Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.

Bible References

Ye cannot

Joshua 24:23
“Then get rid of the foreign gods that are among you and offer your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.”
Ruth 1:15
Naomi said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her god. Follow your sister-in-law.”
Matthew 6:24
“No one can be a slave of two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot be slaves of God and of money.
Luke 14:25
Now great crowds were traveling with Him. So He turned and said to them:

Holy

Leviticus 10:3
So Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord meant when He said:

I will show My holiness
to those who are near Me,
and I will reveal My glory
before all the people.”


But Aaron remained silent.
Leviticus 19:2
“Speak to the entire Israelite community and tell them: Be holy because I, Yahweh your God, am holy.
1 Samuel 6:20
The men of Beth-shemesh asked, “Who is able to stand in the presence of this holy Lord God? Who should the ark go to from here?”
Psalm 99:5
Exalt the Lord our God;
bow in worship at His footstool.
He is holy.
Isaiah 5:16
But the Lord of Hosts is exalted by His justice,
and the holy God is distinguished by righteousness.
Isaiah 6:3
And one called to another:

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts;
His glory fills the whole earth.
Isaiah 30:11
Get out of the way!
Leave the pathway.
Rid us of the Holy One of Israel.”
Habakkuk 1:13
Your eyes are too pure to look on evil,
and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing.
So why do You tolerate those who are treacherous?
Why are You silent
while one who is wicked swallows up
one who is more righteous than himself?

A jealous

Exodus 20:5
You must not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the fathers’ sin, to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
Exodus 34:14
You are never to bow down to another god because Yahweh, being jealous by nature, is a jealous God.
1 Corinthians 10:20
No, but I do say that what they sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God. I do not want you to participate with demons!

He will not

Exodus 23:21
Be attentive to him and listen to his voice. Do not defy him, because he will not forgive your acts of rebellion, for My name is in him.
Exodus 34:7
maintaining faithful love to a thousand generations, forgiving wrongdoing, rebellion, and sin. But He will not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ wrongdoing on the children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation.
1 Samuel 3:14
Therefore, I have sworn to Eli’s family: The iniquity of Eli’s family will never be wiped out by either sacrifice or offering.”
2 Chronicles 36:16
But they kept ridiculing God’s messengers, despising His words, and scoffing at His prophets, until the Lord’s wrath was so stirred up against His people that there was no remedy.
Isaiah 27:11
When its branches dry out, they will be broken off.
Women will come and make fires with them,
for they are not a people with understanding.
Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them,
and their Creator will not be gracious to them.

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