Joshua 24:19

New American Bible - revised edition

Joshua in turn said to the people, “You may not be able to serve the Lord, for he is a holy God; he is a passionate God who will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the Lord’s anger against his people blazed up beyond remedy.

Psalm 99:3

Let them praise your great and awesome name: Holy is he!

Psalm 99:5

Exalt the Lord, our God; bow down before his footstool; holy is he!

Psalm 99:9

Exalt the Lord, our God; bow down before his holy mountain; holy is the Lord, our God.

Exodus 20:5

you shall not bow down before them or serve them. For I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God, inflicting punishment for their ancestors’ wickedness on the children of those who hate me, down to the third and fourth generation;

Exodus 23:21

Be attentive to him and obey him. Do not rebel against him, for he will not forgive your sin. My authority is within him.

Exodus 34:14

You shall not bow down to any other god, for the Lord—“Jealous” his name—is a jealous God.

Exodus 34:7

continuing his love for a thousand generations, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion, and sin; yet not declaring the guilty guiltless, but bringing punishment for their parents’ wickedness on children and children’s children to the third and fourth generation!

Isaiah 2:9

So all shall be abased, each one brought low. Do not pardon them!

Isaiah 27:11

When its boughs wither, they shall be broken off; and women shall come to kindle fires with them. For this is not an understanding people; therefore their maker shall not spare them; their creator shall not be gracious to them.

Isaiah 30:11

Turn aside from the way! Get out of the path! Let us hear no more of the Holy One of Israel!”

Isaiah 30:15

For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: By waiting and by calm you shall be saved, in quiet and in trust shall be your strength. But this you did not will.

Isaiah 5:16

But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted by judgment, by justice the Holy God shown holy.

Leviticus 10:3

Moses then said to Aaron, “This is as the Lord said: Through those near to me I will be sanctified; in the sight of all the people I will obtain glory.” But Aaron said nothing.

Leviticus 11:44

For I, the Lord, am your God. You shall make and keep yourselves holy, because I am holy. You shall not make yourselves unclean, then, by any swarming creature that crawls on the ground.

Leviticus 11:45

Since I, the Lord, am the one who brought you up from the land of Egypt that I might be your God, you shall be holy, because I am holy.

Leviticus 19:2

Speak to the whole Israelite community and tell them: Be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy.

Leviticus 20:26

To me, therefore, you shall be holy; for I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from other peoples to be my own.

Leviticus 20:7

Sanctify yourselves, then, and be holy; for I, the Lord, your God, am holy.

Nahum 1:2

A jealous and avenging God is the Lord, an avenger is the Lord, full of wrath; The Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries, and rages against his enemies;

Habakkuk 1:13

Your eyes are too pure to look upon wickedness, and the sight of evil you cannot endure. Why, then, do you gaze on the faithless in silence while the wicked devour those more just than themselves?

Matthew 6:24

“No one can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Dependence on God.

Joshua 24:18

At our approach the Lord drove out all the peoples, including the Amorites who dwelt in the land. Therefore we also will serve the Lord, for he is our God.”

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.”

Ruth 1:15

“See now,” she said, “your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her god. Go back after your sister-in-law!”

1 Samuel 3:14

Therefore, I swear to Eli’s house: No sacrifice or offering will ever expiate its crime.

1 Samuel 6:20

The men of Beth-shemesh asked, “Who can stand in the presence of the Lord, this Holy God? To whom can the ark go so that we are rid of it?”