Joshua 23:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:

Go back

Cleave

Romans 12:9

Shall make

General references

Deuteronomy 7:3

Bible References

Go back

The words of his mouth are malicious and deceptive;
he has stopped acting wisely and doing good.

But as for those who turn aside to crooked ways,
the Lord will banish them with the evildoers.

Peace be with Israel.

Oh sinful nation,
people weighed down with iniquity,
brood of evildoers,
depraved children!
They have abandoned the Lord;
they have despised the Holy One of Israel;
they have turned their backs on Him.

But when a righteous person turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same detestable acts that the wicked do, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. He will die because of the treachery he has engaged in and the sin he has committed.

and those who turn back from following the Lord,
who do not seek the Lord or inquire of Him.

Then off it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and settle down there. As a result, that man’s last condition is worse than the first. That’s how it will also be with this evil generation.”

From that moment many of His disciples turned back and no longer accompanied Him.

But My righteous one

will live by faith;

and if he draws back,
I have no pleasure in him.

For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error.

The one who says he is in the light but hates his brother is in the darkness until now.

Cleave

This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh.

He became infatuated with Dinah, daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke tenderly to her.

When David had finished speaking with Saul, Jonathan committed himself to David, and loved him as much as he loved himself.

from the nations that the Lord had told the Israelites about, “Do not intermarry with them, and they must not intermarry with you, because they will turn you away from Me to their gods.” Solomon was deeply attached to these women and loved them.

Love must be without hypocrisy. Detest evil; cling to what is good.

Shall make

Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land that you are going to enter; otherwise, they will become a snare among you.

Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

When Solomon was old, his wives seduced him to follow other gods. He was not completely devoted to Yahweh his God, as his father David had been.

After these things had been done, the leaders approached me and said: “The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not separated themselves from the surrounding peoples whose detestable practices are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.

In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

Do not be mismatched with unbelievers. For what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

General references

Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,