Joshua 24:22

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Joshua said to the people, "You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD." And they said, "We are witnesses."

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  • Ps 119:173 : 173 May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.
  • Luke 10:42 : 42 'But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.'
  • Luke 19:22 : 22 He said to him, 'I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a harsh man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?'
  • Deut 26:17 : 17 Today you have declared that the LORD will be your God, that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes, commandments, and judgments, and obey His voice.
  • Job 15:6 : 6 Your own mouth condemns you, not I; your lips testify against you.
  • Ps 119:11 : 11 I have hidden Your word in my heart so that I might not sin against You.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 24:18-21
    4 verses
    85%

    18The LORD drove out all the peoples before us, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, for He is our God.

    19Joshua said to the people, "You are not able to serve the LORD. He is a holy God; He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.

    20If you abandon the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring harm to you and destroy you, after He has been good to you.

    21But the people said to Joshua, "No! We will serve the LORD.

  • Josh 24:23-27
    5 verses
    82%

    23Now then," Joshua said, "put away the foreign gods that are among you, and direct your hearts toward the LORD, the God of Israel.

    24The people said to Joshua, "We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.

    25That day Joshua made a covenant for the people at Shechem. He established for them a statute and a rule there.

    26Joshua recorded these words in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak tree near the sanctuary of the LORD.

    27And Joshua said to all the people, "See, this stone will serve as a witness against us. It has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us. It will be a witness against you if you deny your God.

  • Josh 24:14-16
    3 verses
    78%

    14Now, fear the LORD and serve Him with sincerity and truth. Put away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.

    15But if it seems undesirable to you to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve—whether the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But as for me and my family, we will serve the LORD.

    16The people replied, "Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods!

  • Josh 9:22-25
    4 verses
    74%

    22Then Joshua summoned them and said, 'Why did you deceive us by saying, “We live far away from you,” while in fact you live among us?'

    23'Now therefore, you are under a curse and will always serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.'

    24They answered Joshua, 'Your servants were clearly told how the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you this entire land and destroy all its inhabitants before you. So we feared greatly for our lives because of you, and that is why we did this.'

    25Now we are in your hands. Do to us whatever seems good and right to you.

  • Josh 22:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1Then Joshua called the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

    2He said to them, 'You have kept all that Moses, the servant of the LORD, commanded you and have obeyed my voice in everything I commanded you.'

  • Josh 1:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16They answered Joshua, saying, “We will do everything you have commanded us, and we will go wherever you send us.

    17Just as we obeyed Moses in everything, so we will obey you. Only may the LORD your God be with you as He was with Moses.

  • Josh 9:8
    73%

    8They replied to Joshua, “We are your servants.” But Joshua said to them, “Who are you, and where do you come from?”

  • Deut 26:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17Today you have declared that the LORD will be your God, that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes, commandments, and judgments, and obey His voice.

    18And the LORD has declared today that you are His treasured people as He promised, and that you are to keep all His commandments.

  • Josh 3:9
    72%

    9Joshua said to the Israelites, 'Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God.'

  • Judg 2:7
    71%

    7The people served the LORD throughout the lifetime of Joshua and the elders who outlived him and had seen all the great works the LORD had done for Israel.

  • Josh 23:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2Joshua called all Israel together—its elders, leaders, judges, and officials—and said to them, 'I have grown old and am well along in years.'

    3You have seen everything the LORD your God has done to all the nations before you, for the LORD your God is the one who fought for you.

  • Judg 11:10
    71%

    10The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, 'The Lord is our witness; we will certainly do as you say.'

  • Josh 1:10
    71%

    10Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people:

  • Josh 22:27-28
    2 verses
    70%

    27but as a witness between us and you and the generations that follow, that we will worship the LORD at His sanctuary with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and fellowship offerings.’ Then in the future, your descendants will not be able to say to ours, ‘You have no share in the LORD.’

    28And we said, ‘If they ever say this to us or to our descendants, we will answer: Look at the replica of the altar of the LORD, which our ancestors built—not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a witness between us and you.’

  • Josh 24:1
    70%

    1Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders of Israel, their leaders, judges, and officers, and they presented themselves before God.

  • Deut 30:19
    70%

    19I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore, choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,

  • Josh 9:27
    70%

    27On that day, Joshua made them woodcutters and water carriers for the assembly and for the altar of the LORD at the place He would choose. And they continue to do so to this day.

  • Josh 24:31
    70%

    31Israel served the LORD during all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who outlived him, those who had experienced all the deeds the LORD had done for Israel.

  • Josh 4:15
    69%

    15Then the LORD said to Joshua,

  • Deut 29:10
    69%

    10Your children, your wives, and the resident foreigner who lives among your camps, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water.

  • 1 Sam 12:13
    68%

    13Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you asked for. See, the LORD has set a king over you.

  • Deut 29:2
    68%

    2The great trials that your eyes saw, those signs and great wonders.

  • Josh 3:5
    68%

    5Then Joshua said to the people, 'Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do amazing things among you.'

  • Josh 9:6
    68%

    6They went to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel: “We have come from a distant land; now make a treaty with us.”

  • Isa 43:10
    68%

    10'You are My witnesses,' declares the LORD, 'and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, nor will there be one after Me.'

  • Josh 5:13
    68%

    13Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua approached him and asked, "Are you for us or for our enemies?"

  • Deut 3:21
    68%

    21At that time, I also commanded Joshua, saying, 'Your own eyes have seen everything the LORD your God has done to these two kings. The LORD will do the same to all the kingdoms where you are crossing over.'

  • Josh 22:5
    68%

    5But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses, the servant of the LORD, commanded you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and all your soul.

  • Exod 24:7
    68%

    7Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They said, "We will do everything the LORD has said; we will obey."

  • Deut 1:14
    68%

    14And you answered me and said, 'What you have proposed is good for us to do.'