Joshua 23:9-13 ▼

9 because the LORD has expelled great and strong nations ahead of you. Now as for you, not a single man has been able to oppose you right to this day.

10 A single man makes a thousand flee, because the LORD your God is the one who is fighting for you, just as he promised you.

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.