Joshua 23:13
Know for a certainty that the Lord your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you.
Cross-references
In Joshua 23:16, the same speech warns of destruction for covenant breaking, directly continuing the snare imagery from Joshua 23:13.
In Joshua 23:5, God promises to drive out the nations—a positive contrast to the warning in Joshua 23:13 about what happens if Israel fails to obey.
Joshua 13:6 promises God will drive out nations — Joshua 23:13 warns that because of disobedience, God will no longer drive them out.
In Joshua 13:13, the failure to drive out Geshur and Maacath is a concrete example of the lingering nations Joshua 23:13 warns will become snares.
Deuteronomy 29:28 states the LORD uprooted Israel from the land in anger—a direct preview of the exile Joshua warns about.
1 Kings 11:4 shows Solomon's intermarriage leading to idolatry, a concrete example of the snare Joshua warned about.
2 Kings 17:23 explicitly says the LORD removed Israel from the land as warned by the prophets—directly fulfills Joshua's conditional threat.
2 Kings 25:21 recounts Judah's exile from the land—another fulfillment of the same warning Joshua gave about being driven out.
Judges 2:3 directly quotes the consequence Joshua predicted — 'thorns in your sides and their gods a snare' — showing the warning realized.
Judges 2:2 recounts Israel's failure to obey the command not to make covenants, fulfilling Joshua's warning of consequences.
Deuteronomy 30:18 declares that disobeying will lead to perishing and not living long in the land—same consequence as Joshua's warning.
Deuteronomy 28:63-68 describes being torn from the land and scattered, matching Joshua's warning of perishing from the good land.
Psalm 106:35-39 describes Israel mixing with nations and falling into idolatry, exactly the outcome Joshua warned would happen.
Deuteronomy 7:16 warns that serving other gods will be a snare — the same snare Joshua says will result from intermarrying.
Deuteronomy 4:26 also warns of soon perishing from the land due to idolatry, reinforcing the same conditional threat.
Numbers 33:55 uses identical imagery of thorns and barbs, directly paralleling the promised consequence of failing to drive out the inhabitants.
Leviticus 26:31-35 spells out the curse of the land being desolate and Israel exiled—the very judgment Joshua warns will come.
Exodus 23:33 earlier commanded not to let nations remain lest they become a snare — Joshua applies that same consequence for disobedience.
Ezekiel 28:24 promises removal of thorns (enemies), contrasting with the warning here that nations would remain as thorns.
In Ezra 9:12, the same command not to intermarry with pagan peoples repeats the warning Joshua 23:13 gives about snares.
Psalm 106:34 recalls Israel's failure to destroy the nations, directly explaining why those nations became traps as warned here.
Psalm 106:36 says idols became a snare to Israel, using the same 'snare' term as the warning here about foreign nations.
In Judges 2:21, God declares He will no longer drive out the nations—fulfilling the warning in Joshua 23:13 that disobedience brings entrapment.
Deuteronomy 20:18 explains that Canaanites' practices teach Israel to sin — Joshua warns these nations become a snare leading to sin.
Deuteronomy 11:17 warns of perishing quickly from the good land as covenant curse — Joshua's warning of perishing from the land echoes this.
Deuteronomy 8:19 warns that forgetting God leads to perishing — Joshua warns of perishing from the land due to associating with nations.
Deuteronomy 7:3 directly forbids intermarriage with Canaanites — Joshua warns that doing so will bring destruction.
Exodus 34:12 commands not to covenant with Canaanites lest it become a snare — Joshua reiterates this warning with the same snare imagery.
In 2 Kings 17:18, Israel’s exile is the ultimate result of the snare Joshua 23:13 warned would lead to destruction.
In 1 Kings 16:31, Ahab’s marriage to Jezebel and Baal worship mirrors the trap Joshua 23:13 describes from associating with pagan nations.
In 1 Kings 11:2, Solomon’s foreign wives lead him to idolatry, exemplifying the snare Joshua 23:13 warns against from intermarriage.
In 2 Kings 22:16, disaster is pronounced on Judah for forsaking God—a later echo of the covenant curse Joshua 23:13 threatens.
In Ezra 10:3, the covenant to send away foreign wives directly addresses the intermarriage problem Joshua 23:13 warned against.
Jeremiah 11:8 describes judgment for covenant disobedience, fulfilling the warning here that Israel would perish from the land.
Psalm 81:14 promises God would subdue enemies if Israel obeyed, contrasting with the warning here that enemies will become snares.