Deuteronomy 7:16

And thou shalt consume all the people which the Lord thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 7:2 gives the same command to utterly destroy the nations without mercy — a parallel instruction in immediate context.

Deuteronomy 12:30 warns against inquiring about the nations' gods after their destruction, reinforcing the same 'snare' warning.

Deuteronomy 12:31 details the abominable practices of these nations, explaining why their gods must be rejected.

Deuteronomy 13:8 repeats the 'thine eye shall not pity' command, now applied to false prophets — same phrase, same principle.

Deuteronomy 19:13 uses the identical 'thine eye shall not pity' command for executing justice on a murderer — parallel principle.

Deuteronomy 19:21 again says 'thine eye shall not pity' in the law of retaliation — parallel command for strict justice.

Deuteronomy 25:12 repeats 'thine eye shall not pity' when punishing a woman who grabs a man's genitals — same formula.

Deuteronomy 31:4 recalls God's destruction of Sihon and Og — a past example of the same pattern of conquest.

Deuteronomy 9:3 says God will destroy the nations as a consuming fire — same conquest context, emphasizing divine action behind the command.

Deuteronomy 13:15 commands destroying an apostate Israelite city with no pity — same 'no pity' principle applied to internal idolatry.

Deuteronomy 20:16 commands saving nothing alive in Canaanite cities — a detailed parallel to the command here.

Joshua 23:13-16 directly uses 'snare and trap' language, warning that remaining nations become a snare if the covenant is broken.

Jeremiah 21:7 describes God's enemies showing no pity on Israel — the reverse of Israel's command to show no pity on enemies.

Judges 2:3 Prophetic fulfillment

Judges 2:3 explicitly says their gods shall be a snare, fulfilling the warning when Israel disobeys.

Judges 2:12 Parallel

Judges 2:12 narrates Israel's abandonment of God to serve other gods, exactly what the main verse forbids.

Judges 3:6 Parallel

Judges 3:6 shows intermarriage and serving their gods, a direct violation of the command in the main verse.

Psalm 106:36 Prophetic fulfillment

Psalm 106:36 shows Israel later serving idols, fulfilling the snare warning — they did not obey the command to destroy.

Numbers 33:55 warns that failing to drive out inhabitants makes them thorns, a consequence of disobeying the command.

Exodus 34:12-16 expands on the snare by forbidding covenants and intermarriage that lead to idolatry.

Exodus 23:33 echoes the exact warning: serving their gods is a snare, directly paralleling the main verse.

Joshua 11:6 Prophetic fulfillment

In Joshua 11:6, God commands Joshua to destroy the Canaanite coalition, directly applying the earlier command from Deuteronomy 7:16 to show no pity.

Joshua 10:28 Prophetic fulfillment

Joshua 10:28 records Joshua destroying Makkedah — another fulfillment of the command to leave none alive.

Judges 2:2 Contrast

In Judges 2:2, the angel rebukes Israel for disobeying the very command to destroy altars and make no covenant, quoting Deuteronomy 7:16.

Joshua 6:21 Prophetic fulfillment

Joshua 6:21 records the destruction of Jericho with no survivors — the direct execution of this command.

Psalm 106:34 explicitly states Israel did not destroy the peoples as commanded in Deuteronomy 7:16, summarizing their disobedience.

Exodus 23:32 prohibits making covenants with them or their gods — a parallel command reinforcing the warning against serving their gods.

In 2 Samuel 21:2, Saul's zeal against Gibeonites contrasts with Israel's earlier oath to spare them, highlighting tension with Deuteronomy 7:16's command to destroy all peoples.