Joshua 24:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 19:8 : 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.
  • Exod 20:19 : 19 And they said to Moses, To your words we will give ear, but let not the voice of God come to our ears, for fear death may come on us.
  • Exod 24:3 : 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.
  • Exod 24:7 : 7 And he took the book of the agreement, reading it in the hearing of the people: and they said, Everything which the Lord has said we will do, and we will keep his laws.
  • Deut 5:27-28 : 27 Do you go near: and after hearing everything which the Lord our God has to say, give us an account of all he has said to you, and we will give ear, and do it. 28 Then the Lord, hearing your words to me, said to me, The words which this people have said to you have come to my ears: what they have said is well said.
  • Deut 26:17 : 17 Today you have given witness that the Lord is your God, and that you will go in his ways and keep his laws and his orders and his decisions and give ear to his voice:
  • Isa 44:5 : 5 One will say, I am the Lord's; and another will give himself the name, Jacob; another will put a mark on his hand, I am the Lord's, and another will take the name of Israel for himself.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 24:22-25
    4 verses
    91%

    22And 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.

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

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

    25So Joshua made an agreement with the people that day, and gave them a rule and a law in Shechem.

  • Josh 24:14-16
    3 verses
    85%

    14So 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.

    15And 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.

    16Then the people in answer said, Never will we give up the Lord to be the servants of other gods;

  • Josh 24:18-20
    3 verses
    80%

    18And 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.

    19And 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.

    20If 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.

  • Josh 1:16-17
    2 verses
    77%

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

    17As we gave attention to Moses in all things, so we will give attention to you: and may the Lord your God be with you as he was with Moses.

  • Josh 9:22-25
    4 verses
    76%

    22Then Joshua sent for them, and said to them, Why have you been false to us, saying, We are very far from you, when you are living among us?

    23Now because of this you are cursed, and you will for ever be our servants, cutting wood and getting water for the house of my God.

    24And, answering Joshua, they said, Because it came to the ears of your servants that the Lord your God had given orders to his servant Moses to give you all this land, and to send destruction on all the people living in it, because of you; so, fearing greatly for our lives because of you, we have done this.

    25And now we are in your hands: do to us whatever seems good and right to you.

  • Judg 2:7
    74%

    7And the people were true to the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the responsible men who were still living after the death of Joshua, and had seen all the great work of the Lord which he had done for Israel.

  • Josh 9:8
    74%

    8And they said to Joshua, We are your servants. Then Joshua said to them, Who are you and where do you come from?

  • Josh 24:27
    73%

    27And Joshua said to all the people, See now, this stone is to be a witness against us; for all the words of the Lord have been said to us in its hearing: so it will be a witness against you if you are false to the Lord your God.

  • Exod 24:3
    71%

    3Then 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.

  • Josh 24:31
    71%

    31And Israel was true to the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the older men who were still living after Joshua's death, and had seen what the Lord had done for Israel.

  • Jer 42:13
    71%

    13But 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,

  • Exod 19:8
    71%

    8And 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.

  • Josh 7:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7And Joshua said, O Lord God, why have you taken us over Jordan only to give us up into the hands of the Amorites for our destruction? If only it had been enough for us to keep on the other side of Jordan!

    8O Lord, what am I to say now that Israel have given way before their attackers?

  • Josh 1:10
    71%

    10Then Joshua gave their orders to those who were in authority over the people, saying,

  • 1 Sam 8:19
    70%

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

  • Josh 5:14
    70%

    14And he said, No; but I have come as captain of the armies of the Lord. Then Joshua, falling down with his face to the earth in worship, said, What has my lord to say to his servant?

  • Josh 4:15
    70%

    15Then the Lord said to Joshua,

  • Josh 24:2
    69%

    2And Joshua said to all the people, These are the words of the Lord, the God of Israel: In the past your fathers, Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor, were living on the other side of the River: and they were worshipping other gods.

  • Josh 2:24
    69%

    24And they said to Joshua, Truly, the Lord has given all the land into our hands; and all the people of the land have become like water because of us.

  • Josh 10:25
    69%

    25And Joshua said to them, Have no fear and do not be troubled; be strong and take heart: for so will the Lord do to all against whom you make war.

  • Josh 10:8
    69%

    8And the Lord said to Joshua, Have no fear of them, for I have given them into your hands; they will all give way before you.

  • Josh 3:9
    69%

    9And Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come to me here: and give ear to the words of the Lord your God.

  • Josh 20:1
    69%

    1And the Lord said to Joshua,

  • Num 32:31
    69%

    31Then the children of Gad and the children of Reuben said, As the Lord has said to your servants, so will we do.

  • Josh 22:2
    69%

    2And said to them, You have kept all the orders of Moses, the Lord's servant, and have done everything I gave you orders to do:

  • 1 Sam 12:20
    69%

    20Then 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;

  • Josh 22:29
    69%

    29Never 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.

  • 2 Kgs 17:35
    69%

    35And 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:

  • Exod 24:7
    69%

    7And he took the book of the agreement, reading it in the hearing of the people: and they said, Everything which the Lord has said we will do, and we will keep his laws.

  • Josh 9:27
    69%

    27And that day Joshua made them servants, cutting wood and getting water for the people and for the altar of the Lord, in the place marked out by him, to this day.

  • Josh 9:6
    69%

    6And they came to Joshua to the tent-circle at Gilgal, and said to him and to the men of Israel, We have come from a far country: so now make an agreement with us.

  • Judg 2:21
    69%

    21From now on I will not go on driving out from before them any of the nations which at the death of Joshua were still living in this land;

  • Num 11:28
    68%

    28Then Joshua, the son of Nun, who had been Moses' servant from the time when he was a child, said, My lord Moses, let them be stopped.