Joshua 2:5

American Standard Version (1901)

and it came to pass about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out; whither the men went I know not: pursue after them quickly; for ye will overtake them.

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  • Josh 2:7 : 7 And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they that pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
  • Neh 13:19 : 19 And it came to pass that, when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I over the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
  • Isa 60:11 : 11 Thy gates also shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the wealth of the nations, and their kings led captive.
  • Jer 50:20 : 20 In those days, and in that time, saith Jehovah, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.
  • Ezek 47:1-2 : 1 And he brought me back unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward; (for the forefront of the house was toward the east;) and the waters came down from under, from the right side of the house, on the south of the altar. 2 Then he brought me out by the way of the gate northward, and led me round by the way without unto the outer gate, by the way of [the gate] that looketh toward the east; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.
  • Ezek 47:12 : 12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not whither, neither shall the fruit thereof fail: it shall bring forth new fruit every month, because the waters thereof issue out of the sanctuary; and the fruit thereof shall be for food, and the leaf thereof for healing.
  • Rom 3:7-8 : 7 But if the truth of God through my lie abounded unto his glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner? 8 and why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), Let us do evil, that good may come? whose condemnation is just.
  • Rev 21:25 : 25 And the gates thereof shall in no wise be shut by day (for there shall be no night there):

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 2:6-8
    3 verses
    84%

    6But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

    7And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they that pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.

    8And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;

  • Josh 2:2-4
    3 verses
    83%

    2And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to-night of the children of Israel to search out the land.

    3And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, that are entered into thy house; for they are come to search out all the land.

    4And the woman took the two men, and hid them; and she said, Yea, the men came unto me, but I knew not whence they were:

  • Josh 2:14-18
    5 verses
    80%

    14And the men said unto her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business; and it shall be, when Jehovah giveth us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

    15Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the side of the wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

    16And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers light upon you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.

    17And the men said unto her, We will be guiltless of this thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

    18Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt gather unto thee into the house thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household.

  • Josh 2:21-23
    3 verses
    77%

    21And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

    22And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.

    23Then the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they told him all that had befallen them.

  • Judg 19:22-23
    2 verses
    74%

    22As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain base fellows, beset the house round about, beating at the door; and they spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thy house, that we may know him.

    23And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into my house, do not this folly.

  • Judg 19:25-28
    4 verses
    74%

    25But the men would not hearken to him: so the man laid hold on his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.

    26Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light.

    27And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way; and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, with her hands upon the threshold.

    28And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going; but none answered: then he took her up upon the ass; and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place.

  • Judg 19:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them near to Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.

    15And they turned aside thither, to go in to lodge in Gibeah: and he went in, and sat him down in the street of the city; for there was no man that took them into his house to lodge.

  • Judg 9:32
    72%

    32Now therefore, up by night, thou and the people that are with thee, and lie in wait in the field:

  • Gen 19:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5and they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men that came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.

    6And Lot went out unto them to the door, and shut the door after him.

  • Gen 19:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10But the men put forth their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.

    11And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

  • Judg 19:9
    71%

    9And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father-in-law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thy heart may be merry; and to-morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.

  • Ruth 3:14
    71%

    14And she lay at his feet until the morning. And she rose up before one could discern another. For he said, Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing-floor.

  • Prov 7:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house,

    9In the twilight, in the evening of the day, In the middle of the night and in the darkness.

  • Judg 19:11
    70%

    11When they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn aside into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.

  • Gen 39:13
    70%

    13And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,

  • Gen 39:18
    70%

    18and it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled out.

  • Neh 2:15
    70%

    15Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.

  • Josh 8:5
    70%

    5and I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city. And it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them;

  • Gen 39:15
    70%

    15and it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled, and got him out.

  • 2 Sam 17:19-20
    2 verses
    69%

    19And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and strewed bruised grain thereon; and nothing was known.

    20And Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They are gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Kgs 2:17
    69%

    17And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.

  • Ruth 3:4
    69%

    4And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.

  • Gen 19:2
    69%

    2and he said, Behold now, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your way. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

  • 2 Sam 2:24
    69%

    24But Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

  • Josh 8:17
    69%

    17And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.

  • Josh 6:22
    69%

    22And Joshua said unto the two men that had spied out the land, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.

  • Judg 1:24
    69%

    24And the watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with thee.

  • Judg 20:5
    69%

    5And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about me by night; me they thought to have slain, and my concubine they forced, and she is dead.

  • Gen 37:17
    69%

    17And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.

  • Gen 44:4
    69%

    4[ And] when they were gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?