Joshua 24:20 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁰ If you abandon the Lord and worship foreign gods, he will turn against you, harm you, and completely destroy  you, after he has been good to you.’

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ If you forsake the Lord and serve strange gods, then He will turn and do you harm and consume you, after having done you good.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ If ye forsake Jehovah, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.

Common English Bible

²⁰ If you leave the LORD and serve foreign gods, then he will turn around and do you harm and finish you off, in spite of having done you good in the past.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ If you leave behind the Lord, and you serve foreign gods, he will turn himself, and he will afflict you, and he will overthrow you, after all the good that he has offered to you."

Joshua 24:20 Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:8

‘So now in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the Lord, and in the hearing of our God, observe and follow all the commands of the Lord your God so that you may possess this good land and leave it as an inheritance to your descendants for ever.

1 Chronicles 28:9

‘As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind,  for the Lord searches every heart and understands the intention of every thought.  If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will reject you for ever.

2 Chronicles 15:2

So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, ‘Asa and all Judah and Benjamin, hear me. The Lord is with you  when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you,  but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

Ezra 8:22

I did this because I was ashamed to ask the king for infantry and cavalry to protect us from enemies during the journey, since we had told him, ‘The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek him, but his fierce anger is against all who abandon him.’

Isaiah 1:28

At the same time both rebels and sinners will be broken, and those who abandon the  Lord will perish.

Isaiah 63:10

But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit. So he became their enemy and fought against them.

Jeremiah 17:13

Lord, the hope of Israel, all who abandon you will be put to shame. All who turn away from me will be written in the dirt, for they have abandoned the Lord, the fountain of living water.

Ezekiel 18:24

But when a righteous person turns from his righteousness  and acts unjustly, committing the same detestable acts that the wicked do, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered.  He will die because of the treachery he has engaged in and the sin he has committed.

Acts 7:42

God turned away  and gave them up to worship  the stars of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: House of Israel, did you bring me offerings and sacrifices for forty years in the wilderness?

Deuteronomy 4:25

‘When you have children and grandchildren and have been in the land a long time, and if you act corruptly, make an idol in the form of anything, and do what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God, angering him,

Deuteronomy 4:26

I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that you will quickly perish  from the land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess. You will not live long there, but you will certainly be destroyed.

Hebrews 10:38

But my righteous one   will live by faith; and if he draws back, I have no pleasure   in him.   ,

Joshua 24:21

‘No! ’ the people answered Joshua. ‘We will worship the Lord.’

1 Samuel 12:15

However, if you disobey the Lord   and rebel against his command, the Lord’s hand will be against you  as it was against your ancestors.  ,

1 Samuel 12:25

However, if you continue to do what is evil, both you and your king will be swept away.’