Joshua 23:11

11 Be very careful to love the LORD your God.

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 forced important and powerful nations out of your way. Not one person has ever been able to stand up to you.

10 One of you used to chase a thousand. That was because the LORD your God was fighting for you, as he had promised you.

11 Be very careful to love the LORD your God.

12 "But if you turn away and go along with the other nations within your [borders], if you intermarry with them or associate with them,

13 then you should know that the LORD your God will never again force these people out of your way. Instead, they will be a snare and a trap for you, a whip laid to your sides, and thorns in your eyes until none of you are left in this good land that the LORD your God has given you.