Joshua 24:16

WEB

¹⁶The people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;

KJV

¹⁶And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;

BSB

¹⁶The people replied, “Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods!

FBV

¹⁶The people responded, “We are never going to give up on the Lord and worship other gods!

Extra References

Hebrews 10:38-39

³⁸But the righteous one will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”

³⁹But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul.

1 Samuel 12:23

²³Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

Romans 6:2

²May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?

Romans 3:6

⁶May it never be! For then how will God judge the world?