Joshua 23:11
9 The LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and to this day no one can stand against you.
10 One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.
Therefore watch yourselves carefully, that you love the LORD your God.
12 For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,
13 know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.
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- BSB
- Therefore watch yourselves carefully, that you love the LORD your God.
- KJV
- Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.
- WEB
- Take good heed therefore to yourselves, that you love the LORD your God.
- ASV
- Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love Jehovah your God.
- DARBY
- Take great heed therefore unto your souls, that ye love Jehovah your God.
- BLB
- And exceedingly take heed to yourselves that you love YHWH your⁺ God.
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- Ta dere da nøye i vare, så sant dere har deres liv kjært, og elsk Herren deres Gud!
- OTB
- Så ta dere nøye i akt for å elske Herren deres Gud.
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- Ta eder da nøie i vare, så sant I har eders liv kjært, og elsk Herren eders Gud!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 22:5
But be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
Read in contextDeuteronomy 6:5–12
And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
Read in contextRomans 8:28
And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
Read in contextJude 1:20–21
But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
Read in context1 Corinthians 8:3
But the one who loves God is known by God.
Read in contextProverbs 4:23
Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
Read in context1 Corinthians 16:22
If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!
Read in contextExodus 20:6
but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
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