Joshua 23:11
What does Joshua 23:11 mean?
A plain-English look at Joshua 23:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love Jehovah your God.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the Lord your God.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love Jehovah your God.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So keep watch on yourselves, and see that you have love for the Lord your God.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and ye have been very watchful for yourselves to love Jehovah your God.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752This only take care of with all diligence, that you love the Lord your God.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Take great heed therefore unto your souls, that ye love Jehovah yourGod.
Context
v.10One man of you shall chase a thousand; for Jehovah your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he spake unto you.
v.11This passage
v.12Else if ye do at all go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you;
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 4:23
Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.
- Ephesians 5:15
Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise;
- 1 Corinthians 8:3
but if any man loveth God, the same is known by him.
- Joshua 22:5
Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, to love Jehovah 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.
- Romans 8:28
And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.
- Deuteronomy 4:9
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children’s children;
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