Joshua 23:11
9 For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.
10 One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.
12 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:
13 Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath 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!
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- 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 take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 6:5–12
And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
Read in contextRomans 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Read in contextJude 1:20–21
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
Read in context1 Corinthians 8:3
But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
Read in contextProverbs 4:23
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Read in context1 Corinthians 16:22
If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.
Read in contextExodus 20:6
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
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