Joshua 23:11

11 For your own sake, 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 removed great and powerful nations before you. To this day, no one has stood up to you.

10 A single one of you puts a thousand to flight. This is because the LORD your God fights for you, exactly as he promised you.

11 For your own sake, be very careful to love the LORD your God.

12 But if you should turn away and join the rest of these nations that remain with you, intermarry with them, and associate with each other,

13 then know for certain that the LORD your God won't keep on removing these nations before you. Instead, they will be a snare and a trap for you. They will be a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you vanish from this fertile land that the LORD your God has given you.