Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version So be very careful to love the LORD your God. New Living Translation So be very careful to love the LORD your God. English Standard Version Be very careful, therefore, to love the LORD your God. Berean Standard Bible Therefore watch yourselves carefully, that you love the LORD your God. King James Bible Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God. New King James Version Therefore take careful heed to yourselves, that you love the LORD your God. New American Standard Bible So take great care for yourselves that you love the LORD your God. NASB 1995 “So take diligent heed to yourselves to love the LORD your God. NASB 1977 “So take diligent heed to yourselves to love the LORD your God. Legacy Standard Bible So keep your souls very carefully to love Yahweh your God. Amplified Bible So be very careful and watchful of yourselves to love the LORD your God. Christian Standard Bible So diligently watch yourselves! Love the LORD your God! Holman Christian Standard Bible So be very diligent to love the LORD your God for your own well-being. American Standard Version Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love Jehovah your God. Contemporary English Version Be sure to always love the LORD your God. English Revised Version Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God. GOD'S WORD® Translation Be very careful to love the LORD your God. Good News Translation Be careful, then, to love the LORD your God. International Standard Version "So be very diligent to love the LORD your God, Majority Standard Bible Therefore watch yourselves carefully, that you love the LORD your God. NET Bible Watch yourselves carefully! Love the LORD your God! New Heart English Bible And be very watchful of yourselves to love the LORD your God. Webster's Bible Translation Take good heed therefore to yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God. World English Bible Take good heed therefore to yourselves, that you love Yahweh your God. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand you have been very watchful for yourselves to love your God YHWH. Young's Literal Translation and ye have been very watchful for yourselves to love Jehovah your God. Smith's Literal Translation And watch greatly for your souls, to love Jehovah your God. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims Bible11This only take care of with all diligence, that you love the Lord your God. Catholic Public Domain Version Even so, be very diligent and careful in this: that you love the Lord your God. New American Bible As for you, take great care to love the LORD, your God. New Revised Standard Version Be very careful, therefore, to love the LORD your God. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleTake good heed therefore to yourselves, to revere the LORD your God. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Take good care in your souls to be in awe of LORD JEHOVAH your God! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God. Brenton Septuagint Translation And take ye great heed to love the Lord our God. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Joshua's Charge to Leaders…10One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised. 11Therefore watch yourselves carefully, that you love the LORD your God. 12For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,… Cross References Deuteronomy 6:5 And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. Matthew 22:37-38 Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ / This is the first and greatest commandment. Deuteronomy 10:12 And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, Mark 12:30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ John 14:15 If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. 1 John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome, Deuteronomy 11:1 You shall therefore love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments. Romans 8:28 And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose. 1 Corinthians 16:22 If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord! John 15:10 If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love. Deuteronomy 30:16 For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess. Psalm 31:23 Love the LORD, all His saints. The LORD preserves the faithful, but fully repays the arrogant. 1 John 4:19 We love because He first loved us. John 21:15-17 When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.” / Jesus asked a second time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus told him, “Shepherd My sheep.” / Jesus asked a third time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was deeply hurt that Jesus had asked him a third time, “Do you love Me?” “Lord, You know all things,” he replied. “You know I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep. 1 John 2:5 But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him: Treasury of Scripture Take good heed therefore to yourselves, that you love the LORD your God. Take good Joshua 22:5 But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. Deuteronomy 4:9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons; Deuteronomy 6:5-12 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might… yourselves [heb] your souls Exodus 20:6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. 1 Corinthians 8:3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him. Jump to Previous Careful Diligent Heed Love Souls Watch Watchful YourselvesJump to Next Careful Diligent Heed Love Souls Watch Watchful YourselvesJoshua 23 1. Joshua's exhortation before his death3. by former benefits 5. by promises 11. and by threatenings So be very careful The phrase "be very careful" is a call to vigilance and diligence. In Hebrew, the word often translated as "careful" is "שָׁמַר" (shamar), which means to guard, keep, or watch over. This implies an active, intentional effort to maintain a certain state or condition. In the context of Joshua's address to the Israelites, it is a reminder to be vigilant in their spiritual lives, guarding their hearts and actions against anything that might lead them away from God. Historically, this was crucial as the Israelites were surrounded by pagan nations and influences that could easily lead them astray. to love the LORD your God Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Therefore watchוְנִשְׁמַרְתֶּ֥ם (wə·niš·mar·tem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to yourselves לְנַפְשֹֽׁתֵיכֶ֑ם (lə·nap̄·šō·ṯê·ḵem) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion carefully, מְאֹ֖ד (mə·’ōḏ) Adverb Strong's 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily that you love לְאַהֲבָ֖ה (lə·’a·hă·ḇāh) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 157: To have affection f the LORD יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God. אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ (’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative Links Joshua 23:11 NIVJoshua 23:11 NLT Joshua 23:11 ESV Joshua 23:11 NASB Joshua 23:11 KJV Joshua 23:11 BibleApps.com Joshua 23:11 Biblia Paralela Joshua 23:11 Chinese Bible Joshua 23:11 French Bible Joshua 23:11 Catholic Bible OT History: Joshua 23:11 Take good heed therefore to yourselves that (Josh. 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