Joshua 24:23
And now put away the strange gods which are in the midst of you, and incline your heart unto the Lord the God of Israel.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
24And the people said unto Joshua, The Lord our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
Cross References
Exodus 20:23Ye shall not make any thing with me; gods of silver, and gods of gold ye shall not make unto yourselves.
Judges 10:15And the children of Israel said unto the Lord, We have sinned: do thou unto us entirely as it seemeth good in thy eyes; only deliver us, we pray thee, this time.
1 Kings 8:58That he may incline our heart unto 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 desire for gain.
Proverbs 2:2To let thy ear listen unto wisdom: [if] thou wouldst incline thy heart to understanding.
Hosea 14:8(14:9) Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will observe him; I will be [to him] like a green fir-tree; through 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 →