Joshua 24:23

Now therefore, [he said], put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to LORD, the God of Israel.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.

In Context

22And Joshua said to the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen for you, LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.

24And the people said to Joshua, we will serve LORD our God, and we will hearken to his voice.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:23Ye shall not make [other gods] with me; gods of silver, or gods of gold, ye shall not make to you.

Judges 10:15And the sons of Israel said to LORD, We have sinned. Do thou to us whatever seems good to thee, only deliver us, we pray thee, this day.

1 Kings 8:58that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers.

Psalms 119:36Incline my heart to thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

Proverbs 2:2so as to incline thine ear to wisdom, and apply thy heart to understanding,

Hosea 14:8Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him. I am like a green fir tree. From me thy fruit is found.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 24:16-29

15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord , choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord . 16 And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the Lord , to serve other gods; 17 For the Lord our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which… Read the whole commentary →

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