Verse 15

And if it seem evil{H7489} unto you{H4310} to serve{H5647} Jehovah,{H3068} choose{H977} you this day{H3117} whom{H5869} ye will serve;{H5647} whether the gods{H430} which your fathers{H1} served{H5647} that were beyond{H5676} the River,{H5104} or the gods{H430} of the Amorites,{H567} in whose land{H776} ye dwell:{H3427} but as for me and my house,{H1004} we will serve{H5647} Jehovah.{H3068}

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 18:21 : 21 And Elijah{H452} came{H5066} near unto all the people,{H5971} and said,{H559} How long{H5921} go ye limping{H6452} between the two{H8147} sides? if Jehovah{H3068} be God,{H430} follow{H3212} him; but if Baal,{H1168} then follow{H3212} him. And the people{H5971} answered{H6030} him not a word.{H1697}
  • Judg 6:10 : 10 and I said{H559} unto you, I am Jehovah{H3068} your God;{H430} ye shall not fear{H3372} the gods{H430} of the Amorites,{H567} in whose land{H776} ye dwell.{H3427} But ye have not hearkened{H8085} unto my voice.{H6963}
  • Exod 23:24 : 24 Thou shalt not bow down{H7812} to their gods,{H430} nor serve{H5647} them, nor do{H6213} after their works;{H4639} but thou shalt utterly{H2040} overthrow{H2040} them, and{H7665} break in pieces{H7665} their pillars.{H4676}
  • Ruth 1:15-16 : 15 And she said,{H559} Behold, thy sister-in-law{H2994} is gone back{H7725} unto her people,{H5971} and unto her god:{H430} return{H7725} thou after{H310} thy sister-in-law.{H2994} 16 And Ruth{H7327} said,{H559} Entreat{H6293} me not to leave{H5800} thee, and to return{H7725} from following after{H310} thee, for whither thou goest,{H3212} I will go;{H3212} and where thou lodgest,{H3885} I will lodge;{H3885} thy people{H5971} shall be my people,{H5971} and thy God{H430} my God;{H430}
  • Exod 23:32-33 : 32 Thou shalt make{H3772} no covenant{H1285} with them, nor with their gods.{H430} 33 They shall not dwell{H3427} in thy land,{H776} lest they make thee sin{H2398} against me; for if thou serve{H5647} their gods,{H430} it will surely be a snare{H4170} unto thee.
  • Ps 119:106 : 106 I have sworn,{H7650} and have confirmed{H6965} it, That I will observe{H8104} thy righteous{H6664} ordinances.{H4941}
  • John 6:67-68 : 67 Jesus{G2424} said{G2036} therefore{G3767} unto the twelve,{G1427} Would{G2309} ye{G5210} {G3361} also{G2532} go away?{G5217} 68 {G3767} Simon{G4613} Peter{G4074} answered{G611} him,{G846} Lord,{G2962} to{G4314} whom{G5101} shall we go?{G565} thou hast{G2192} the words{G4487} of{G2222} eternal{G166} life.{G2222}
  • Ps 101:2 : 2 I will behave myself wisely{H7919} in a perfect{H8549} way:{H1870} Oh when wilt thou come{H935} unto me? I will walk{H1980} within{H7130} my house{H1004} with a perfect{H8537} heart.{H3824}
  • Acts 11:23 : 23 who,{G3739} when he was come,{G3854} and{G2532} had seen{G1492} the grace{G5485} of God,{G2316} was glad;{G5463} and{G2532} he exhorted{G3870} them all,{G3956} that with purpose{G4286} of heart{G2588} they would cleave{G4357} unto the Lord:{G2962}
  • Ezek 20:39 : 39 As for you, O house{H1004} of Israel,{H3478} thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} Go{H3212} ye, serve{H5647} every one{H376} his idols,{H1544} and hereafter{H310} also, if ye will not hearken{H8085} unto me; but my holy{H6944} name{H8034} shall ye no more profane{H2490} with your gifts,{H4979} and with your idols.{H1544}
  • Gen 18:19 : 19 For I have known{H3045} him, to the end that{H834} he may command{H6680} his children{H1121} and his household{H1004} after him,{H310} that they may keep{H8104} the way{H1870} of Jehovah,{H3068} to do{H6213} righteousness{H6666} and justice;{H6666} to the end that Jehovah{H3068} may bring{H935} upon Abraham{H85} that which he hath spoken{H1696} of him.
  • Deut 29:18 : 18 lest there should be{H3426} among you man,{H376} or woman,{H802} or family,{H4940} or tribe,{H7626} whose heart{H3824} turneth away{H6437} this day{H3117} from Jehovah{H3068} our God,{H430} to go{H3212} to serve{H5647} the gods{H430} of those nations;{H1471} lest there should be{H3426} among you a root{H8328} that beareth{H6509} gall{H7219} and wormwood;{H3939}
  • Ps 119:111-112 : 111 Thy testimonies{H5715} have I taken as a heritage{H5157} for ever;{H5769} For they are the rejoicing{H8342} of my heart.{H3820} 112 I have inclined{H5186} my heart{H3820} to perform{H6213} thy statutes{H2706} For ever, even unto the end.{H6118}
  • Exod 34:15 : 15 lest thou make{H3772} a covenant{H1285} with the inhabitants{H3427} of the land,{H776} and they play the harlot{H2181} after{H310} their gods,{H430} and sacrifice{H2076} unto their gods,{H430} and one call{H7121} thee and thou eat{H398} of his sacrifice;{H2077}
  • Deut 13:7 : 7 of the gods{H430} of the peoples{H5971} that are round about{H5439} you, near{H7138} unto you, or far off{H7350} from you, from the one end{H7097} of the earth{H776} even unto the other end{H7097} of the earth;{H776}