Joshua 24:20

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.

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  • 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
  • Acts 7:42 : 42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and srifices by the spe of forty years in the wilderness?
  • 2 Chr 15:2 : 2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
  • Ezra 8:22 : 22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
  • Isa 1:28 : 28 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
  • Isa 63:10 : 10 But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
  • Isa 65:11-12 : 11 But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number. 12 Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.
  • Jer 17:13 : 13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
  • Ezek 18:24 : 24 But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
  • Heb 10:26-27 : 26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, 27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
  • Heb 10:38 : 38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
  • Josh 23:12-15 : 12 Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you: 13 Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. 14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof. 15 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

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    18 And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God.

    19 And hua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.

  • Josh 24:21-24
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    21 And the people said unto hua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD.

    22 And hua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.

    23 Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.

    24 And the people said unto hua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.

  • 2 Chr 7:19
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    19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;

  • Josh 23:15-16
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    15 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

    16 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.

  • Deut 30:17
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    17 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

  • Jer 5:19
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    19 And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

  • Deut 8:19-20
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    19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.

    20 As the nations which the LORD stroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God.

  • 1 Kgs 9:6
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    6 But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:

  • Jer 25:6
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    6 And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.

  • Num 32:15
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    15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.

  • Deut 11:28
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    28 And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn asi out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.

  • Josh 24:14-16
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    14 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.

    15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

    16 And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;

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    16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not ceived, and ye turn asi, and serve other gods, and worship them;

    17 And then the LORD'S wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.

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    4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and stroy thee sudnly.

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    63 And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to stroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.

    64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.

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    73%

    14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;

  • Deut 12:30
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    30 Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be stroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.

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    25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.

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    15 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;

  • Deut 4:27-28
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    27 And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.

    28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

  • Deut 20:18
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    18 That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.

  • 2 Chr 7:22
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    22 And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.

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    24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.

  • Deut 7:16
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    16 And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall liver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.

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    13 Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more.

  • 2 Kgs 17:12
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    12 For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.

  • Jer 16:11
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    11 Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;

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    11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.

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    26 For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:

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    12 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.

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    14 And thou shalt not go asi from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

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    20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be stroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

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    20 And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;

    21 And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.