Joshua 24:14

New American Bible - revised edition

“Now, therefore, fear the Lord and serve him completely and sincerely. Cast out the gods your ancestors served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.

Cross References

Genesis 17:1

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said: I am God the Almighty. Walk in my presence and be blameless.

Genesis 35:2

So Jacob told his household and all who were with him: “Get rid of the foreign gods among you; then purify yourselves and change your clothes.

2 Kings 20:3

“Ah, Lord, remember how faithfully and wholeheartedly I conducted myself in your presence, doing what was good in your sight!” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Ezra 9:11

which you gave through your servants the prophets: The land which you are entering to take as your possession is a land unclean with the filth of the peoples of the lands, with the abominations with which they have filled it from one end to the other by their uncleanness.

Job 1:1

In the land of Uz there was a blameless and upright man named Job, who feared God and avoided evil.

Job 28:28

And to mortals he said: See: the fear of the Lord is wisdom; and avoiding evil is understanding.

Psalm 111:10

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; prudent are all who practice it. His praise endures forever.

Psalm 119:1

Blessed those whose way is blameless, who walk by the law of the Lord.

Psalm 119:80

May I be wholehearted toward your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.

Psalm 130:4

But with you is forgiveness and so you are revered.

Psalm 81:10

There shall be no foreign god among you; you shall not bow down to an alien god.

Ezekiel 20:18

Then I said to their children in the wilderness: Do not follow the statutes of your parents. Do not keep their ordinances. Do not defile yourselves with their idols.

Ezekiel 23:3

Even as young girls, they were prostitutes, serving as prostitutes in Egypt. There the Egyptians fondled their breasts and caressed their virgin nipples.

Hosea 3:5

Afterward the Israelites will turn back and seek the Lord, their God, and David, their king; They will come trembling to the Lord and to his bounty, in the last days.

Leviticus 17:7

No longer shall they offer their sacrifices to the demons with whom they prostituted themselves. This shall be an everlasting statute for them and their descendants.

Micah 6:8

You have been told, O mortal, what is good, and what the Lord requires of you: Only to do justice and to love goodness, and to walk humbly with your God.

Luke 8:15

But as for the seed that fell on rich soil, they are the ones who, when they have heard the word, embrace it with a generous and good heart, and bear fruit through perseverance. The Parable of the Lamp.

Acts 9:31

The church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria was at peace. It was being built up and walked in the fear of the Lord, and with the consolation of the holy Spirit it grew in numbers. Peter Heals Aeneas at Lydda.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, with the simplicity and sincerity of God, [and] not by human wisdom but by the grace of God.

Ephesians 6:24

Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ in immortality.

Deuteronomy 10:12

Now, therefore, Israel, what does the Lord, your God, ask of you but to fear the Lord, your God, to follow in all his ways, to love and serve the Lord, your God, with your whole heart and with your whole being,

Deuteronomy 18:13

You must be altogether sincere with the Lord, your God.

Deuteronomy 6:13

The Lord, your God, shall you fear; him shall you serve, and by his name shall you swear.

Philippians 1:10

to discern what is of value, so that you may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,

Joshua 24:2

Joshua addressed all the people: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: In times past your ancestors, down to Terah, father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the River and served other gods.

Joshua 24:23

“Now, therefore, put away the foreign gods that are among you and turn your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.”

1 Samuel 12:14

If you fear and serve the Lord, if you listen to the voice of the Lord and do not rebel against the Lord’s command, if both you and the king, who rules over you, follow the Lord your God—well and good.

1 Samuel 12:24

But you must fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart, for you have seen the great things the Lord has done among you.

1 Samuel 7:3

Then Samuel addressed the whole house of Israel: “If you would return to the Lord with your whole heart, remove your foreign gods and your Astartes, fix your hearts on the Lord, and serve him alone, then the Lord will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”