Joshua 24:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

Whether the gods

Joshua 24:14

Or the gods

Judges 6:10

As for me

General references

Leviticus 14:42

1 Samuel 1:21

Bible References

Whether the gods

So now, go in fear of the Lord, and be his servants with true hearts: put away the gods worshipped by your fathers across the River and in Egypt, and be servants of the Lord.

Or the gods

Do not go down on your faces and give worship to their gods, or do as they do; but overcome them completely, and let their pillars be broken down.

So see that you make no agreement with the people of the land, and do not go after their gods, or take part in their offerings, or be guests at their feasts,

Gods of the peoples round about you, near or far, from one end of the earth to the other;

So that there may not be among you any man or woman or family or tribe whose heart is turned away from the Lord our God today, to go after other gods and give them worship; or any root among you whose fruit is poison and bitter sorrow;

And I said to you, I am the Lord your God; you are not to give worship to the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living, but you did not give ear to my voice.

As for me

For I have made him mine so that he may give orders to his children and those of his line after him, to keep the ways of the Lord, to do what is good and right: so that the Lord may do to Abraham as he has said.

I have made an oath and kept it, to be guided by your upright decisions.

Then Simon Peter gave this answer: Lord, to whom are we to go? you have the words of eternal life;

Who, when he came and saw the grace of God, was glad; and he made clear to them the need of keeping near the Lord with all the strength of their hearts:

General references

And they will take other stones and put them in place of those stones, and he will take other paste and put it on the walls of the house.

And the man Elkanah with all his family went up to make the year's offering to the Lord, and to give effect to his oath.