Joshua 24:23

“Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD, the God of Israel.”

World English Bible Classic

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

22Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the LORD yourselves, to serve him.” They said, “We are witnesses.”

24The people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God, and we will listen to his voice.”

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Cross References

Exodus 20:23You shall most certainly not make gods of silver or gods of gold for yourselves to be alongside me.

Judges 10:15The children of Israel said to the LORD, “We have sinned! Do to us whatever seems good to you; only deliver us, please, today.”

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

Psalms 119:36Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.

Proverbs 2:2so as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;

Hosea 14:8Ephraim, what have I to do any more with idols? I answer, and will take care of him. I am like a green cypress tree; from me your 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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