Joshua 24:15

New American Bible - revised edition

If it is displeasing to you to serve the Lord, choose today whom you will serve, the gods your ancestors served beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose country you are dwelling. As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”

Cross References

Genesis 18:19

Indeed, I have singled him out that he may direct his children and his household in the future to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the Lord may put into effect for Abraham the promises he made about him.

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.

1 Kings 18:21

Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you straddle the issue? If the Lord is God, follow him; if Baal, follow him.” But the people did not answer him.

1 Chronicles 1:14

and the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,

Psalm 101:2

I study the way of integrity; when will you come to me? I act with integrity of heart within my household.

Psalm 119:106

I make a solemn vow to observe your righteous judgments.

Exodus 23:2

You shall not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When testifying in a lawsuit, you shall not follow the crowd in perverting justice.

Exodus 23:24

Therefore, you shall not bow down to their gods and serve them, nor shall you act as they do; rather, you must demolish them and smash their sacred stones.

Exodus 34:15

Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land; else, when they prostitute themselves with their gods and sacrifice to them, one of them may invite you and you may partake of the sacrifice.

Ezekiel 20:39

As for you, house of Israel, thus says the Lord God: Go! each of you, and worship your idols. Listen to me! You shall never again desecrate my holy name with your offerings and your idols!

Daniel 3:18

But even if he will not, you should know, O king, that we will not serve your god or worship the golden statue which you set up.”

Leviticus 14:42

Then other stones shall be brought and put in the place of the old stones, and new mortar obtained and plastered on the house.

Micah 4:5

Though all the peoples walk, each in the name of its god, We will walk in the name of the Lord, our God, forever and ever.

Acts 11:23

When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain faithful to the Lord in firmness of heart,

Deuteronomy 13:7

If your brother, your father’s child or your mother’s child, your son or daughter, your beloved spouse, or your intimate friend entices you secretly, saying, “Come, let us serve other gods,” whom you and your ancestors have not known,

Deuteronomy 29:18

if any such persons, after hearing the words of this curse, should congratulate themselves, saying in their hearts, “I am safe, even though I walk in stubbornness of heart,” thereby sweeping away moist and dry alike,

Joshua 24:16

But the people answered, “Far be it from us to forsake the Lord to serve other gods.

Judges 6:10

And I said to you: I, the Lord, am your God; you shall not fear the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are dwelling. But you did not listen to me.