Joshua 24:22

And Ioshua saide vnto the people, Yee are witnesses against your selues, that yee haue chosen you the Lord, to serue him: and they sayd, We are witnesses.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

21And the people saide vnto Ioshua, Nay, but we will serue the Lord.

23Then put away nowe, saide he, the strange gods which are among you, and bowe your hearts vnto the Lord God of Israel.

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Cross References

Job 15:6Thine owne mouth condemneth thee, and not I, and thy lippes testifie against thee.

Psalms 119:173Let thine hand helpe me: for I haue chosen thy precepts.

Luke 19:22Then he sayde vnto him, Of thine owne mouth will I iudge thee, O euill seruant. Thou knewest that I am a straight man, taking vp that I layd not downe, and reaping that I did not sowe.

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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