Joshua 24:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Exod 19:8 : 8 And 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.
  • Exod 20:19 : 19 Then they said to Moses, 'You speak with us and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.’
  • Exod 24:3 : 3 And 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.
  • Exod 24:7 : 7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the hearing of the people: and they said, All that the LORD has said we will do, and be obedient.
  • Deut 5:27-28 : 27 Go near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak to us all that the LORD our God shall speak to you; and we will hear it, and do it. 28 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when you spoke to me; and the LORD said to me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken to you: they have spoken well all that they have spoken.
  • Deut 26:17 : 17 You have declared the LORD this day to be your God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to listen to his voice:
  • Isa 44:5 : 5 One shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall write with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.

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 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.

    25So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

  • Josh 24:14-16
    3 verses
    85%

    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.

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

  • Josh 24:18-20
    3 verses
    80%

    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.

  • Josh 1:16-17
    2 verses
    77%

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

    17Just as we heeded Moses in all things, so we will heed you. Only the LORD your God be with you, as he was with Moses.

  • Josh 9:22-25
    4 verses
    76%

    22And Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying, Why have you deceived us, saying, We are very far from you; when you dwell among us?

    23Now therefore you are cursed, and none of you shall be freed from being servants, woodcutters, and water carriers for the house of my God.

    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.

    25And now, see, we are in your hand: do to us as it seems good and right to you to do.

  • Judg 2:7
    74%

    7And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel.

  • Josh 9:8
    74%

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

  • Josh 24:27
    73%

    27And Joshua said to all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness to us; for it has heard all the words of the LORD which he spoke to us: it shall therefore be a witness to you, lest you deny your God.

  • Exod 24:3
    71%

    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.

  • Josh 24:31
    71%

    31And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who survived Joshua, and who had known all the works of the LORD, which he had done for Israel.

  • Jer 42:13
    71%

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

  • Exod 19:8
    71%

    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.

  • Josh 7:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, why have you at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? Would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side of Jordan!

    8O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turns their backs before their enemies?

  • Josh 1:10
    71%

    10Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

  • 1 Sam 8:19
    70%

    19Nevertheless, the people refused to obey 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 as captain of the army of the LORD have I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and worshiped, and said to him, What does my lord say to his servant?

  • Josh 4:15
    70%

    15And the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,

  • Josh 24:2
    69%

    2And Joshua said to all the people, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers lived on the other side of the river in ancient times, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.

  • Josh 2:24
    69%

    24And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD has delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.

  • Josh 10:25
    69%

    25Then Joshua said to them, Do not be afraid, nor be dismayed; be strong and of good courage, for the LORD will do this to all your enemies against whom you fight.

  • Josh 10:8
    69%

    8And the LORD said to Joshua, Do not fear them, for I have delivered them into your hand; not a man of them shall stand before you.

  • Josh 3:9
    69%

    9And Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come here and hear the words of the LORD your God.

  • Josh 20:1
    69%

    1The LORD also spoke to Joshua, saying,

  • Num 32:31
    69%

    31And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD has said to your servants, so will we do.

  • Josh 22:2
    69%

    2And said to them, You have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you:

  • 1 Sam 12:20
    69%

    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;

  • Josh 22:29
    69%

    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
    69%

    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.

  • Exod 24:7
    69%

    7And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the hearing of the people: and they said, All that the LORD has said we will do, and be obedient.

  • Josh 9:27
    69%

    27And Joshua made them that day woodcutters and water carriers for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even to this day, in the place which He would choose.

  • Josh 9:6
    69%

    6And they went to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal, and said to him and to the men of Israel, We have come from a far country: now therefore make a treaty with us.

  • Judg 2:21
    69%

    21I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:

  • Num 11:28
    68%

    28And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.