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Joshua 24:20

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.”

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ASV

If ye forsake Jehovah, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֤יkiifH3588 →
תַֽעַזְבוּ֙ta.'az.Vuyou will forsakeH5800 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֖םva.'a.vad.Temand you will serveH5647 →
אֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.Heigods ofH430 →
נֵכָ֑רne.KharforeignnessH5236 →
וְשָׁ֨בve.Shavand he will turnH7725 →
וְהֵרַ֤עve.he.Ra'and he will do harmH7489 →
לָכֶם֙la.Khemto <the> you
וְכִלָּ֣הve.khi.Lahand he will make an end ofH3615 →
אֶתְכֶ֔ם'et.Khem<obj.> youH853 →
אַחֲרֵ֖י'a.cha.ReiafterH310 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-thatH834 →
הֵיטִ֥יבhei.Tivhe has done goodH3190 →
לָכֶֽם׃la.Khemto <the> you

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1 Samuel 12:15But if you disobey the LORD and rebel against His command, then the hand of the LORD will be against you as it was against your fathers.Hebrews 10:26–27If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,1 Samuel 12:25But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”Jeremiah 17:13O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.Acts 7:42But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?Ezekiel 18:24But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same abominations as the wicked, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness and sin he has committed, he will die.1 Chronicles 28:9As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.Isaiah 63:10But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.2 Chronicles 15:2So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.Isaiah 1:28But rebels and sinners will together be shattered, and those who forsake the LORD will perish.Ezra 8:22For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who forsake Him.”Isaiah 65:11–12But you who forsake the LORD, who forget My holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,2 Chronicles 28:6For in one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 valiant men in Judah. This happened because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers.Joshua 23:12–15For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,Hebrews 10:38But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”1 Samuel 12:14If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who reigns over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well.Jeremiah 1:16I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their wickedness, because they have forsaken Me to burn incense to other gods and to worship the works of their own hands.Jeremiah 25:6Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’

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