Verse 3

Wherefore I also said{H559}{(H8804)}, I will not drive them out{H1644}{(H8762)} from before{H6440} you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides{H6654}, and their gods{H430} shall be a snare{H4170} unto you.

Referenced Verses

  • Num 33:55 : 55 But if ye will not drive out{H3423}{(H8686)} the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of the land{H776} from before{H6440} you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain{H3498}{(H8686)} of them shall be pricks{H7899} in your eyes{H5869}, and thorns{H6796} in your sides{H6654}, and shall vex{H6887}{(H8804)} you in the land{H776} wherein ye dwell{H3427}{(H8802)}.
  • Josh 23:13 : 13 Know{H3045}{(H8799)} for a certainty{H3045}{(H8800)} that the LORD{H3068} your God{H430} will no more{H3254}{(H8686)} drive out{H3423}{(H8687)} any of these nations{H1471} from before{H6440} you; but they shall be snares{H6341} and traps{H4170} unto you, and scourges{H7850} in your sides{H6654}, and thorns{H6796} in your eyes{H5869}, until ye perish{H6}{(H8800)} from off this good{H2896} land{H127} which the LORD{H3068} your God{H430} hath given{H5414}{(H8804)} you.
  • Judg 2:21 : 21 I also will not henceforth{H3254}{(H8686)} drive out{H3423}{(H8687)} any{H376} from before{H6440} them of the nations{H1471} which Joshua{H3091} left{H5800}{(H8804)} when he died{H4191}{(H8799)}:
  • Judg 3:6 : 6 And they took{H3947}{(H8799)} their daughters{H1323} to be their wives{H802}, and gave{H5414}{(H8804)} their daughters{H1323} to their sons{H1121}, and served{H5647}{(H8799)} their gods{H430}.
  • Deut 7:16 : 16 And thou shalt consume{H398}{(H8804)} all the people{H5971} which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} shall deliver{H5414}{(H8802)} thee; thine eye{H5869} shall have no pity{H2347}{(H8799)} upon them: neither shalt thou serve{H5647}{(H8799)} their gods{H430}; for that will be a snare{H4170} unto thee.
  • Ps 106:36 : 36 And they served{H5647}{(H8799)} their idols{H6091}: which were a snare{H4170} unto them.
  • Exod 23:33 : 33 They shall not dwell{H3427}{(H8799)} in thy land{H776}, lest they make thee sin{H2398}{(H8686)} against me: for if thou serve{H5647}{(H8799)} their gods{H430}, it will surely be a snare{H4170} unto thee.
  • Exod 34:12 : 12 Take heed{H8104}{(H8734)} to thyself, lest thou make{H3772}{(H8799)} a covenant{H1285} with the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of the land{H776} whither thou goest{H935}{(H8802)}, lest it be for a snare{H4170} in the midst{H7130} of thee:
  • 1 Kgs 11:1-7 : 1 But king{H4428} Solomon{H8010} loved{H157}{(H8804)} many{H7227} strange{H5237} women{H802}, together with the daughter{H1323} of Pharaoh{H6547}, women of the Moabites{H4125}, Ammonites{H5984}, Edomites{H130}, Zidonians{H6722}, and Hittites{H2850}; 2 Of the nations{H1471} concerning which the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8804)} unto the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, Ye shall not go in{H935}{(H8799)} to them, neither shall they come in{H935}{(H8799)} unto you: for surely{H403} they will turn away{H5186}{(H8686)} your heart{H3824} after{H310} their gods{H430}: Solomon{H8010} clave{H1692}{(H8804)} unto these in love{H157}{(H8800)}. 3 And he had seven{H7651} hundred{H3967} wives{H802}, princesses{H8282}, and three{H7969} hundred{H3967} concubines{H6370}: and his wives{H802} turned away{H5186}{(H8686)} his heart{H3820}. 4 For it came to pass, when{H6256} Solomon{H8010} was old{H2209}, that his wives{H802} turned away{H5186}{(H8689)} his heart{H3824} after{H310} other{H312} gods{H430}: and his heart{H3824} was not perfect{H8003} with the LORD{H3068} his God{H430}, as was the heart{H3824} of David{H1732} his father{H1}. 5 For Solomon{H8010} went{H3212}{(H8799)} after{H310} Ashtoreth{H6253} the goddess{H430} of the Zidonians{H6722}, and after{H310} Milcom{H4445} the abomination{H8251} of the Ammonites{H5984}. 6 And Solomon{H8010} did{H6213}{(H8799)} evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}, and went not fully{H4390}{(H8765)} after{H310} the LORD{H3068}, as did David{H1732} his father{H1}. 7 Then did Solomon{H8010} build{H1129}{(H8799)} an high place{H1116} for Chemosh{H3645}, the abomination{H8251} of Moab{H4124}, in the hill{H2022} that is before{H6440} Jerusalem{H3389}, and for Molech{H4432}, the abomination{H8251} of the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983}.