Joshua 24:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 1 Sam 12:23 : 23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
  • Rom 3:6 : 6 Certainly not: for then how will God judge the world?
  • Rom 6:2 : 2 Certainly not. How shall we who are dead to sin live any longer in it?
  • Heb 10:38-39 : 38 Now the just shall live by faith; but if anyone draws back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not of those who draw back to destruction, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.

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  • Josh 24:17-24
    8 verses
    85%

    17For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:

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

    19And Joshua said to the people, You cannot serve the LORD: for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.

    20If you forsake the LORD, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm, and consume you, after he has done you good.

    21And the people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve the LORD.

    22And Joshua said to the people, You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.

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

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

  • Josh 24:14-15
    2 verses
    81%

    14Now 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 river, and in Egypt; and serve the LORD.

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

  • Josh 22:29
    79%

    29God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for grain offerings, or for sacrifices, besides the altar of the LORD our God that is before His tabernacle.

  • 2 Kgs 17:35
    75%

    35The LORD made a covenant with them, and commanded them, saying, You shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them.

  • Jer 22:9
    74%

    9Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshiped other gods, and served them.

  • Josh 22:23-24
    2 verses
    74%

    23That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer on it burnt offering or grain offering, or if to offer peace offerings on it, let the LORD Himself require it;

    24And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak to our children, saying, What have you to do with the LORD God of Israel?

  • Deut 6:14
    73%

    14You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people who are all around you;

  • Deut 30:17
    73%

    17But if your heart turns away, so that you will not hear, but shall be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

  • Josh 1:16
    73%

    16And they answered Joshua, saying, All that you command us we will do, and wherever you send us, we will go.

  • Ezra 10:12
    72%

    12Then all the assembly answered with a loud voice, As you have said, so must we do.

  • Exod 19:8
    72%

    8And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD has spoken we will do. And Moses brought back the words of the people to the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 7:19
    72%

    19But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods, and worship them;

  • Exod 24:3
    72%

    3And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD has said, we will do.

  • Deut 11:16
    72%

    16Take heed to yourselves, that your heart is not deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods, and worship them;

  • Judg 2:12
    72%

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

  • 2 Chr 7:22
    72%

    22And they will answer, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and embraced other gods, and worshiped them and served them; therefore He has brought all this calamity upon them.

  • 1 Sam 12:20
    72%

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

  • Exod 14:12
    71%

    12Is not this the word that we told you in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than to die in the wilderness.

  • 1 Kgs 9:6
    71%

    6But if you or your children turn from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:

  • Jer 42:13
    71%

    13But if you say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God,

  • 2 Kgs 17:12
    71%

    12For they served idols, of which the LORD had said to them, You shall not do this thing.

  • Deut 29:26
    71%

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

  • 1 Sam 8:19
    71%

    19Nevertheless, the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but we will have a king over us,

  • Josh 9:24
    71%

    24And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told to your servants how the LORD your God commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were very afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

  • 1 Kgs 9:9
    71%

    9And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold of other gods, and have worshiped them, and served them: therefore, the LORD has brought upon them all this evil.

  • Josh 23:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7That you do not come among these nations, those that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause anyone to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves down to them:

    8But cling to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.

  • Josh 22:27
    71%

    27But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before Him with our burnt offerings, with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, You have no part in the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 12:10
    71%

    10And they cried to the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you.

  • Deut 1:14
    71%

    14And you answered me and said, The thing which you have spoken is good for us to do.

  • Gen 44:7
    71%

    7And they said to him, Why does my lord say these words? God forbid that your servants should do such a thing as this:

  • Deut 28:14
    70%

    14And you shall not go aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

  • Hos 10:3
    70%

    3For now they shall say, 'We have no king, because we did not fear the LORD; what then should a king do for us?'

  • Jer 25:6
    70%

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

  • Exod 10:26
    70%

    26Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind; for we must take of them to serve the LORD our God, and we do not know with what we must serve the LORD until we arrive there.

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    16As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you.

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    11Then you shall say to them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, says the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshiped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law.

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    24You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their works; but you shall utterly overthrow them and completely break down their sacred pillars.

  • Jer 16:20
    70%

    20Shall a man make gods for himself, which are not gods?

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    70%

    32You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

  • Dan 3:18
    70%

    18But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the golden image which you have set up.