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
Now, therefore, take away, the strange gods which are among you and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.
Ruth 1:15
And she said, Behold, thy sister-in-law has returned to her people and to her gods; return thou after thy sister-in-law.
Matthew 6:24
No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and riches.
Luke 14:25
And great multitudes went with him, and he turned and said unto them,

Holy

Leviticus 10:3
Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is what the LORD spoke, saying, I will be sanctified in those that come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron was silent.
Leviticus 19:2
Speak unto all the congregation of the sons of Israel and say unto them, Ye shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.
1 Samuel 6:20
And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? And to whom shall he go up from us?
Psalm 99:5
Exalt ye the LORD our God and worship at the footstool of his feet, which is holy.
Isaiah 5:16
But the LORD of the hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God, that is holy, shall be sanctified with righteousness.
Isaiah 6:3
And one cried out unto another and said, Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of the hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.
Isaiah 30:11
Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to leave our presence.
Habakkuk 1:13
Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil and canst not look on iniquity: why dost thou look upon those that deal treacherously and hold thy tongue when the wicked devour the man that is more righteous than he?

A jealous

Exodus 20:5
Thou shalt not bow down to them nor serve them; for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons unto the third and fourth generation of those that hate me
Exodus 34:14
for thou shalt worship no other god; for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
1 Corinthians 10:20
But I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God; and I would not that ye should be participants of demons.

He will not

Exodus 23:21
Keep thyself before him and hear his voice, grieve him not; for he will not pardon your rebellion, for my name is in him.
Exodus 34:7
keeping mercy for thousands, letting go of iniquity and rebellion and sin; and by no means will I absolve the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons and upon the sons' sons, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
1 Samuel 3:14
And therefore, I have sworn unto the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be reconciled, not with sacrifices nor with presents for ever.
2 Chronicles 36:16
But they mocked the messengers of God and despised his words and misused his prophets until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, and there was no remedy.
Isaiah 27:11
When its boughs are withered, they shall be broken off: women shall come and set them on fire: for this is not a people of understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will show them no favour.