Joshua 24:20

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

If you turn your backs on the LORD and worship the gods of other nations, the LORD will turn against you. He will make terrible things happen to you and wipe you out, even though he had been good to you before.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:8

My friends, you are the LORD's people. And now, with God as your witness, I want you to promise that you will do your best to obey everything the LORD God has commanded us. Then this land will always belong to you and your descendants.

1 Chronicles 28:9

Solomon, my son, worship God and obey him with all your heart and mind, just as I have done. He knows all your thoughts and your reasons for doing things, and so if you turn to him, he will hear your prayers. But if you ignore him, he will reject you for ever.

2 Chronicles 15:2

At once, Azariah went to Asa and said: Listen to me, King Asa and you people of Judah and Benjamin. The LORD will be with you and help you, as long as you obey and worship him. But if you disobey him, he will desert you.

Ezra 8:22

I was ashamed to ask the king to send soldiers and cavalry to protect us against enemies along the way. After all, we had told the king that our God takes care of everyone who truly worships him, but that he gets very angry and punishes anyone who refuses to obey.

Psalm 89:31

Or suppose they should disobey all of my teachings.

Isaiah 1:28

But those rebellious sinners who turn against me, the LORD, will all disappear.

Isaiah 63:10

Then the LORD's people turned against him and made his Holy Spirit sad. So he became their enemy and attacked them.

Jeremiah 17:13

You are a spring of water giving Israel life and hope. But if the people reject what you have told me, they will be swept away like words written in dust.

Ezekiel 18:24

But when good people start sinning and doing disgusting things, will they live? No! All their good deeds will be forgotten, and they will be put to death because of their sins.

Acts 7:42

God turned his back on his people and left them. Then they worshipped the stars in the sky, just as it says in the Book of the Prophets, “People of Israel, you didn't offer sacrifices and offerings to me during those forty years in the desert.

Deuteronomy 4:25

Soon you will cross the River Jordan and settle down in the land. Then in the years to come, you will have children, and they will give you grandchildren. After many years, you might lose your sense of right and wrong and make idols, even though the LORD your God hates them. So I am giving you fair warning today, and I call the earth and the sky as witnesses. If you ever make idols, the LORD will be angry, and you won't have long to live, because the LORD will let you be wiped out.

Hebrews 10:38

The people God accepts will live because of their faith. But he isn't pleased with anyone who turns back.”

Joshua 24:21

But the people shouted, “We won't worship any other gods. We will worship and obey only the LORD!”

1 Samuel 12:15

If you're stubborn and refuse to obey the LORD, he will turn against you and your king.

1 Samuel 12:25

But if you and your king do evil, the LORD will wipe you out.