Joshua 24:23
Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the Lord God of Israel.
Cross-references
In Joshua 24:14, Joshua earlier gives the same command to put away foreign gods — this verse repeats and reinforces the charge.
Joshua 24:19 immediately warns that God is holy and jealous — highlighting why putting away foreign gods is so urgent.
In Genesis 35:2-4, Jacob commands his household to put away foreign gods — the same action is demanded here at Shechem.
Judges 10:16 records Israel actually putting away foreign gods and serving the LORD — the same obedience demanded here.
In 1 Samuel 7:3, Samuel uses nearly identical language: 'put away the foreign gods… and direct your heart to the LORD'.
1 Samuel 7:4 reports Israel putting away Baals and Ashtaroth — direct fulfillment of the command given here.
Paul argues you cannot partake of the Lord's table and demons' table — the same incompatibility with foreign gods.
Paul calls believers to separate from idols, quoting 'I will be their God' — directly applying the same principle.
Elijah's challenge to stop limping between two opinions directly mirrors Joshua's call to choose exclusive devotion to the LORD.
Hosea 14:3 renounces trust in idols ('work of our hands') — matching the call here to put away foreign gods.
In Judges 10:15, Israel confesses sin after oppression — a step toward the repentance that includes putting away foreign gods.
Job 31:28 identifies worshiping other gods as being false to God — the same sin Joshua instructs to put away.
Hosea 14:2 calls for returning to the LORD with words — a later prophetic appeal to the same kind of repentance and turning from idols.
Hosea 14:8 echoes the call to abandon idols, with God declaring He has nothing to do with them — reinforcing exclusive devotion.
Psalm 119:112 uses 'incline my heart' toward God's statutes — a close verbal echo of inclining the heart to the LORD.