Joshua 23:11-13

International Standard Version

¹¹ “So be very diligent to love the Lord your God, ¹² because if you ever turn back and cling to those who remain of these nations by intermarrying with them and associating one with another, ¹³ know for certain that the Lord your God will not continue to drive out these nations ahead of you. Instead, they will be a snare and a trap for you, a whip to your backs, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the Lord your God has given you.