16 The people replied, “Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods!
Joshua 24:16
Semantically similar passages
Joshua 24:20–22
20 If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.” 21 “No!” replied the people. “We will serve the LORD!” 22 Then Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that yo…
Joshua 22:28–30
28 Therefore we said, ‘If they ever say this to us or to our descendants, we will answer: Look at the replica of the altar of the LORD that our fathers made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a witness between us and you.’ 29 Far be it from us to rebel a…
2 Kings 17:34–36
34 To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel. 35 For the LORD had made a covenant with the I…
Jeremiah 22:8–10
8 And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’ 9 Then people will reply, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.’” 10 Do not weep…
1 Maccabees 2:20–22
20 yet I and my sons and my kindred will walk in the covenant of our fathers. (WEB) 21 Far be it from us that we should forsake the law and the ordinances. (WEB) 22 We will not listen to the king’s words, to turn aside from our worship, to the right hand, or to the left.” (WEB)
Jeremiah 44:15–17
15 Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women standing by—a great assembly—along with all the people living in the land of Egypt and in Pathros, said to Jeremiah, 16 “As for the word you have spoken to us in the… 17 …
2 Kings 17:38–40
38 Do not forget the covenant I have made with you. Do not worship other gods, 39 but worship the LORD your God, and He will deliver you from the hands of all your enemies.” 40 But they would not listen, and they persisted in their former customs.
Joshua 22:21–23
21 Then the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the clans of Israel: 22 “The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! He knows, and may Israel also know. If this was in rebellion or breach of faith a…
Search the collection All books and codes Translations and sources