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.(Joshua 24:19)

If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.(Joshua 24:20)

And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD.(Joshua 24:21)

And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.

Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.(Joshua 24:23)

And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.(Joshua 24:24)

So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.(Joshua 24:25)

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Joshua 24:22 - Cross Reference

And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow: (Luke 19:22)

Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts. (Psalm 119:173)

Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee. (Job 15:6)

Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice: (Deuteronomy 26:17)

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. (Psalm 119:11)

But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. (Luke 10:42)