Joshua 24:19-23
Joshua 24:19
Then Joshua said to the people, “You will not be able to serve the Lord, for He is a holy God. He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your wrongdoing or your sins.
Joshua 24:20
If you abandon the Lord and serve foreign gods, then He will turn and do you harm and destroy you after He has done good to you.”
Joshua 24:21
And the people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve the Lord.”
Joshua 24:22
So Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen for yourselves the Lord, to serve Him.” And they said, “We are witnesses.”
Joshua 24:23
“Now then, do away with the foreign gods which are in your midst, and incline your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.”