Bible Cross References
these nations
2 Kings 17:32
So they feared the LORD, and from every class they appointed for themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of the high places.
2 Kings 17:33
They feared the LORD, yet served their own gods -- according to the rituals of the nations from among whom they were carried away.
Joshua 24:14-20
14
" Now therefore, fear the LORD, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the LORD!
15
"And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that [were] on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."
16
So the people answered and said: "Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD to serve other gods;
17
"for the LORD our God [is] He who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way that we went and among all the people through whom we passed.
18
"And the LORD drove out from before us all the people, including the Amorites who dwelt in the land. We also will serve the LORD, for He [is] our God."
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 nor your sins.
20
"If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, then He will turn and do you harm and consume you, after He has done you good."
1 Kings 18:21
And Elijah came to all the people, and said, "How long will you falter between two opinions? If the LORD [is] God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him." But the people answered him not a word.
Zephaniah 1:5
Those who worship the host of heaven on the housetops; Those who worship and swear [oaths] by the LORD, But who [also] swear by Milcom;
Matthew 6:24
" No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
Revelation 3:15
"I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot.
Revelation 3:16
"So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.
unto this day
Ezra 4:1-3
1
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the descendants of the captivity were building the temple of the LORD God of Israel,
2
they came to Zerubbabel and the heads of the fathers' [houses,] and said to them, "Let us build with you, for we seek your God as you [do;] and we have sacrificed to Him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us here."
3
But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of the fathers' [houses] of Israel said to them, "You may do nothing with us to build a house for our God; but we alone will build to the LORD God of Israel, as King Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us."