Joshua 24:23

Now therefore put away the strange gods that are among you, and incline your heart unto Jehovah the God of Israel.

Darby Translation

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 unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you Jehovah, to serve him. And they said, [We are] witnesses.

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

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Cross References

Exodus 20:23Ye shall not make beside me gods of silver, and ye shall not make to you gods of gold.

Judges 10:15And the children of Israel said to Jehovah, We have sinned. Do thou unto us according to all that is good in thy sight; 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 unto thy testimonies, and not to gain.

Proverbs 2:2so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom [and] thou apply thy heart to understanding;

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