Joshua 24:19

Modern English Version

Then Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the Lord, for He is a holy God. He is a jealous God, and He will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they continued to jest regarding the messengers of God, despising His word and making fun of His prophets until the wrath of the Lord came up against His people, until there was no remedy.

Psalm 99:3

Let them praise Your great and awesome name! Holy is He!

Psalm 99:5

Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at His footstool! Holy is He!

Psalm 99:9

Exalt the Lord our God and worship at His holy mountain, for the Lord our God is holy!

Exodus 20:5

You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of them who hate Me,

Exodus 23:21

Be on guard before him and obey his voice. Do not provoke him, for he will not pardon your transgressions, for My name is in him.

Exodus 34:14

(for you shall not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),

Exodus 34:7

keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the children’s children, to the third and the fourth generation.”

Isaiah 2:9

And the common man bows down, and the great man humbles himself; therefore, do not forgive them.

Isaiah 27:11

When its boughs are withered, they are broken off; the women come and make a fire with them, for they are not a people of understanding; therefore, their maker will not have mercy on them, and their Creator will show them no grace.

Isaiah 30:11

Get out of the way, turn aside from the path, let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.”

Isaiah 30:15

For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength. Yet you were not willing,

Isaiah 5:16

But the Lord of Hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God who is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

Leviticus 10:3

Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke, saying: ‘I will be sanctified by those who come near Me; and before all the people I will be glorified.’ ” And Aaron held his peace.

Leviticus 11:44

For I am the Lord your God. You shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and you shall be holy, for I am holy. Neither shall you defile yourselves with any manner of crawling thing that moves on the ground.

Leviticus 11:45

For I am the Lord who brings you up out of the land of Egypt to be your God. Therefore you shall be holy, for I am holy.

Leviticus 19:2

Speak to all the congregation of the Israelites, and say to them: You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.

Leviticus 20:26

You shall be holy unto Me, for I the Lord am holy and have separated you from other peoples, that you should be Mine.

Leviticus 20:7

Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am the Lord your God.

Nahum 1:2

The Lord is a jealous and avenging God; the Lord avenges and is furious. The Lord takes vengeance on His enemies, and He reserves it for His adversaries;

Habakkuk 1:13

Your eyes are too pure to look on evil, and You cannot look on wickedness. Why do You look on those who deal treacherously, and hold Your tongue when the wicked devours the man who is more righteous than he?

Matthew 6:24

“No one can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

Joshua 24:18

The Lord drove out before us all the people, even the Amorites, who lived in the land. So we will indeed serve the Lord, for He is our God.”

Joshua 24:23

“Now then,” he said, “put away the foreign gods in your midst, and stretch out your hearts to the Lord God of Israel!”

Ruth 1:15

Naomi said, “Look, your sister-in-law has returned to her people and her gods. Return with her!”

1 Samuel 3:14

Therefore, I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be atoned for with sacrifice or offering forever.”

1 Samuel 6:20

The men of Beth-shemesh said, “Who is able to stand before the Lord, this holy God? And to whom will He go up from us?”