations that Joshua left when he died;

    22 that by them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of Yahweh to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not."

    23 So Yahweh left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.

  • Exod 23:27-30
    4 verses
    74%

    27 I will send my terror before you, and will confuse all the people to whom you come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.

    28 I will send the hornet before you, which will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before you.

    29 I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the animals of the field multiply against you.

    30 Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and inherit the land.

  • Deut 12:30
    73%

    30 take heed to yourself that you not be ensnared to follow them, after that they are destroyed from before you; and that you not inquire after their gods, saying, "How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise."

  • Exod 23:23
    72%

    23 For my angel shall go before you, and bring you in to the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I will cut them off.

  • Josh 24:12
    72%

    12 I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with your sword, nor with your bow.

  • Judg 6:10
    72%

    10 and I said to you, "I am Yahweh your God; you shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell." But you have not listened to my voice.'"

  • Ps 106:36
    72%

    36 They served their idols, which became a snare to them.

  • Exod 33:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2 I will send an angel before you; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:

    3 to a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of you, for you are a stiff-necked people, lest I consume you in the way."

  • Deut 7:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16 You shall consume all the peoples whom Yahweh your God shall deliver to you; your eye shall not pity them: neither shall you serve their gods; for that will be a snare to you.

    17 If you shall say in your heart, "These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?"

  • Judg 3:4
    71%

    4 They were [left], to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would listen to the commandments of Yahweh, which he commanded their fathers by Moses.

  • Deut 7:20
    71%

    20 Moreover Yahweh your God will send the hornet among them, until those who are left, and hide themselves, perish from before you.

  • Exod 34:15
    71%

    15 "Don't make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, lest they play the prostitute after their gods, and sacrifice to their gods, and one call you and you eat of his sacrifice;

  • Num 14:43
    71%

    43 For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and you shall fall by the sword: because you are turned back from following Yahweh, therefore Yahweh will not be with you."

  • Lev 20:23
    71%

    23 You shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I am casting out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

  • 2 Kgs 17:12
    71%

    12 and they served idols, of which Yahweh had said to them, "You shall not do this thing."

  • Jer 16:13
    71%

    13 therefore will I cast you forth out of this land into the land that you have not known, neither you nor your fathers; and there you shall serve other gods day and night; for I will show you no favor.

  • Josh 7:12
    71%

    12 Therefore the children of Israel can't stand before their enemies. They turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become devoted for destruction. I will not be with you any more, unless you destroy the devoted things from among you.

  • Deut 7:4
    70%

    4 For he will turn away your son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so the anger of Yahweh would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly.

  • Judg 2:15
    70%

    15 Wherever they went out, the hand of Yahweh was against them for evil, as Yahweh had spoken, and as Yahweh had sworn to them: and they were very distressed.

  • Deut 29:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17 and you have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them);

    18 lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turns away this day from Yahweh our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that bears gall and wormwood;

  • Deut 20:18
    70%

    18 that they not teach you to do after all their abominations, which they have done to their gods; so would you sin against Yahweh your God.

  • Josh 23:7
    70%

    7 that you not come among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow down yourselves to them;

  • Deut 7:25
    70%

    25 You shall burn the engraved images of their gods with fire. You shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it for yourself, lest you be snared in it; for it is an abomination to Yahweh your God.

  • Deut 13:7
    70%

    7 of the gods of the peoples who are around you, near to you, or far off from you, from the one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth;

  • Deut 6:14
    70%

    14 You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples who are around you;

  • Hos 2:6
    70%

    6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she can't find her way.

  • Deut 28:36
    70%

    36 Yahweh will bring you, and your king whom you shall set over you, to a nation that you have not known, you nor your fathers; and there you shall serve other gods, wood and stone.

  • Jer 25:6
    70%

    6 and don't go after other gods to serve them or worship them, and don't provoke me to anger with the work of your hands; and I will do you no harm.

  • Deut 1:29
    70%

    29 Then I said to you, "Don't dread, neither be afraid of them.

  • Lev 26:37
    70%

    37 They will stumble over one another, as it were before the sword, when no one pursues: and you will have no power to stand before your enemies.

  • Ps 81:9
    70%

    9 There shall be no strange god in you, neither shall you worship any foreign god.

  • Deut 7:22
    70%

    22 Yahweh your God will cast out those nations before you by little and little: you may not consume them at once, lest the animals of the field increase on you.

  • Deut 1:42
    70%

    42 Yahweh said to me, "Tell them, 'Don't go up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest you be struck before your enemies.'"

  • Deut 1:39
    69%

    39 Moreover your little ones, whom you said should be a prey, and your children, who this day have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in there, and to them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

  • Deut 9:4
    69%

    4 Don't say in your heart, after Yahweh your God has thrust them out from before you, saying, "For my righteousness Yahweh has brought me in to possess this land;" because Yahweh drives them out before you because of the wickedness of these nations.