Joshua 9:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the men took of their provision, and asked not counsel at the mouth of Jehovah.

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Referenced Verses

Num 27:21 : 21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before Jehovah: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.
Judg 1:1 : 1 And it came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the children of Israel asked of Jehovah, saying, Who shall go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them?
Judg 20:18 : 18 And the children of Israel arose, and went up to {H1004} Beth-el, and asked counsel of God; and they said, Who shall go up for us first to battle against the children of Benjamin? And Jehovah said, Judah [shall go up] first.
Judg 20:28 : 28 and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days), saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And Jehovah said, Go up; for to-morrow I will deliver him into thy hand.
1 Sam 14:18-19 : 18 And Saul said unto Ahijah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was [there] at that time with the children of Israel. 19 And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the tumult that was in the camp of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thy hand.
1 Sam 22:10 : 10 And he inquired of Jehovah for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
1 Sam 23:9-9 : 9 And David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod. 10 Then said David, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, thy servant hath surely heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake. 11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O Jehovah, the God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And Jehovah said, He will come down. 12 Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver up to me and my men into the hand of Saul? And Jehovah said, They will deliver thee up.
1 Sam 30:7-8 : 7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David. 8 And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue; for thou shalt surely overtake [them], and shalt without fail recover [all].
2 Sam 2:1 : 1 And it came to pass after this, that David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And Jehovah said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron.
2 Sam 5:19 : 19 And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into my hand? And Jehovah said unto David, Go up; for I will certainly deliver the Philistines into thy hand.
1 Chr 10:13-14 : 13 So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against Jehovah, because of the word of Jehovah, which he kept not; and also for that he asked counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire [thereby], 14 and inquired not of Jehovah: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.
Ezra 8:21 : 21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
Prov 3:5-6 : 5 Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths.
Isa 30:1-2 : 1 Woe to the rebellious children, saith Jehovah, that take counsel, but not of me; and that make a league, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin, 2 that set out to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt!
Jas 1:5 : 5 But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Exod 28:30 : 30 And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before Jehovah: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before Jehovah continually.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Josh 9:11-13
3 verses
72%
11And our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take provision in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: and now make ye a covenant with us.
12This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and is become mouldy:
13and these wine - skins, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they are rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.
Judg 18:5
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5And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
Ps 78:29-30
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70%
29So they did eat, and were well filled; And he gave them their own desire.
30They were not estranged from that which they desired, Their food was yet in their mouths,
Num 14:9
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9Only rebel not against Jehovah, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is removed from over them, and Jehovah is with us: fear them not.
Josh 9:15
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15And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.
Deut 1:22
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22And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, Let us send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up, and the cities unto which we shall come.
Josh 9:4-7
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69%
4they also did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine - skins, old and rent and bound up,
5and old and patched shoes upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and was become mouldy.
6And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We are come from a far country: now therefore make ye a covenant with us.
7And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a covenant with you?
Josh 9:18
68%
18And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by Jehovah, the God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.
Jer 2:6
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6Neither said they, Where is Jehovah that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that none passed through, and where no man dwelt?
1 Kgs 12:8
68%
8But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that were grown up with him, that stood before him.
Deut 1:24-26
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68%
24and they turned and went up into the hill-country, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.
25And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which Jehovah our God giveth unto us.
26Yet ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah your God:
2 Chr 10:8
68%
8But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that were grown up with him, that stood before him.
Deut 1:42
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42And Jehovah said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.
Num 14:44
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44But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.
Zech 7:6
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6And when ye eat, and when ye drink, do not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
Num 16:14
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14Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.
Num 32:9
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9For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which Jehovah had given them.
1 Sam 14:37
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37And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day.
1 Sam 14:9
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9If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.
Neh 9:20
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20Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
Gen 14:24
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24save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men that went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
1 Kgs 13:9
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9for so was it charged me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Thou shalt eat no bread, nor drink water, neither return by the way that thou camest.
Num 14:41-42
2 verses
67%
41And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah, seeing it shall not prosper?
42Go not up, for Jehovah is not among you; that ye be not smitten down before your enemies.
Neh 9:15-16
2 verses
67%
15and gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commandedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.
16But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
2 Kgs 4:44
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44So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of Jehovah.
Gen 24:57
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57And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.
Jer 42:14
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14saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:
Deut 29:7
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7And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:
Ps 78:18
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18And they tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.
Ps 106:25
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25But murmured in their tents, And hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah.
Josh 2:23
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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.
Exod 24:11
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11And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: and they beheld God, and did eat and drink.
Judg 20:27
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27And the children of Israel asked of Jehovah (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,
Josh 18:8
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8And the men arose, and went: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah in Shiloh.
Josh 1:10
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10Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
Deut 9:23
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23And when Jehovah sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.
Ps 106:13
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13They soon forgat his works; They waited not for his counsel,
Exod 16:15
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15And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, What is it? for they knew not what it was. And Moses said unto them, It is the bread which Jehovah hath given you to eat.