Verse 15

And if it seem evil{H7489}{(H8804)} unto you{H4310} to serve{H5647}{(H8800)} the LORD{H3068}, choose{H977}{(H8798)} you this day{H3117} whom{H5869} ye will serve{H5647}{(H8799)}; whether the gods{H430} which your fathers{H1} served{H5647}{(H8804)} that were on the other side{H5676} of the flood{H5104}, or the gods{H430} of the Amorites{H567}, in whose land{H776} ye dwell{H3427}{(H8802)}: but as for me and my house{H1004}, we will serve{H5647}{(H8799)} the LORD{H3068}.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 18:21 : 21 And Elijah{H452} came{H5066}{(H8799)} unto all the people{H5971}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, How long{H5921} halt{H6452}{(H8802)} ye between two{H8147} opinions{H5587}? if the LORD{H3068} be God{H430}, follow him: but if Baal{H1168}, then follow{H3212}{(H8798)}{H310} him. And the people{H5971} answered{H6030}{(H8804)} him not a word{H1697}.
  • Judg 6:10 : 10 And I said{H559}{(H8799)} unto you, I am the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}; fear{H3372}{(H8799)} not the gods{H430} of the Amorites{H567}, in whose land{H776} ye dwell{H3427}{(H8802)}: but ye have not obeyed{H8085}{(H8804)} my voice{H6963}.
  • Exod 23:24 : 24 Thou shalt not bow down{H7812}{(H8691)} to their gods{H430}, nor serve{H5647}{(H8714)} them, nor do{H6213}{(H8799)} after their works{H4639}: but thou shalt utterly{H2040}{(H8763)} overthrow{H2040}{(H8762)} them, and quite{H7665}{(H8763)} break down{H7665}{(H8762)} their images{H4676}.
  • Ruth 1:15-16 : 15 And she said{H559}{(H8799)}, Behold, thy sister in law{H2994} is gone back{H7725}{(H8804)} unto her people{H5971}, and unto her gods{H430}: return{H7725}{(H8798)} thou after{H310} thy sister in law{H2994}. 16 And Ruth{H7327} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Intreat{H6293}{(H8799)} me not to leave{H5800}{(H8800)} thee, or to return{H7725}{(H8800)} from following after{H310} thee: for whither thou goest{H3212}{(H8799)}, I will go{H3212}{(H8799)}; and where thou lodgest{H3885}{(H8799)}, I will lodge{H3885}{(H8799)}: thy people{H5971} shall be my people{H5971}, and thy God{H430} my God{H430}:
  • Exod 23:32-33 : 32 Thou shalt make{H3772}{(H8799)} no covenant{H1285} with them, nor with their gods{H430}. 33 They shall not dwell{H3427}{(H8799)} in thy land{H776}, lest they make thee sin{H2398}{(H8686)} against me: for if thou serve{H5647}{(H8799)} their gods{H430}, it will surely be a snare{H4170} unto thee.
  • Ps 119:106 : 106 I have sworn{H7650}{(H8738)}, and I will perform{H6965}{(H8762)} it, that I will keep{H8104}{(H8800)} thy righteous{H6664} judgments{H4941}.
  • John 6:67-68 : 67 Then{G3767} said{G2036}{(G5627)} Jesus{G2424} unto the twelve{G1427},{G3361} Will{G2309}{(G5719)} ye{G5210} also{G2532} go away{G5217}{(G5721)}? 68 Then{G3767} Simon{G4613} Peter{G4074} answered{G611}{(G5662)} him{G846}, Lord{G2962}, to{G4314} whom{G5101} shall we go{G565}{(G5695)}? thou hast{G2192}{(G5719)} the words{G4487} of eternal{G166} life{G2222}.
  • Ps 101:2 : 2 I will behave myself wisely{H7919}{(H8686)} in a perfect{H8549} way{H1870}. O when wilt thou come{H935}{(H8799)} unto me? I will walk{H1980}{(H8691)} within{H7130} my house{H1004} with a perfect{H8537} heart{H3824}.
  • Acts 11:23 : 23 Who{G3739}, when he came{G3854}{(G5637)}, and{G2532} had seen{G1492}{(G5631)} the grace{G5485} of God{G2316}, was glad{G5463}{(G5644)}, and{G2532} exhorted{G3870}{(G5707)} them all{G3956}, that with purpose{G4286} of heart{G2588} they would cleave unto{G4357}{(G5721)} the Lord{G2962}.
  • Ezek 20:39 : 39 As for you, O house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}, thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; Go{H3212}{(H8798)} ye, serve{H5647}{(H8798)} ye every one{H376} his idols{H1544}, and hereafter{H310} also, if ye will not hearken{H8085}{(H8802)} unto me: but pollute{H2490}{(H8762)} ye my holy{H6944} name{H8034} no more with your gifts{H4979}, and with your idols{H1544}.
  • Gen 18:19 : 19 For I know{H3045}{(H8804)} him, that{H834} he will command{H6680}{(H8762)} his children{H1121} and his household{H1004} after him{H310}, and they shall keep{H8104}{(H8804)} the way{H1870} of the LORD{H3068}, to do{H6213}{(H8800)} justice{H6666} and judgment{H4941}; that the LORD{H3068} may bring{H935}{(H8687)} upon Abraham{H85} that which he hath spoken{H1696}{(H8765)} of him.
  • Deut 29:18 : 18 Lest there should be{H3426} among you man{H376}, or woman{H802}, or family{H4940}, or tribe{H7626}, whose heart{H3824} turneth away{H6437}{(H8802)} this day{H3117} from the LORD{H3068} our God{H430}, to go{H3212}{(H8800)} and serve{H5647}{(H8800)} the gods{H430} of these nations{H1471}; lest there should be{H3426} among you a root{H8328} that beareth{H6509}{(H8802)} gall{H7219} and wormwood{H3939};
  • Ps 119:111-112 : 111 Thy testimonies{H5715} have I taken as an heritage{H5157}{(H8804)} for ever{H5769}: for they are the rejoicing{H8342} of my heart{H3820}. 112 I have inclined{H5186}{(H8804)} mine heart{H3820} to perform{H6213}{(H8800)} thy statutes{H2706} alway{H5769}, even unto the end{H6118}.
  • Exod 34:15 : 15 Lest thou make{H3772}{(H8799)} a covenant{H1285} with the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of the land{H776}, and they go a whoring{H2181}{(H8804)} after{H310} their gods{H430}, and do sacrifice{H2076}{(H8804)} unto their gods{H430}, and one call{H7121}{(H8804)} thee, and thou eat{H398}{(H8804)} of his sacrifice{H2077};
  • Deut 13:7 : 7 Namely, of the gods{H430} of the people{H5971} which are round about{H5439} you, nigh{H7138} unto thee, or far off{H7350} from thee, from the one end{H7097} of the earth{H776} even unto the other end{H7097} of the earth{H776};