Joshua 24:23

“Then here and now,” he said, “put away the foreign gods which are among you and give your hearts to the Lord the God of Israel.”

Open English Bible (US)

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

22So Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the Lord to serve him.” “Yes, we are!” they responded.

24The people answered, “The Lord our God will we serve, and we will listen to his voice.”

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Cross References

Psalms 119:36Incline my heart to your charges, and not to greed of gain.

Hosea 14:8Ephraim – what have I to do with idols! It is I the Lord who respond to him and look after him. I am like an evergreen cypress, from me is your 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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