Joshua 23:11

11 So be very diligent to love the Lord your God for your own well-being.

Joshua 23:11 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 23:11

Take good heed therefore unto yourselves
To be upon their guard, and to be watchful, were very necessary to them, that they might not be ensnared by the Canaanites, and drawn aside by them into idolatry, and so apostatize from the Lord and his worship, since their temptations would be many:

that ye love the Lord your God;
which would the most strongly influence and engage them to serve and worship the Lord, and obey his commands, and be the best preservative against idolatry and false worship.

Joshua 23:11 In-Context

9 "The Lord has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and no one has been able to stand against you to this day.

10 One of you routed a thousand, because the Lord your God was fighting for you, as He promised.

11 So be very diligent to love the Lord your God for your own well-being.

12 For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations remaining among you, and if you intermarry or associate with them and they with you,

13 know for certain that the Lord your God will not continue to drive these nations out before you. They will become a snare and a trap for you, a scourge for your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you disappear from this good land the Lord your God has given you.