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Jos 24:14 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

fear		Deu 10:12; 1Sa 12:24; Job 1:1; Job 28:28; Psa 111:10; Psa 130:4; Hsa 3:5; Act 9:31
serve		Jos 24:23; Gen 17:1; Gen 20:5,6; Deu 18:13; 2Ki 20:3; Psa 119:1,80; Luk 8:15; Jhn 4:23,24; 2Cr 1:12; Eph 6:24; Phl 1:10
put		From this exhortation of Joshua, we not only learn that the Israelites still retained some relics of idolatry, but to what gods they were attached. 1. Those whom their fathers worshipped on the other side of the food, or the river Euphrates, i.e., the gods of the Chaldeans, fire, light, the sun, etc. 2. Those of the Egyptians, Apis, Anubis, serpents, vegetables, etc. 3. Those of the Amorites, Moabites, Canaanites, etc., Baal-peor, Astarte, etc. How astonishing is it, that after all that God had done for them, and all the miracles they had seen, there should still be found among them both idols and idolaters! Jos 24:2,23; Gen 35:2; Exd 20:3,4; Lev 17:7; Ezr 9:11; Eze 20:18; Amo 5:25,26
in Egypt		Eze 20:7,8; Eze 23:3

Correlating Passages

fear

	Deu 10:12	And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
	1Sa 12:24	Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great [things] he hath done for you.
	Job 1:1	There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name [was] Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
	Job 28:28	And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom; and to depart from evil [is] understanding.
	Psa 111:10	The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do [his commandments]: his praise endureth for ever.
	Psa 130:4	But [there is] forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
	Hsa 3:5	Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.
	Act 9:31	Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.

serve

	Jos 24:23	Now therefore put away, [said he], the strange gods which [are] among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.
	Gen 17:1	And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I [am] the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
	Gen 20:5	Said he not unto me, She [is] my sister? and she, even she herself said, He [is] my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
	Gen 20:6	And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
	Deu 18:13	Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.
	2Ki 20:3	I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done [that which is] good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
	Psa 119:1	ALEPH. Blessed [are] the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
	Psa 119:80	Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
	Luk 8:15	But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep [it], and bring forth fruit with patience.
	Jhn 4:23	But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
	Jhn 4:24	God [is] a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth.
	2Cr 1:12	For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
	Eph 6:24	Grace [be] with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen. [[[To [the] Ephesians written from Rome, by Tychicus.]]]
	Phl 1:10	That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;

put

	Jos 24:2	And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, [even] Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
	Jos 24:23	Now therefore put away, [said he], the strange gods which [are] among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.
	Gen 35:2	Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that [were] with him, Put away the strange gods that [are] among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
	Exd 20:3	Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
	Exd 20:4	Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:
	Lev 17:7	And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.
	Ezr 9:11	Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.
	Eze 20:18	But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:
	Amo 5:25	Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
	Amo 5:26	But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.

in Egypt

	Eze 20:7	Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I [am] the LORD your God.
	Eze 20:8	But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
	Eze 23:3	And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.

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