Joshua 4:24

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He 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.”

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  • Exod 14:31 : 31 When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, they feared the LORD, and they believed in the LORD and in his servant Moses.
  • Ps 89:13 : 13 Your arm is powerful, your hand strong, your right hand victorious.
  • Ps 106:8 : 8 Yet he delivered them for the sake of his reputation, that he might reveal his power.
  • 1 Kgs 8:42-43 : 42 When they hear about your great reputation and your ability to accomplish mighty deeds, they will come and direct their prayers toward this temple. 43 Then listen from your heavenly dwelling place and answer all the prayers of the foreigners. Then all the nations of the earth will acknowledge your reputation, obey you like your people Israel do, and recognize that this temple I built belongs to you.
  • Exod 15:16 : 16 Fear and dread will fall on them; by the greatness of your arm they will be as still as stone until your people pass by, O LORD, until the people whom you have bought pass by.
  • 2 Kgs 19:19 : 19 Now, O LORD our God, rescue us from his power, so that all the kingdoms of the earth will know that you, LORD, are the only God.”
  • 1 Chr 29:12 : 12 You are the source of wealth and honor; you rule over all. You possess strength and might to magnify and give strength to all.
  • Deut 6:2 : 2 and that you may so revere the LORD your God that you will keep all his statutes and commandments that I am giving you– you, your children, and your grandchildren– all your lives, to prolong your days.
  • Deut 28:10 : 10 Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you belong to the LORD, and they will respect you.
  • 1 Sam 17:46 : 46 This very day the LORD will deliver you into my hand! I will strike you down and cut off your head. This day I will give the corpses of the Philistine army to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the land. Then all the land will realize that Israel has a God,
  • Exod 20:20 : 20 Moses said to the people,“Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you so that you do not sin.”
  • Ps 76:6-8 : 6 At the sound of your battle cry, O God of Jacob, both rider and horse“fell asleep.” 7 You are awesome! Yes, you! Who can withstand your intense anger? 8 From heaven you announced what their punishment would be. The earth was afraid and silent
  • Ps 89:7 : 7 a God who is honored in the great angelic assembly, and more awesome than all who surround him?
  • 2 Kgs 5:15 : 15 He and his entire entourage returned to the prophet. Naaman came and stood before him. He said,“For sure I know that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel! Now, please accept a gift from your servant.”
  • Exod 9:16 : 16 But for this purpose I have caused you to stand: to show you my strength, and so that my name may be declared in all the earth.
  • Jer 10:6-7 : 6 I said,“There is no one like you, LORD. You are great. And you are renowned for your power. 7 Everyone should revere you, O King of all nations, because you deserve to be revered. For there is no one like you among any of the wise people of the nations nor among any of their kings.
  • Jer 32:40 : 40 I will make a lasting covenant with them that I will never stop doing good to them. I will fill their hearts and minds with respect for me so that they will never again turn away from me.
  • Dan 3:26-29 : 26 Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the furnace of blazing fire. He called out,“Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the most high God, come out! Come here!” Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego emerged from the fire. 27 Once the satraps, prefects, governors, and ministers of the king had gathered around, they saw that those men were physically unharmed by the fire. The hair of their heads was not singed, nor were their trousers damaged. Not even the smell of fire was to be found on them! 28 Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed,“Praised be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent forth his angel and has rescued his servants who trusted in him, ignoring the edict of the king and giving up their bodies rather than serve or pay homage to any god other than their God! 29 I hereby decree that any people, nation, or language group that blasphemes the god of Shadrach, Meshach, or Abednego will be dismembered and his home reduced to rubble! For there exists no other god who can deliver in this way.”
  • Dan 4:34-35 : 34 But at the end of the appointed time I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up toward heaven, and my sanity returned to me. I extolled the Most High, and I praised and glorified the one who lives forever. For his authority is an everlasting authority, and his kingdom extends from one generation to the next. 35 All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he wishes with the army of heaven and with those who inhabit the earth. No one slaps his hand and says to him,‘What have you done?’
  • Dan 6:26-27 : 26 I have issued an edict that throughout all the dominion of my kingdom people are to revere and fear the God of Daniel.“For he is the living God; he endures forever. His kingdom will not be destroyed; his authority is forever. 27 He rescues and delivers and performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth. He has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions!”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 8:60
    78%

    60Then all the nations of the earth will recognize that the LORD is the only genuine God.

  • Josh 4:22-23
    2 verses
    78%

    22explain to your children,‘Israel crossed the Jordan River on dry ground.’

    23For the LORD your God dried up the water of the Jordan before you while you crossed over. It was just like when the LORD your God dried up the Red Sea before us while we crossed it.

  • Deut 7:18-19
    2 verses
    77%

    18you must not fear them. You must carefully recall what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt,

    19the great judgments you saw, the signs and wonders, the strength and power by which he brought you out– thus the LORD your God will do to all the people you fear.

  • Deut 4:34-35
    2 verses
    76%

    34Or has God ever before tried to deliver a nation from the middle of another nation, accompanied by judgments, signs, wonders, war, strength, power, and other very terrifying things like the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?

    35You have been taught that the LORD alone is God– there is no other besides him.

  • Deut 28:10
    76%

    10Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you belong to the LORD, and they will respect you.

  • Deut 31:13
    75%

    13Then their children, who have not known this law, will also hear about and learn to fear the LORD your God for as long as you live in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

  • 1 Kgs 8:40
    75%

    40Then they will obey you throughout their lifetimes as they live on the land you gave to our ancestors.

  • Deut 11:2
    75%

    2Bear in mind today that I am not speaking to your children who have not personally experienced the judgments of the LORD your God, which revealed his greatness, strength, and power.

  • Josh 23:3
    74%

    3You saw everything the LORD your God did to all these nations on your behalf, for the LORD your God fights for you.

  • Deut 3:24
    74%

    24“O, Sovereign LORD, you have begun to show me your greatness and strength.(What god in heaven or earth can rival your works and mighty deeds?)

  • Deut 11:25
    74%

    25Nobody will be able to resist you; the LORD your God will spread the fear and terror of you over the whole land on which you walk, just as he promised you.

  • 1 Sam 12:24
    74%

    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 17:36-39
    4 verses
    74%

    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.

    39Instead you must worship the LORD your God; then he will rescue you from the power of all your enemies.”

  • Deut 4:38-39
    2 verses
    73%

    38to dispossess nations greater and stronger than you and brought you here this day to give you their land as your property.

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

  • Ps 33:8
    73%

    8Let the whole earth fear the LORD! Let all who live in the world stand in awe of him!

  • Deut 4:10
    73%

    10You stood before the LORD your God at Horeb and he said to me,“Assemble the people before me so that I can tell them my commands. Then they will learn to revere me all the days they live in the land, and they will instruct their children.”

  • Exod 14:31
    73%

    31When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, they feared the LORD, and they believed in the LORD and in his servant Moses.

  • Josh 2:9-11
    3 verses
    73%

    9She said to the men,“I know the LORD is handing this land over to you. We are absolutely terrified of you, and all who live in the land are cringing before you.

    10For we heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you left Egypt and how you annihilated the two Amorite kings, Sihon and Og, on the other side of the Jordan.

    11When we heard the news we lost our courage and no one could even breathe for fear of you. For the LORD your God is God in heaven above and on earth below!

  • Josh 4:14
    73%

    14That day the LORD brought honor to Joshua before all Israel. They respected him all his life, just as they had respected Moses.

  • 2 Chr 20:29
    72%

    29All the kingdoms of the surrounding lands were afraid of God when they heard how the LORD had fought against Israel’s enemies.

  • Deut 3:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21I also commanded Joshua at the same time,“You have seen everything the LORD your God did to these two kings; he will do the same to all the kingdoms where you are going.

    22Do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God will personally fight for you.”

  • Deut 34:12
    72%

    12and he displayed great power and awesome might in view of all Israel.

  • Josh 24:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    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!”

  • Deut 10:21
    72%

    21He is the one you should praise; he is your God, the one who has done these great and awesome things for you that you have seen.

  • Josh 24:14
    72%

    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.

  • Ps 109:27
    71%

    27Then they will realize this is your work, and that you, LORD, have accomplished it.

  • Deut 2:25
    71%

    25This very day I will begin to fill all the people of the earth with dread and to terrify them when they hear about you. They will shiver and shake in anticipation of your approach.”

  • Isa 41:20
    71%

    20I will do this so people will observe and recognize, so they will pay attention and understand that the LORD’s power has accomplished this, and that the Holy One of Israel has brought it into being.”

  • Exod 34:10
    71%

    10He said,“See, I am going to make a covenant before all your people. I will do wonders such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation. All the people among whom you live will see the work of the LORD, for it is a fearful thing that I am doing with you.

  • 2 Chr 6:31
    71%

    31Then they will honor you by obeying you throughout their lifetimes as they live on the land you gave to our ancestors.

  • Exod 14:13
    71%

    13Moses said to the people,“Do not fear! Stand firm and see the salvation of the LORD that he will provide for you today; for the Egyptians that you see today you will never, ever see again.

  • Deut 6:24
    71%

    24The LORD commanded us to obey all these statutes and to revere him so that it may always go well for us and he may preserve us, as he has to this day.

  • Josh 22:24
    71%

    24We swear we have done this because we were worried that in the future your descendants would say to our descendants,‘What relationship do you have with the LORD God of Israel?

  • Josh 9:24
    71%

    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.

  • Deut 1:30
    70%

    30The LORD your God is about to go ahead of you; he will fight for you, just as you saw him do in Egypt

  • Deut 8:6
    70%

    6So you must keep his commandments, live according to his standards, and revere him.

  • Ps 64:9
    70%

    9and all people will fear. They will proclaim what God has done, and reflect on his deeds.

  • Josh 4:7
    70%

    7tell them how the water of the Jordan stopped flowing before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the water of the Jordan stopped flowing. These stones will be a lasting memorial for the Israelites.”

  • Deut 26:19
    70%

    19Then he will elevate you above all the nations he has made and you will receive praise, fame, and honor. You will be a people holy to the LORD your God, as he has said.