Joshua 24:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.

Fear

Put

In egypt

Ezekiel 20:7

Ezekiel 23:3

General references

Amos 5:25

Bible References

Fear

“Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require from you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

Only fear the Lord and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you.

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless, upright, fearing God and turning away from evil.

“And to man He said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
And to depart from evil is understanding.’”

The

fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;

A good understanding have all those who do His commandments;
His praise endures forever.

But there is forgiveness with You,
That You may be feared.

Afterward the sons of Israel will return and seek the Lord their God and David their king; and they will come trembling to the Lord and to His goodness in the last days.

So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria enjoyed peace, being built up; and going on in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it continued to increase.

Put

So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods which are among you, and purify yourselves and change your garments;

“You shall have no other gods before Me.

They shall no longer sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat demons with which they play the harlot. This shall be a permanent statute to them throughout their generations.”’

which You have commanded by Your servants the prophets, saying, ‘The land which you are entering to possess is an unclean land with the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, with their abominations which have filled it from end to end and with their impurity.

“I said to their

children in the wilderness, ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.

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Did you present Me with sacrifices and grain offerings in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Israel?

In egypt

I said to them, ‘Cast away, each of you, the detestable things of his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.’

and they played the harlot in Egypt. They played the harlot in their youth; there their breasts were pressed and there their virgin bosom was handled.

General references

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Did you present Me with sacrifices and grain offerings in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Israel?