Joshua 24:23
And now take away the strange gods that are among you, and set your heart right toward the Lord God of Israel.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
24And the people said to Joshua, We will serve the Lord, and we will hearken to his voice.
Cross References
Exodus 20:23Ye shall not make to yourselves gods of silver, and gods of gold ye shall not make to yourselves.
Judges 10:15And the children of Israel said to the Lord, We have sinned: do thou to us according to all that is good in thine eyes; only deliver us this day.
1 Kings 8:58that he may turn our hearts toward him to walk in all his ways, and to keep all his commandments, and his ordinances which he commanded our fathers.
Proverbs 2:2Thine ear shall hearken to wisdom; 1 Thou shalt also apply thy heart to understanding, 1 And shalt apply it to the instruction of thy son. 1
Hosea 14:8They shall return, and dwell under his shadow: they shall live and be satisfied with corn, and he shall flower as a vine: his memorial shall be to Ephraim as the wine of Lebanon.
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 →