Joshua 23:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Instead, you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.”
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BSBPD
“Instead, you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“But cleave unto the Lord your God, as ye have done unto this day.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“but cleave unto Jehovah your God, as ye have done unto this day.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“but to Jehovah your God ye do cleave, as ye have done till this day.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Joshua 23:8 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 4:4But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive to this day, every one of you.
- Deuteronomy 8:20Like the nations that the LORD has destroyed before you, so you will perish if you do not obey the LORD your God.
- Deuteronomy 10:20You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.
- Deuteronomy 11:22For if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you to follow—to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him—
- Deuteronomy 13:4You are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him. Keep His commandments and listen to His voice; serve Him and hold fast to Him.
- Deuteronomy 13:5Such a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way in which the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. So you must purge the evil from among you.
- Joshua 22:5But be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
- 2 Kings 18:6He remained faithful to the LORD and did not turn from following Him; he kept the commandments that the LORD had given Moses.
- Acts 11:23When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.
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