Joshua 9:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Josh 9:27 : 27 And 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 9:21 : 21 And the leaders said to them, Let them live; but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for all the congregation, as the leaders had promised them.
  • Gen 9:25-26 : 25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants he shall be to his brothers. 26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem, and Canaan shall be his servant.
  • Lev 27:28-29 : 28 Nevertheless no devoted thing that a man shall devote to the LORD of all that he has, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy to the LORD. 29 None devoted, which shall be devoted by men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.

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  • Josh 9:24-27
    4 verses
    81%

    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.

    26And so he did to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, so that they did not kill them.

    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 9:21-22
    2 verses
    81%

    21And the leaders said to them, Let them live; but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for all the congregation, as the leaders had promised them.

    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?

  • Josh 9:8
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    8And they said to Joshua, We are your servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are you? and where do you come from?

  • 2 Chr 28:10-11
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    73%

    10And now you purpose to keep the children of Judah and Jerusalem as bondmen and bondwomen for yourselves, but are there not with you sins against the LORD your God?

    11Now hear me therefore, and return the captives, whom you have taken captive of your brethren, for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you.

  • Jer 11:3
    73%

    3And say to them, Thus says the LORD God of Israel: Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant,

  • Josh 7:12
    72%

    12Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you anymore, except you destroy the accursed from among you.

  • Neh 9:36
    72%

    36Here we are, servants today! And the land that You gave to our forefathers to eat its fruit and its bounty, here we are, servants in it.

  • Deut 29:11
    72%

    11Your little ones, your wives, and your foreigners that are in your camp, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water:

  • Josh 24:23-24
    2 verses
    71%

    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 6:18
    71%

    18And you, by all means keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest you make yourselves accursed, when you take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.

  • Deut 11:28-29
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    71%

    28And a curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside from the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which you have not known.

    29And it shall come to pass, when the LORD your God has brought you into the land which you go to possess, that you shall put the blessing upon Mount Gerizim, and the curse upon Mount Ebal.

  • Josh 24:18-20
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    71%

    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.

  • Mal 3:9
    71%

    9You are cursed with a curse, for you have robbed me, even this whole nation.

  • Deut 28:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out.

    20The LORD shall send upon you cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that you set your hand unto for to do, until you be destroyed, and until you perish quickly; because of the wickedness of your doings, whereby you have forsaken Me.

  • Jer 5:19
    70%

    19And it shall come to pass, when you shall say, Why does the LORD our God do all these things to us? then you shall answer them, Just as you have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall you serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

  • Dan 9:11
    70%

    11Yes, all Israel has transgressed Your law, even by departing, that they might not obey Your voice; therefore, the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against Him.

  • Josh 9:11
    70%

    11Therefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, Take provisions with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say to them, We are your servants: therefore now make a treaty with us.

  • Deut 29:9
    70%

    9Therefore, keep the words of this covenant, and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do.

  • Deut 28:15-16
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    70%

    15But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen unto the voice of the LORD your God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes which I command you this day; that all these curses shall come upon you, and overtake you:

    16Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the field.

  • Deut 28:36
    70%

    36The LORD shall bring you, and your king whom you shall set over you, unto a nation which neither you nor your fathers have known; and there you shall serve other gods, wood and stone.

  • Josh 7:15
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    15And it shall be, that he who is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he has: because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he has done foolishness in Israel.

  • Zech 8:13
    70%

    13And it shall come to pass, that as you were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.

  • Deut 28:48
    70%

    48Therefore you shall serve your enemies which the LORD shall send against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon your neck, until he has destroyed you.

  • Josh 23:13
    70%

    13Know for certain that the LORD your God will no longer drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps to you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you.

  • Josh 9:6
    70%

    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.

  • Deut 28:64
    70%

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

  • Josh 6:26
    70%

    26And Joshua swore an oath at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, who rises up and builds this city Jericho: he shall lay its foundation with his firstborn, and with his youngest son he shall set up its gates.

  • 1 Kgs 9:6
    70%

    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:

  • Deut 11:26
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    26Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;

  • Deut 4:28
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    28And there you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

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    10Cursed be he who does the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he who keeps back his sword from blood.

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    46And you shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen forever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, you shall not rule one over another with rigor.