and lest you (A)go[a] among these nations, these who remain among you. You shall not (B)make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause anyone to (C)swear by them; you shall not (D)serve them nor bow down to them,

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  1. Joshua 23:7 associate with

Do not associate with these nations that remain among you; do not invoke the names of their gods or swear(A) by them. You must not serve them or bow down(B) to them.

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13 “And in all that I have said to you, (A)be circumspect and (B)make no mention of the name of other gods, nor let it be heard from your mouth.

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13 “Be careful(A) to do everything I have said to you. Do not invoke the names of other gods;(B) do not let them be heard on your lips.(C)

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“How shall I pardon you for this?
Your children have forsaken Me
And (A)sworn by those (B)that are not gods.
(C)When I had fed them to the full,
Then they committed adultery
And assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.

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“Why should I forgive you?
    Your children have forsaken me
    and sworn(A) by gods that are not gods.(B)
I supplied all their needs,
    yet they committed adultery(C)
    and thronged to the houses of prostitutes.(D)

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Their sorrows shall be multiplied who hasten after another god;
Their drink offerings of (A)blood I will not offer,
(B)Nor take up their names on my lips.

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Those who run after other gods(A) will suffer(B) more and more.
    I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods
    or take up their names(C) on my lips.

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and when the Lord your God delivers (A)them over to you, you shall conquer them and utterly destroy them. (B)You shall make no covenant with them nor show mercy to them. (C)Nor shall you make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to their son, nor take their daughter for your son.

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and when the Lord your God has delivered(A) them over to you and you have defeated them, then you must destroy(B) them totally.[a](C) Make no treaty(D) with them, and show them no mercy.(E) Do not intermarry with them.(F) Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

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  1. Deuteronomy 7:2 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verse 26.

33 They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, (A)it will surely be a snare to you.”

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33 Do not let them live in your land or they will cause you to sin against me, because the worship of their gods will certainly be a snare(A) to you.”

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11 And have (A)no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather [a]expose them.

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  1. Ephesians 5:11 reprove

11 Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness,(A) but rather expose them.

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14 (A)Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For (B)what [a]fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what [b]communion has light with darkness? 15 And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? 16 And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For (C)you[c] are the temple of the living God. As God has said:

(D)“I will dwell in them
And walk among them.
I will be their God,
And they shall be My people.”

17 Therefore

(E)“Come out from among them
And be separate, says the Lord.
Do not touch what is unclean,
And I will receive you.”

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  1. 2 Corinthians 6:14 in common
  2. 2 Corinthians 6:14 fellowship
  3. 2 Corinthians 6:16 NU we

Warning Against Idolatry

14 Do not be yoked together(A) with unbelievers.(B) For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?(C) 15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial[a]?(D) Or what does a believer(E) have in common with an unbeliever?(F) 16 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols?(G) For we are the temple(H) of the living God.(I) As God has said:

“I will live with them
    and walk among them,
and I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.”[b](J)

17 Therefore,

“Come out from them(K)
    and be separate,
says the Lord.
Touch no unclean thing,
    and I will receive you.”[c](L)

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  1. 2 Corinthians 6:15 Greek Beliar, a variant of Belial
  2. 2 Corinthians 6:16 Lev. 26:12; Jer. 32:38; Ezek. 37:27
  3. 2 Corinthians 6:17 Isaiah 52:11; Ezek. 20:34,41

33 Do not be deceived: (A)“Evil company corrupts good habits.”

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33 Do not be misled:(A) “Bad company corrupts good character.”[a](B)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:33 From the Greek poet Menander

Those (A)who worship the host of heaven on the housetops;
Those who worship and swear oaths by the Lord,
But who also swear (B)by [a]Milcom;

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  1. Zephaniah 1:5 Or Malcam, an Ammonite god, 1 Kin. 11:5; Jer. 49:1; Molech, Lev. 18:21

those who bow down on the roofs
    to worship the starry host,(A)
those who bow down and swear by the Lord
    and who also swear by Molek,[a](B)

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  1. Zephaniah 1:5 Hebrew Malkam

14 (A)Do not enter the path of the wicked,
And do not walk in the way of evil.

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14 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked
    or walk in the way of evildoers.(A)

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12 Or else, if indeed you do (A)go back, and cling to the remnant of these nations—these that remain among you—and (B)make marriages with them, and go in to them and they to you,

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12 “But if you turn away and ally yourselves with the survivors of these nations that remain among you and if you intermarry with them(A) and associate with them,(B)

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17 For (A)I will take from her mouth the names of the Baals,
And they shall be remembered by their name no more.

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17 I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips;(A)
    no longer will their names be invoked.(B)

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