Joshua 24:19
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19 But Joshua said to the people, “You cannot serve the Lord, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.(A)
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Isaiah 5:16
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16 But the Lord of hosts is exalted by justice,
and the Holy God shows himself holy by righteousness.(A)
Leviticus 19:2
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2 “Speak to all the congregation of the Israelites and say to them: You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.(A)
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Exodus 23:21
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21 Be attentive to him and listen to his voice; do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgression, for my name is in him.(A)
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Psalm 99:9
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9 Extol the Lord our God,
and worship at his holy mountain,
for the Lord our God is holy.(A)
Psalm 99:5
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5 Extol the Lord our God;
worship at his footstool.
Holy is he!(A)
1 Samuel 6:20
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20 Then the people of Beth-shemesh said, “Who is able to stand before the Lord, this holy God? To whom shall he go so that we may be rid of him?”(A)
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Exodus 20:5
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5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me(A)
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Isaiah 6:3-5
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3 And one called to another and said,
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
the whole earth is full of his glory.”(A)
4 The pivots[a] on the thresholds shook at the voices of those who called, and the house filled with smoke. 5 And I said, “Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, yet my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”(B)
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- 6.4 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Exodus 34:14
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14 for you shall worship no other god, because the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.(A)
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1 Corinthians 10:20-22
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20 No, I imply that what they[a] sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons.(A) 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons.(B) 22 Or are we provoking the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?(C)
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- 10.20 Other ancient authorities read the gentiles
Luke 14:25-33
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The Cost of Discipleship
25 Now large crowds were traveling with him, and he turned and said to them, 26 “Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple.(A) 27 Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.(B) 28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has enough to complete it? 29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it will begin to ridicule him, 30 saying, ‘This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.’ 31 Or what king, going out to wage war against another king, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 If he cannot, then while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for the terms of peace. 33 So therefore, none of you can become my disciple if you do not give up all your possessions.(C)
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Matthew 6:24
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Serving Two Masters
24 “No one can serve two masters, for a slave will either hate the one and love the other or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.[a](A)
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- 6.24 Gk mammon
Isaiah 30:15
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15 For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel:
In returning and rest you shall be saved;
in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.
But you refused(A)
Isaiah 30:11
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11 leave the way; turn aside from the path;
let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.”(A)
2 Chronicles 36:16
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16 but they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words, and scoffing at his prophets until the wrath of the Lord against his people became so great that there was no remedy.(A)
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1 Samuel 3:14
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14 Therefore I swear to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be expiated by sacrifice or offering forever.”(A)
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Ruth 1:15
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15 So she said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law.”
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Joshua 24:23
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23 He said, “Then put away the foreign gods that are among you, and incline your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.”(A)
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Leviticus 20:26
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26 You shall be holy to me, for I the Lord am holy, and I have separated you from the other peoples to be mine.(A)
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Leviticus 10:3
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3 Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord meant when he said,
‘Through those who are near me
I will show myself holy,
and before all the people
I will be glorified.’ ”
And Aaron was silent.(A)
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Habakkuk 1:13
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13 Your eyes are too pure to behold evil,
and you cannot look on wrongdoing;
why do you look on the treacherous
and are silent when the wicked swallow
those more righteous than they?(A)
Isaiah 27:11
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11 When its boughs are dry, they are broken;
women come and make a fire of them.
For this is a people without understanding;
therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them;
he who formed them will show them no favor.(A)
Exodus 34:7
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7 keeping steadfast love for the thousandth generation,[a]
forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin,
yet by no means clearing the guilty,
but visiting the iniquity of the parents
upon the children
and the children’s children
to the third and the fourth generation.”(A)
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- 34.7 Or for thousands
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