Joshua 24:20

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

If you leave the Lord and serve other gods, he will cause terrible things to happen to you. He will destroy you. He has been good to you, but if you turn against him he will destroy you.”

Cross References

Acts 7:42

But God turned against them and let them continue worshiping the army of false gods in the sky. This is what God says in the book that contains what the prophets wrote: ‘People of Israel, you did not bring me blood offerings and sacrifices in the desert for 40 years;

Ezekiel 18:24

“Now, maybe good people might stop being good. They might change their lives and begin to do all the terrible things that evil people have done in the past. (The evil people changed, so they can live.) So if those good people change and become bad, God will not remember all the good things they did. He will remember that they turned against him and began to sin. So they will die because of their sin.

Jeremiah 17:13

Lord, you are the hope of Israel. You are like a spring of living water. Those who stop following the Lord will have a very short life.

1 Chronicles 28:9

“And you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father. Serve God with a pure heart. Be happy to serve him, because the Lord knows what is in everyone’s heart. He knows what you are thinking. If you go to him for help, you will get an answer. But if you turn away from him, he will leave you forever.

Isaiah 63:10

But they turned against him and made his Holy Spirit very sad. So the Lord became their enemy and fought against them.

Isaiah 1:28

But all the criminals and sinners will be destroyed. Those who stopped following the Lord will be removed.

Ezra 8:22

I was embarrassed to ask King Artaxerxes for soldiers and horsemen to protect us as we traveled. There were enemies on the road. The reason I was embarrassed to ask for protection was because of what we had told the king. We had said to King Artaxerxes, “Our God is with everyone who trusts him, but he is very angry with everyone who turns away from him.”

2 Chronicles 15:2

Azariah went to meet Asa and said, “Listen to me, Asa and all you people of Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you look for him, you will find him. But if you leave him, he will leave you.

Hebrews 10:38

The person who is right with me will live by trusting in me. But I will not be pleased with the one who turns back in fear.” Habakkuk 2:3-4 (Greek version)

Deuteronomy 4:25

“You will live in the country a long time. You will have children and grandchildren there. After all that time, be sure that you do not then ruin your lives by making any kind of idol! That is something the Lord your God considers evil, and it would make him very angry!

Deuteronomy 4:26

So I am warning you now. Heaven and earth are my witnesses! If you do such an evil thing, you will quickly be destroyed! You are crossing the Jordan River now to take that land. But if you make any idols, you will not live there very long. No, you will be destroyed completely!

Joshua 24:21

Then the people said to Joshua, “No, we will serve the Lord!”

1 Samuel 12:15

But if you don’t listen to the Lord, if you refuse to do what the Lord says, he will be against you. The Lord will destroy you and your king.

1 Samuel 12:25

But if you are stubborn and do evil, God will throw you and your king away, like dirt swept out with a broom.”

1 Chronicles 28:8

David said, “Now, in front of all Israel, the Lord’s people, and before God, I tell you these things: Be careful to obey all the commands of the Lord your God. Then you can keep this good land and pass it on to your descendants forever.

Psalm 89:31

if they break my laws and ignore my commands,