Joshua 24:14

Choose Whom You Will Serve

14 a "Now therefore, fear the LORD, serve Him in b sincerity and in truth, and c put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of 1 the River and d in Egypt. Serve the LORD!

  1. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 10:12
    And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
    Deuteronomy 10:13
    And to keep the commandments of the LORD and His statutes which I command you today for your good?
    1 Samuel 12:24
    Only fear the LORD, and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you.
  2. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 1:12
    For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and more abundantly toward you.
  3. Cross References
    Joshua 24:2
    And Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel: 'Your fathers, including Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, dwelt on the other side of the River in old times; and they served other gods.
    Joshua 24:23
    "Now therefore," he said, "put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD God of Israel."
    Ezekiel 20:18
    But I said to their children in the wilderness, 'Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, nor observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
  4. Cross References
    Ezekiel 20:7
    "Then I said to them, 'Each of you, throw away the abominations which are before his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.'
    Ezekiel 20:8
    "But they rebelled against Me and would not obey Me. They did not all cast away the abominations which were before their eyes, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said, 'I will pour out My fury on them and fulfill My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.'
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.