Joshua 23:11
Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the Lord your God.
Joshua 23:11 in other translations
| BSB | Therefore watch yourselves carefully, that you love the LORD your God. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | and ye have been very watchful for yourselves to love Jehovah your God. |
| DARBY | Take great heed therefore unto your souls, that ye love Jehovah your God. |
| BBE | So keep watch on yourselves, and see that you have love for the Lord your God. |
| Webster | Take good heed therefore to yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God. |
What does Joshua 23:11 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 23:5-11
Jos 23:5-11. By Promises. 5-11. the Lord your God, he shall expel them from before you, as the Lord your God hath promised you, &c.--The actual possessions which God had given were a pledge of the complete fulfilment of His promise in giving them the parts of the country still unconquered. But the accomplishment of the divine promise depended on their inviolable fidelity to God's law--on their keeping resolutely…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 23:11-16
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Joshua 23:11 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joshua 23:11
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 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. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. …
- Romans 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.
- Jude 1:20-21
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
- 1 Corinthians 8:3
But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
- Proverbs 4:23
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
- 1 Corinthians 16:22
If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maran-atha.
- Exodus 20:6
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
- Hebrews 12:15
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
- Ephesians 5:15
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
- Luke 21:34
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
- Deuteronomy 4:9
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;
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Context
- Joshua 23:10
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.
- Joshua 23:11
Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the Lord your God.
- Joshua 23:12
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:
Joshua 23:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Por tanto, cuidad mucho por vuestras almas, que améis á Jehová vuestro Dios. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Or prenez bien garde à vos âmes pour aimer l’ Éternel, votre Dieu. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | So habet wohl acht auf eure Seelen, daß ihr Jehova, euren Gott, liebet! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Hoc tantum diligentissime præcavete: ut diligatis Dominum Deum vestrum. |