Joshua 23:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

That ye come not 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 yourselves unto them:

That ye come

Ephesians 5:11

Neither

To swear

Jeremiah 5:7

Zephaniah 1:5

General references

Numbers 33:52

Bible References

That ye come

For if you go back, joining yourselves to the rest of these nations who are still among you, getting married to them and living with them and they with you:

Let them not go on living in your land, or they will make you do evil against me: for if you give worship to their gods, it will certainly be a cause of sin to you.

And when the Lord has given them up into your hands and you have overcome them, give them up to complete destruction: make no agreement with them, and have no mercy on them:

Do not go in the road of sinners, or be walking in the way of evil men.

Do not be tricked by false words: evil company does damage to good behaviour.

Do not keep company with those who have not faith: for what is there in common between righteousness and evil, or between light and dark?

And have no company with the works of the dark, which give no fruit, but make their true quality clear;

Neither

Take note of all these things which I have said to you, and let not the names of other gods come into your minds or from your lips.

And Nebo and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Sibmah: and they gave other names to the towns they made.

Their sorrows will be increased who go after another god: I will not take drink offerings from their hands, or take their names on my lips.

For I will take away the names of the Baals out of her mouth, and never again will she say their names.

To swear

How is it possible for you to have my forgiveness for this? your children have given me up, taking their oaths by those who are no gods: when I had given them food in full measure, they were false to their wives, taking their pleasure in the houses of loose women.

And the worshippers of the army of heaven on the house-tops, and the Lord's worshippers who take oaths by Milcom,

General references

See that all the people of the land are forced out from before you, and put to destruction all their pictured stones, and all their metal images, and all their high places: