Joshua 24:20

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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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

then. Compare Joshua 23:15 .
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXXII. JOSHUA'S LAST APPEAL. Joshua 24:1-33 . IT was at Shechem that Joshua's last meeting with the people took place. The Septuagint m...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have the record of the final address of Joshua. In it he first concisely and comprehensively traced the Hebrews' history from the call of Abr...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

If (as some read those words) we read this passage according to the original in the plural number: He is the holy Gods, meaning He, Jehovah existing...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

If you forsake the Lord, and serve strange gods ,.... Joshua knew the proneness of this people to idolatry, and therefore expresses his jealousy of...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 20. And...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He will turn and do you hurt That is, he will alter his course, and the manner of his dealing with you, and will be as severe as ever he was kind a...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JOSHUA'S SUMMARY OF ISRAEL'S HISTORY (vs.1-13) For the second time, as Joshua neared the end of his life, he called Israel together, primarily th...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the L ORD , choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He will turn, i.e. he will alter his course and the manner of his dealing with you, and will be as severe as ever he was kind and gracious. Consum...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And Joshua said to the people, “You cannot serve YHWH, for he is a holy God, he is a jealous God, he will not forgive your transgressions nor you...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 24:19 . Ye cannot serve Jehovah] Joshua here bids the people count the cost of the decision expressed in Joshua 24:16 ....
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 24:1 . Shechem. Some think this was the Sychar where our Saviour talked with the woman. John 4:5 . This place became far famed on account...
The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem. Joshua’s last farewell I. God’s threefold mercies. 1. Israel’s enlargement (verses 2-4)...
The Biblical Illustrator

Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve Him. The last days of Joshua I. The reasonableness of serving God (verses 14, 15). To serve God, to obey...
The Biblical Illustrator

Ye cannot serve the Lord: for He is an holy God. The covenant renewed I. The difficulty of serving God. “Ye cannot serve the Lord.” It was a st...
The Biblical Illustrator

If ye forsake the Lord . .. He will turn Mercies abused, the precursors of wrath I . The reasonableness of expecting that abused mercies...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Exaction of the Promise to be Faithful
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

If ye forsake the Lord and serve strange gods, Genesis 35:4 , then He will turn, assume an entirely different attitude toward them, and do you hu...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 28:9 ; 2 Chronicles 15:2 ; Acts 7:42 ; Ezekiel 18:24 ; Ezra 8:22 ; Hebrews 10:26 ; Hebrews 10:27 ; Hebrews 10:38 ; Isaiah 1:28...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Consecration of the People Joshua 24:13-28 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The time comes sooner, or later, when we must all lay down the yoke which we...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Will turn — That is, he will alter his course and the manner of his dealing with you, and will be as severe as ever he was kind and gracious. He wi...

²⁰ 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.

Related Commentaries of Joshua 24:20

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Joshua 24:20