Joshua 24:14

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Now obey the LORD and worship him with integrity and loyalty. Put aside the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt and worship the LORD.

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  • Josh 24:23 : 23 Joshua said,“Now put aside the foreign gods that are among you and submit to the LORD God of Israel.”
  • 1 Sam 12:24 : 24 However, fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart. Just look at the great things he has done for you!
  • Deut 10:12 : 12 An Exhortation to Love Both God and People Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you except to revere him, to obey all his commandments, to love him, to serve him with all your mind and being,
  • Deut 18:13 : 13 You must be blameless before the LORD your God.
  • Josh 24:2 : 2 Joshua told all the people,“This is what the LORD God of Israel has said:‘In the distant past your ancestors lived beyond the Euphrates River, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor. They worshiped other gods,
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 Paul Defends His Changed Plans For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God– not by human wisdom but by the grace of God– we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.
  • Gen 35:2 : 2 So Jacob told his household and all who were with him,“Get rid of the foreign gods you have among you. Purify yourselves and change your clothes.
  • Ezek 23:3 : 3 They engaged in prostitution in Egypt; in their youth they engaged in prostitution. Their breasts were squeezed there; lovers fondled their virgin nipples there.
  • Hos 3:5 : 5 Afterward, the Israelites will turn and seek the LORD their God and their Davidic king. Then they will submit to the LORD in fear and receive his blessings in the future.
  • Amos 5:25-26 : 25 You did not bring me sacrifices and grain offerings during the forty years you spent in the wilderness, family of Israel. 26 You will pick up your images of Sikkuth, your king, and Kiyyun, your star god, which you made for yourselves,
  • Luke 8:15 : 15 But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word, cling to it with an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance.
  • John 4:23-24 : 23 But a time is coming– and now is here– when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such people to be his worshipers. 24 God is spirit, and the people who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
  • Acts 9:31 : 31 Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced peace and thus was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, the church increased in numbers.
  • Exod 20:3-4 : 3 “You shall have no other gods before me. 4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water below.
  • Lev 17:7 : 7 So they must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons, acting like prostitutes by going after them. This is to be a perpetual statute for them throughout their generations.
  • Gen 17:1 : 1 The Sign of the Covenant When Abram was 99 years old, the LORD appeared to him and said,“I am the Sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless.
  • Gen 20:5-6 : 5 Did Abraham not say to me,‘She is my sister’? And she herself said,‘He is my brother.’ I have done this with a clear conscience and with innocent hands!” 6 Then in the dream God replied to him,“Yes, I know that you have done this with a clear conscience. That is why I have kept you from sinning against me and why I did not allow you to touch her.
  • 2 Kgs 20:3 : 3 “Please, LORD. Remember how I have served you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, and how I have carried out your will.” Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.
  • Ezra 9:11 : 11 which you commanded us through your servants the prophets with these words:‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land defiled by the impurities of the local residents! With their abominations they have filled it from one end to the other with their filthiness.
  • Job 1:1 : 1 ¶ I. The Prologue(1:1-2:13)Job’s Good Life There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.
  • Job 28:28 : 28 And he said to mankind,‘The fear of the LORD– that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
  • Ps 111:10 : 10 To obey the LORD is the fundamental principle for wise living; all who carry out his precepts acquire good moral insight. He will receive praise forever.
  • Ps 119:1 : 1 א(Alef) How blessed are those whose actions are blameless, who obey the law of the LORD.
  • Ps 119:80 : 80 May I be fully committed to your statutes, so that I might not be ashamed.
  • Ps 130:4 : 4 But you are willing to forgive, so that you might be honored.
  • Ezek 20:7-8 : 7 I said to them,“Each of you must get rid of the detestable idols you keep before you, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.” 8 But they rebelled against me, and refused to listen to me; no one got rid of their detestable idols, nor did they abandon the idols of Egypt. Then I decided to pour out my rage on them and fully vent my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
  • Ezek 20:18 : 18 “‘But I said to their children in the wilderness,“Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
  • Eph 6:24 : 24 Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.
  • Phil 1:10 : 10 so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ,

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  • Josh 24:15-24
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    15If you have no desire to worship the LORD, choose today whom you will worship, whether it be the gods whom your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my family will worship the LORD.

    16The people responded,“Far be it from us to abandon the LORD so we can worship other gods!

    17For the LORD our God took us and our fathers out of slavery in the land of Egypt and performed these awesome miracles before our very eyes. He continually protected us as we traveled and when we passed through nations.

    18The LORD drove out from before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. So we too will worship the LORD, for he is our God!”

    19Joshua warned the people,“You will not keep worshiping the LORD, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God who will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.

    20If you abandon the LORD and worship foreign gods, he will turn against you; he will bring disaster on you and destroy you, though he once treated you well.”

    21The people said to Joshua,“No! We really will worship the LORD.

    22Joshua said to the people,“Do you agree to be witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to worship the LORD?” They replied,“We are witnesses!”

    23Joshua said,“Now put aside the foreign gods that are among you and submit to the LORD God of Israel.”

    24The people said to Joshua,“We will worship the LORD our God and obey him.”

  • 1 Sam 12:24
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    24However, fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart. Just look at the great things he has done for you!

  • 2 Kgs 17:35-38
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    35The LORD made a covenant with them and instructed them,“You must not worship other gods. Do not bow down to them, serve them, or offer sacrifices to them.

    36Instead you must worship the LORD, who brought you up from the land of Egypt by his great power and military ability; bow down to him and offer sacrifices to him.

    37You must carefully obey at all times the rules, regulations, law, and commandments he wrote down for you. You must not worship other gods.

    38You must never forget the covenant I made with you, and you must not worship other gods.

  • Deut 13:4
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    4You must follow the LORD your God and revere only him; and you must observe his commandments, obey him, serve him, and remain loyal to him.

  • Josh 24:2
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    20Revere the LORD your God, serve him, be loyal to him and take oaths only in his name.

  • Deut 6:13-14
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    13You must revere the LORD your God, serve him, and take oaths using only his name.

    14You must not go after other gods, those of the surrounding peoples,

  • Deut 30:17
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    17However, if you turn aside and do not obey, but are lured away to worship and serve other gods,

  • 2 Kgs 17:33
    74%

    33They were worshiping the LORD and at the same time serving their own gods in accordance with the practices of the nations from which they had been deported.

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    16Exhortation to Instruction and Obedience Make sure you do not turn away to serve and worship other gods!

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    13Now, if you pay close attention to my commandments that I am giving you today and love the LORD your God and serve him with all your mind and being,

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    14If you fear the LORD, serving him and obeying him and not rebelling against what he says, and if both you and the king who rules over you follow the LORD your God, all will be well.

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    24“You must not bow down to their gods; you must not serve them or do according to their practices. Instead you must completely overthrow them and smash their standing stones to pieces.

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    12An Exhortation to Love Both God and People Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you except to revere him, to obey all his commandments, to love him, to serve him with all your mind and being,

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    6“But if you or your sons ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, and decide to serve and worship other gods,

  • Josh 23:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7or associate with these nations that remain near you. You must not invoke or make solemn declarations by the names of their gods! You must not worship or bow down to them!

    8But you must be loyal to the LORD your God, as you have been to this very day.

  • Judg 6:10
    72%

    10I said to you,“I am the LORD your God! Do not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are now living!” But you have disobeyed me.’”

  • 2 Chr 7:19
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    19“But if you people ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, and decide to serve and worship other gods,

  • Deut 4:28
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    28There you will worship gods made by human hands– wood and stone that can neither see, hear, eat, nor smell.

  • Josh 4:24
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    24He has done this so all the nations of the earth might recognize the LORD’s power and so you might always obey the LORD your God.”

  • Deut 28:64
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    64The LORD will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known, gods of wood and stone.

  • Deut 4:39
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    39Today realize and carefully consider that the LORD is God in heaven above and on earth below– there is no other!

  • Deut 8:19
    71%

    19Now if you forget the LORD your God at all and follow other gods, worshiping and prostrating yourselves before them, I testify to you today that you will surely be annihilated.

  • 1 Sam 12:20
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    20Then Samuel said to the people,“Don’t be afraid. You have indeed sinned. However, don’t turn aside from the LORD. Serve the LORD with all your heart.

  • Deut 28:14
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    14But you must not turn away from all the commandments I am giving you today, to either the right or left, nor pursue other gods and worship them.

  • Deut 29:26
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    26They went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods they did not know and that he did not permit them to worship.

  • Josh 9:24
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    24They said to Joshua,“It was carefully reported to your subjects how the LORD your God commanded Moses his servant to assign you the whole land and to destroy all who live in the land from before you. Because of you we were terrified we would lose our lives, so we did this thing.

  • 2 Kgs 17:41
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    41These nations are worshiping the LORD and at the same time serving their idols; their sons and grandsons do just as their fathers have done, to this very day.

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    11Watch yourselves carefully! Love the LORD your God!

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