Joshua 24:19

New Century Version

Then Joshua said, “You are not able to serve the Lord, because he is a holy God and a jealous God. If you turn against him and sin, he will not forgive you.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they made fun of God’s prophets and hated God’s messages. They refused to listen to the prophets until, finally, the Lord became so angry with his people that he could not be stopped.

Psalm 99:3

Let them praise your name; it is great, holy and to be feared.

Psalm 99:5

Praise the Lord our God, and worship at the Temple, his footstool. He is holy.

Psalm 99:9

Praise the Lord our God, and worship at his holy mountain, because the Lord our God is holy.

Exodus 20:5

You must not worship or serve any idol, because I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God. If you hate me, I will punish your children, and even your grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Exodus 23:21

Pay attention to the angel and obey him. Do not turn against him; he will not forgive such turning against him because my power is in him.

Exodus 34:14

Don’t worship any other god, because I, the Lord, the Jealous One, am a jealous God.

Exodus 34:7

and is kind to thousands of people. The Lord forgives people for evil, for sin, and for turning against him, but he does not forget to punish guilty people. He will punish not only the guilty people, but also their children, their grandchildren, their great-grandchildren, and their great-great-grandchildren.”

Isaiah 2:9

People will not be proud any longer but will bow low with shame. God, do not forgive them.

Isaiah 27:11

The limbs will become dry and break off, so women will use them for firewood. The people refuse to understand, so God will not comfort them; their Maker will not be kind to them.

Isaiah 30:11

Stop blocking our path. Get out of our way. Stop telling us about God, the Holy One of Israel.”

Isaiah 30:15

This is what the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, says: “If you come back to me and trust me, you will be saved. If you will be calm and trust me, you will be strong.” But you don’t want to do that.

Isaiah 5:16

The Lord All-Powerful will receive glory by judging fairly; the holy God will show himself holy by doing what is right.

Leviticus 10:3

Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord was speaking about when he said, ‘I must be respected as holy by those who come near me; before all the people I must be given honor.’ ” So Aaron did not say anything about the death of his sons.

Leviticus 11:44

I am the Lord your God. Keep yourselves holy for me because I am holy. Don’t make yourselves unclean with any of these crawling animals.

Leviticus 11:45

I am the Lord who brought you out of Egypt to be your God; you must be holy because I am holy.

Leviticus 19:2

“Tell all the people of Israel: ‘I am the Lord your God. You must be holy because I am holy.

Leviticus 20:26

So you must be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from other people to be my own.

Leviticus 20:7

“ ‘Be my holy people. Be holy because I am the Lord your God.

Nahum 1:2

The Lord is a jealous God who punishes; the Lord punishes and is filled with anger. The Lord punishes those who are against him, and he stays angry with his enemies.

Habakkuk 1:13

Your eyes are too good to look at evil; you cannot stand to see those who do wrong. So how can you put up with those evil people? How can you be quiet when the wicked swallow up people who are better than they are?

Matthew 6:24

“No one can serve two masters. The person will hate one master and love the other, or will follow one master and refuse to follow the other. You cannot serve both God and worldly riches.

Joshua 24:18

Then he forced out all the people living in these lands, even the Amorites. So we will serve the Lord, because he is our God.”

Joshua 24:23

Then Joshua said, “Now throw away the gods that you have. Love the Lord, the God of Israel, with all your heart.”

Ruth 1:15

Naomi said to Ruth, “Look, your sister-in-law is going back to her own people and her own gods. Go back with her.”

1 Samuel 3:14

So I swore to Eli’s family, ‘Your guilt will never be removed by sacrifice or offering.’ ”

1 Samuel 6:20

They said, “Who can stand before the Lord, this holy God? Whom will he strike next?”