Joshua 24:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then the people in answer said, Never will we give up the Lord to be the servants of other gods;

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 12:23 : 23 And as for me, never will I go against the orders of the Lord by giving up my prayers for you: but I will go on teaching you the good and right way.
  • Rom 3:6 : 6 In no way: because if it is so, how is God able to be the judge of all the world?
  • Rom 6:2 : 2 In no way. How may we, who are dead to sin, be living in it any longer?
  • Heb 10:38-39 : 38 But the upright man will be living by his faith; and if he goes back, my soul will have no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not of those who go back to destruction; but of those who have faith even to the salvation of the soul.

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    17 For it is the Lord our God who has taken us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house, and who did all those great signs before our eyes, and kept us safe on all our journeys, and among all the peoples through whom we went:

    18 And the Lord sent out from before us all the peoples, the Amorites living in the land: so we will be the servants of the Lord, for he is our God.

    19 And Joshua said to the people, You are not able to be the servants of the Lord, for he is a holy God, a God who will not let his honour be given to another: he will have no mercy on your wrongdoing or your sins.

    20 If you are turned away from the Lord and become the servants of strange gods, then turning against you he will do you evil, cutting you off, after he has done you good.

    21 And the people said to Joshua, No! But we will be the servants of the Lord.

    22 And Joshua said to the people, You are witnesses against yourselves that you have made the decision to be the servants of the Lord. And they said, We are witnesses.

    23 Then, he said, put away the strange gods among you, turning your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.

    24 And the people said to Joshua, We will be the servants of the Lord our God, and we will give ear to his voice.

  • Josh 24:14-15
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    14 So now, go in fear of the Lord, and be his servants with true hearts: put away the gods worshipped by your fathers across the River and in Egypt, and be servants of the Lord.

    15 And if it seems evil to you to be the servants of the Lord, make the decision this day whose servants you will be: of the gods whose servants your fathers were across the River, or of the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living: but I and my house will be the servants of the Lord.

  • Josh 22:29
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    29 Never let it be said that we were false to the Lord, turning back this day from him and building an altar for burned offerings and meal offerings and offerings of beasts, in addition to the altar of the Lord our God which is before his House.

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    35 And the Lord made an agreement with them and gave them orders, saying, You are to have no other gods; you are not to give worship to them or be their servants or make them offerings:

  • Jer 22:9
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    9 And they will say, Because they gave up the agreement of the Lord their God, and became worshippers and servants of other gods.

  • Josh 22:23-24
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    23 That we have made ourselves an altar, being false to the Lord, keep us not safe from death this day; and if for the purpose of offering burned offerings on it and meal offerings, or peace-offerings, let the Lord himself send punishment for it;

    24 And if we have not, in fact, done this designedly and with purpose, having in our minds the fear that in time to come your children might say to our children, What have you to do with the Lord, the God of Israel?

  • Deut 6:14
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    14 Do not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples round about you;

  • Deut 30:17
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    17 But if your heart is turned away and your ear is shut, and you go after those who would make you servants and worshippers of other gods:

  • Josh 1:16
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    16 Then they said to Joshua in answer, Whatever you say to us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.

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    12 Then all the people, answering, said with a loud voice, As you have said, so it is right for us to do.

  • Exod 19:8
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    8 And all the people, answering together, said, Whatever the Lord has said we will do. And Moses took back to the Lord the words of the people.

  • 2 Chr 7:19
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    19 But if you are turned away from me, and do not keep my orders and my laws which I have put before you, but go and make yourselves servants to other gods, giving them worship:

  • Exod 24:3
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    3 Then Moses came and put before the people all the words of the Lord and his laws: and all the people, answering with one voice, said, Whatever the Lord has said we will do.

  • Deut 11:16
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    16 But take care that your hearts are not turned to false ways so that you become servants and worshippers of other gods;

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    12 And they gave up the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had taken them out of the land of Egypt, and went after other gods, the gods of the peoples round about them, worshipping them and moving the Lord to wrath.

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    22 And their answer will be, Because they were turned away from the Lord, the God of their fathers, who took them out of the land of Egypt, and took for themselves other gods and gave them worship and became their servants: that is why he has sent all this evil on them.

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    20 Then Samuel said to the people, Have no fear: truly you have done evil, but do not be turned away from the Lord; be his servants with all your heart;

  • Exod 14:12
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    12 Did we not say to you in Egypt, Let us be as we are, working for the Egyptians? for it is better to be the servants of the Egyptians than to come to our death in the waste land.

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  • Jer 42:13
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    13 But if you say, We have no desire to go on living in this land; and do not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God,

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    12 And they made themselves servants of disgusting things, though the Lord had said, You are not to do this.

  • Deut 29:26
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    26 And they went after other gods and gave them worship, gods who were strange to them, and whom he had not given them:

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    19 But the people gave no attention to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but we will have a king over us,

  • Josh 9:24
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  • 1 Kgs 9:9
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    9 And their answer will be, Because they were turned away from the Lord their God, who took their fathers out of the land of Egypt; they took for themselves other gods and gave them worship and became their servants: that is why the Lord has sent all this evil on them.

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    7 Have nothing to do with these nations who still are living among you; let not their gods be named by you or used in your oaths; do not be their servants or give them worship:

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    10 Then crying out to the Lord, they said, We have done evil, because we have been turned away from the Lord, worshipping the Baals and the Astartes: but now, make us safe from those who are against us and we will be your servants.

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    14 And you made answer and said to me, It is good for us to do as you say.

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