Joshua 24:19

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Joshua 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.

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  • Exod 20:5 : 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me,
  • Exod 23:21 : 21 Take heed because of him, and obey his voice; do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgressions, for my name is in him.
  • Lev 19:2 : 2 “Speak to the whole congregation of the Israelites and tell them,‘You must be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
  • Ps 99:5 : 5 Praise the LORD our God! Worship before his footstool! He is holy!
  • Ps 99:9 : 9 Praise the LORD our God! Worship on his holy hill, for the LORD our God is holy!
  • Isa 5:16 : 16 The LORD of Heaven’s Armies will be exalted when he punishes, the holy God’s authority will be recognized when he judges.
  • Exod 34:14 : 14 For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
  • 1 Sam 6:20 : 20 The residents of Beth Shemesh asked,“Who is able to stand before the LORD, this holy God? To whom will the ark go up from here?”
  • 2 Chr 36:16 : 16 But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his warnings, and ridiculed his prophets. Finally the LORD got very angry at his people and there was no one who could prevent his judgment.
  • Lev 10:3 : 3 Moses then said to Aaron,“This is what the LORD spoke:‘Among the ones close to me I will show myself holy, and in the presence of all the people I will be honored.’” So Aaron kept silent.
  • Exod 34:7 : 7 keeping loyal love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin. But he by no means leaves the guilty unpunished, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children and children’s children, to the third and fourth generation.”
  • Lev 20:26 : 26 You must be holy to me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the other peoples to be mine.
  • Josh 24:23 : 23 Joshua said,“Now put aside the foreign gods that are among you and submit to the LORD God of Israel.”
  • Ruth 1:15 : 15 So Naomi said,“Look, your sister-in-law is returning to her people and to her god. Follow your sister-in-law back home!”
  • 1 Sam 3:14 : 14 Therefore I swore an oath to the house of Eli,‘The sin of the house of Eli can never be forgiven by sacrifice or by grain offering.’”
  • Isa 6:3-5 : 3 They called out to one another,“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies! His majestic splendor fills the entire earth!” 4 The sound of their voices shook the door frames, and the temple was filled with smoke. 5 I said,“Woe to me! I am destroyed, for my lips are contaminated by sin, and I live among people whose lips are contaminated by sin. My eyes have seen the king, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.”
  • Isa 27:11 : 11 When its branches get brittle, they break; women come and use them for kindling. For these people lack understanding, therefore the one who made them has no compassion on them; the one who formed them has no mercy on them.
  • Isa 30:11 : 11 Turn aside from the way; stray off the path. Remove from our presence the Holy One of Israel.”
  • Isa 30:15 : 15 For this is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel says:“If you repented and patiently waited for me, you would be delivered; if you calmly trusted in me you would find strength, but you are unwilling.
  • Hab 1:13 : 13 You are too just to tolerate evil; you are unable to condone wrongdoing. So why do you put up with such treacherous people? Why do you say nothing when the wicked devour those more righteous than they are?
  • Matt 6:24 : 24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
  • Luke 14:25-33 : 25 Counting the Cost Now large crowds were accompanying Jesus, and turning to them he said, 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. 27 Whoever does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t sit down first and compute the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it? 29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish the tower, all who see it will begin to make fun of him. 30 They will say,‘This man began to build and was not able to finish!’ 31 Or what king, going out to confront another king in battle, will not sit down first and determine whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? 32 If he cannot succeed, he will send a representative while the other is still a long way off and ask for terms of peace. 33 In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.
  • 1 Cor 10:20-22 : 20 No, I mean that what the pagans sacrifice is to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons. 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot take part in the table of the Lord and the table of demons. 22 Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is?

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  • Josh 24:20-24
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    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.”

  • Josh 24:18
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    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!”

  • Exod 34:14-15
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    14For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

    15Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and someone invites you, you will eat from his sacrifice;

  • Deut 6:14-15
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    14You must not go after other gods, those of the surrounding peoples,

    15for the LORD your God, who is present among you, is a jealous God and his anger will erupt against you and remove you from the land.

  • Deut 4:24
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  • Deut 5:9
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    9You must not worship or serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God. I punish the sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons for the sin of the fathers who reject me,

  • Exod 20:5
    74%

    5You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me,

  • Josh 24:14-16
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    14Now 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.

    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!

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    4You must not worship the LORD your God the way they worship.

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    23Now you are condemned to perpetual servitude as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”

    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.

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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.

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    16If you violate the covenantal laws of the LORD your God which he commanded you to keep, and follow, worship, and bow down to other gods, the LORD will be very angry with you and you will disappear quickly from the good land which he gave to you.”

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    9Joshua told the Israelites,“Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God!”

    10Joshua continued,“This is how you will know the living God is among you and that he will truly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.

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    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!

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    12They worshiped the disgusting idols in blatant disregard of the LORD’s command.

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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,

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    4Do not turn to idols, and you must not make for yourselves gods of cast metal. I am the LORD your God.

  • Deut 7:16
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    16Exhortation to Destroy Canaanite Paganism You must destroy all the people whom the LORD your God is about to deliver over to you; you must not pity them or worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.

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    70%

    32“You must make no covenant with them or with their gods.

  • Josh 22:5
    70%

    5But carefully obey the commands and instructions Moses the LORD’s servant gave you. Love the LORD your God, follow all his instructions, obey his commands, be loyal to him, and serve him with all your heart and being!”

  • Josh 3:5
    70%

    5Joshua told the people,“Ritually consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will perform miraculous deeds among you.”

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    70%

    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,

  • Josh 24:27
    69%

    27Joshua said to all the people,“Look, this stone will be a witness against us, for it has heard everything the LORD said to us. It will be a witness against you if you deny your God.”

  • 2 Kgs 17:38
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    38You must never forget the covenant I made with you, and you must not worship other gods.

  • Deut 10:17
    69%

    17For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God who is unbiased and takes no bribe,

  • Deut 31:3
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    3As for the LORD your God, he is about to cross over before you; he will destroy these nations before you and you will dispossess them. As for Joshua, he is about to cross before you just as the LORD has said.

  • 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.

  • 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,

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  • Judg 2:21
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    21So I will no longer remove before them any of the nations that Joshua left unconquered when he died,

  • Josh 22:18-19
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    18Now today you dare to turn back from following the LORD! You are rebelling today against the LORD; tomorrow he may break out in anger against the entire community of Israel.

    19But if your own land is impure, cross over to the LORD’s own land, where the LORD himself lives, and settle down among us. But don’t rebel against the LORD or us by building for yourselves an altar aside from the altar of the LORD our God.

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