Joshua 24:19

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Then Joshua said, “You will not be able to continue serving the Lord. God is holy. And God hates his people worshiping other gods. He will not forgive you if you turn against him like that.

Cross References

Isaiah 5:16

The Lord All-Powerful will judge fairly, and people will honor him. They will respect the Holy God when he brings justice.

Exodus 23:21

Obey the angel and follow him. Be careful in his presence, and don’t rebel against him. The angel will not forgive the wrong things you do to him. He has my power in him.

Psalm 99:9

Praise the Lord our God. Bow down toward his holy mountain and worship him. The Lord our God is holy!

Psalm 99:5

Praise the Lord our God, and bow down before his footstool, for he is holy.

Leviticus 19:2

“Tell all the Israelites: I am the Lord your God. I am holy, so you must be holy.

Exodus 20:5

Don’t worship or serve idols of any kind, because I, the Lord, am your God. I hate my people worshiping other gods. People who sin against me become my enemies, and I will punish them. And I will punish their children, their grandchildren, and even their great-grandchildren.

1 Samuel 6:20

They said, “Where is a priest who can care for the Holy Box? Where should the Box go from here?”

Exodus 34:14

Don’t worship any other god. I am YAHWEH KANAH—the jealous Lord. That is my name. I hate for my people to worship other gods.

Matthew 6:24

“You cannot serve two masters at the same time. You will hate one and love the other, or you will be loyal to one and not care about the other. You cannot serve God and Money at the same time.

Isaiah 30:15

The Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, says, “If you come back to me you will be saved. Only by remaining calm and trusting in me can you be strong.” But you don’t want to do that.

Isaiah 30:11

Stop seeing things that will really happen. Get out of our way. Stop telling us about the Holy One of Israel.”

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they made fun of God’s prophets and refused to listen to them. They hated God’s messages. Finally, the Lord could not hold his anger any longer. He became angry with his people and there was nothing that could be done to stop it.

1 Samuel 3:14

That is why I swore an oath that sacrifices and offerings will never take away the sins of the people in Eli’s family.”

Ruth 1:15

Naomi said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her own people and her own gods. You should do the same.”

Joshua 24:23

Then Joshua said, “So throw away the false gods that you have among you. Love the Lord, the God of Israel, with all your heart.”

Leviticus 20:26

I have separated you from other nations to be my own special people. So you must be holy because I am the Lord, and I am holy.

Leviticus 10:3

Then Moses said to Aaron, “The Lord says, ‘The priests who come near me must respect me. I must be holy to them and to all the people.’” So Aaron did not say anything about his sons dying.

Habakkuk 1:13

Your eyes are too good to look at evil. You cannot stand to see people doing wrong. So why do you permit such evil? How can you watch while the wicked destroy people who are so much better?

Isaiah 27:11

The vines will become dry, and the branches will break off. Women will use them for firewood. The people refuse to understand. So God, their Maker, will not comfort them or be kind to them.

Exodus 34:7

He shows his faithful love to thousands of people. He forgives people for the wrong things they do, but he does not forget to punish guilty people. Not only will he punish the guilty people, but their children, their grandchildren, and their great-grandchildren will also suffer for the bad things these people do.”

Leviticus 20:7

“Be special. Make yourselves holy, because I am the Lord your God.

Joshua 24:18

The Lord helped us defeat the people living in these lands. He helped us defeat the Amorites who lived in this land where we are now. So we will continue to serve the Lord, because he is our God.”

Psalm 99:3

Let all the nations praise your name. Your name is great and awesome. Your name is holy.

Nahum 1:2

The Lord is a jealous God. The Lord punishes the guilty, and he is very angry. The Lord punishes his enemies, and he stays angry with them.

Leviticus 11:44

because I am the Lord your God. I am holy, so you should keep yourselves holy. Don’t make yourselves unclean with these crawling things.

Leviticus 11:45

I, the Lord, brought you out of Egypt so that you could be my special people and I could be your God. I am holy, so you must be holy too.”

Isaiah 2:9

The people have become worse and worse. They have become very low, and you leaders did nothing to lift them up!