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Joshua 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.

KJV

Nunc ergo timete Dominum, et servite ei perfecto corde atque verissimo : et auferte deos quibus servierunt patres vestri in Mesopotamia et in Ægypto, ac servite Domino.

Vulgate

καὶ νῦν φοβήθητε Κύριον καὶ λατρεύσατε αὐτῷ ἐν εὐθύτητι καὶ ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ, καὶ περιέλεσθε τοὺς θεοὺς τοὺς ἀλλοτρίους οἷς ἐλάτρευσαν οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν ἐν τῷ πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ καὶ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, καὶ λατρεύετε Κυρίῳ.

LXX

Now therefore fear Jehovah, and serve him in sincerity and in truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt; and serve ye Jehovah.

ASV

וְ/עַתָּ֞ה יְר֧אוּ אֶת יְהוָ֛ה וְ/עִבְד֥וּ אֹת֖/וֹ בְּ/תָמִ֣ים וּ/בֶֽ/אֱמֶ֑ת וְ/הָסִ֣ירוּ אֶת אֱלֹהִ֗ים אֲשֶׁר֩ עָבְד֨וּ אֲבוֹתֵי/כֶ֜ם בְּ/עֵ֤בֶר הַ/נָּהָר֙ וּ/בְ/מִצְרַ֔יִם וְ/עִבְד֖וּ אֶת יְהוָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱמֶֽת
'mt
noun · 127×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
ם
m
verb · 287×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
proper_noun · 634×
נְהַר
nhr
noun · 119×
סָ֥ר
sr
verb · 301×
עֵ֣בֶר
'br
noun · 91×
עַתָּ֗ה
'th
adverb · 433×
תְּמִימִֽם
tmymm
adjective · 90×
תִּירָ֖א
tyr'
verb · 325×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 5:8 — Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
  • 1Sam 7:3 — And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the
  • 1Sam 12:14 — If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD
  • 1Sam 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.
  • 2Cor 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 mor
  • 2Cor 6:16 — And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my p
  • 2Kgs 17:41 — So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children’s children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.
  • 2Kgs 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.
  • Acts 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.
  • Amos 5:25 — Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
  • Deut 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 s
  • Deut 18:13 — Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.
  • Exod 20:3 — Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
  • Exod 20:20 — And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
  • Exod 23:25 — And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
  • Ezek 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.
  • Ezek 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:
  • Ezek 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.
  • Ezek 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.
  • Ezra 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, wh
  • 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:
  • Job 28:28 — And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
  • John 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.
  • John 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.
  • Josh 5:9 — And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day.
  • Josh 22:5 — But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to
  • Josh 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
  • Josh 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.
  • Josh 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.
  • Luke 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.
  • Matt 4:10 — Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
  • Phil 1:10 — That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
  • Ps 119:1 — Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.