Deuteronomy 20:3

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Give ear, O Israel: today you are going forward to the fight; let your heart be strong; do not let uncontrolled fear overcome you because of those who are against you;

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  • Josh 23:10 : 10 One man of you is able to put to flight a thousand; for it is the Lord your God who is fighting for you, as he has said to you.
  • Ps 3:6 : 6 I will have no fear, though ten thousand have come round me, putting themselves against me.
  • Ps 27:1-3 : 1 <Of David.> The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me? 2 When evil-doers, even my haters, came on me to put an end to me, they were broken and put to shame. 3 Even if an army came against me with its tents, my heart would have no fear: if war was made on me, my faith would not be moved.
  • Isa 8:12-13 : 12 Do not say, It is holy, about everything of which this people says, It is holy; and do not be in fear of what they go in fear of. 13 But let the Lord of armies be holy to you, and go in fear of him, giving honour to him.
  • Isa 28:16 : 16 For this cause says the Lord God, See, I am placing in Zion as a base, a stone, a tested stone, an angle-stone which is certain and of great value: and he who has faith will not give way.
  • Isa 35:3-4 : 3 Make strong the feeble hands, give support to the shaking knees. 4 Say to those who are full of fear, Be strong and take heart: see, your God will give punishment; the reward of God will come; he himself will come to be your saviour.
  • Isa 41:10-14 : 10 Have no fear, for I am with you; do not be looking about in trouble, for I am your God; I will give you strength, yes, I will be your helper; yes, my true right hand will be your support. 11 Truly, all those who are angry with you will be made low and put to shame: those desiring to do you wrong will come to nothing and never again be seen. 12 You will make search for your haters but they will not be there; those who make war against you will be as nothing and will come to destruction. 13 For I, the Lord your God, have taken your right hand in mine, saying to you, Have no fear; I will be your helper. 14 Have no fear, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will be your helper, says the Lord, even he who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel.
  • Isa 57:7-8 : 7 You have put your bed on a high mountain: there you went up to make your offering. 8 And on the back of the doors and on the pillars you have put your sign: for you have been false to me with another; you have made your bed wide, and made an agreement with them; you had a desire for their bed where you saw it
  • Matt 10:16 : 16 See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.
  • Matt 10:28 : 28 And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.
  • Matt 10:31 : 31 Then have no fear; you are of more value than a flock of sparrows.
  • Mark 16:6 : 6 And he said to them, Do not be troubled: you are looking for Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been put to death on the cross; he has come back from the dead; he is not here: see, the place where they put him!
  • Mark 16:18 : 18 They will take up snakes, and if there is poison in their drink, it will do them no evil; they will put their hands on those who are ill, and they will get well.
  • Acts 18:9-9 : 9 And the Lord said to Paul in the night, in a vision, Have no fear and go on preaching: 10 For I am with you, and no one will make an attack on you to do you damage: for I have a number of people in this town.
  • Acts 27:24 : 24 Saying, Have no fear, Paul, for you will come before Caesar, and God has given to you all those who are sailing with you.
  • Eph 6:11-18 : 11 Take up God's instruments of war, so that you may be able to keep your position against all the deceits of the Evil One. 12 For our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against authorities and powers, against the world-rulers of this dark night, against the spirits of evil in the heavens. 13 For this reason take up all the arms of God, so that you may be able to be strong in the evil day, and, having done all, to keep your place. 14 Take your place, then, having your body clothed with the true word, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness; 15 Be ready with the good news of peace as shoes on your feet; 16 And most of all, using faith as a cover to keep off all the flaming arrows of the Evil One. 17 And take salvation for your head-dress and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: 18 With prayers and deep desires, making requests at all times in the Spirit, and keeping watch, with strong purpose, in prayer for all the saints,
  • 1 Thess 5:15 : 15 Let no one give evil for evil; but ever go after what is good, for one another and for all.
  • 1 Tim 6:12 : 12 Be fighting the good fight of the faith; take for yourself the life eternal, for which you were marked out, and of which you gave witness in the eyes of all.
  • Heb 12:12-13 : 12 For this cause let the hands which are hanging down be lifted up, and let the feeble knees be made strong, 13 And make straight roads for your feet, so that the feeble may not be turned out of the way, but may be made strong.
  • Heb 13:6 : 6 So that we say with a good heart, The Lord is my helper; I will have no fear: what is man able to do to me?
  • Rev 2:10 : 10 Have no fear of the things which you will have to undergo: see, the Evil One will send some of you into prison, so that you may be put to the test; and you will have great trouble for ten days. Be true till death, and I will give you the crown of life.
  • Matt 8:26 : 26 And he said to them, Why are you full of fear, O you of little faith? Then he got up and gave orders to the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 20:1-2
    2 verses
    82%

    1 When you go out to war against other nations, and come face to face with horses and war-carriages and armies greater in number than yourselves, have no fear of them: for the Lord your God is with you, who took you up out of the land of Egypt.

    2 And when you are on the point of attacking, let the priest come forward and say to the people,

  • Deut 3:22
    81%

    22 Have no fear of them, for the Lord your God will be fighting for you.

  • Josh 10:25
    81%

    25 And Joshua said to them, Have no fear and do not be troubled; be strong and take heart: for so will the Lord do to all against whom you make war.

  • Deut 20:4
    81%

    4 For the Lord your God goes with you, fighting for you to give you salvation from those who are against you.

  • Deut 1:29-30
    2 verses
    81%

    29 Then I said to you, Have no fear of them.

    30 The Lord your God who goes before you will be fighting for you, and will do such wonders as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;

  • 2 Chr 20:15-17
    3 verses
    79%

    15 And he said, Give ear, O Judah, and you people of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat: the Lord says to you, Have no fear and do not be troubled on account of this great army; for the fight is not yours but God's.

    16 Go down against them tomorrow: see, they are coming up by the slope of Ziz; at the end of the valley, before the waste land of Jeruel, you will come face to face with them.

    17 There will be no need for you to take up arms in this fight; put yourselves in position, and keep where you are, and you will see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: have no fear and do not be troubled: go out against them tomorrow, for the Lord is with you.

  • Deut 20:8-9
    2 verses
    79%

    8 And let the overseers go on to say to the people, If there is any man whose heart is feeble with fear, let him go back to his house before he makes the hearts of his countrymen feeble.

    9 Then, after saying these words to the people, let the overseers put captains over the army.

  • Deut 31:5-8
    4 verses
    78%

    5 The Lord will give them up into your hands, and you are to do to them as I have given you orders.

    6 Be strong and take heart, and have no fear of them: for it is the Lord your God who is going with you; he will not take away his help from you.

    7 Then Moses sent for Joshua, and before the eyes of all Israel said to him, Be strong and take heart: for you are to go with this people into the land which the Lord, by his oath to their fathers, has given them; by your help they will take it for their heritage.

    8 It is the Lord who goes before you; he will be with you, he will not take away his help from you or give you up: so have no fear.

  • Deut 1:42
    76%

    42 And the Lord said to me, Say to them, Do not go up to the attack; for I am not among you, and you will be overcome by those who are against you.

  • Josh 10:8
    76%

    8 And the Lord said to Joshua, Have no fear of them, for I have given them into your hands; they will all give way before you.

  • 2 Kgs 17:39
    76%

    39 And you are to give worship to the Lord your God; for it is he who will give you salvation from the hands of all who are against you.

  • 2 Chr 13:12
    75%

    12 And now God is with us at our head, and his priests with their loud horns sounding against you. O children of Israel, do not make war on the Lord, the God of your fathers, for it will not go well for you.

  • Josh 1:6
    75%

    6 Take heart and be strong; for you will give to this people for their heritage the land which I gave by an oath to their fathers.

  • Deut 1:21
    74%

    21 See now, the Lord your God has put the land into your hands: go up and take it, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has said to you; have no fear and do not be troubled.

  • Deut 7:18
    74%

    18 Have no fear of them, but keep well in mind what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt;

  • Deut 3:18
    74%

    18 At that time I gave you orders, saying, The Lord has given you this land for your heritage: all the men of war are to go over armed before your brothers the children of Israel.

  • Josh 1:9
    74%

    9 Have I not given you your orders? Take heart and be strong; have no fear and do not be troubled; for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go,

  • Deut 7:21
    74%

    21 Have no fear of them: for the Lord your God is with you, a great God greatly to be feared.

  • Deut 11:25
    74%

    25 All people will give way before you: for the Lord your God will put the fear of you on all the land through which you go, as he has said.

  • Josh 23:3
    73%

    3 You have seen everything the Lord your God has done to all these nations because of you; for it is the Lord your God who has been fighting for you.

  • 2 Chr 20:29
    73%

    29 And the fear of God came on all the kingdoms of the lands, when they had news of how the Lord made war on those who came against Israel.

  • Lev 26:7
    73%

    7 And you will put to flight those who are against you, and they will be put to death by your swords.

  • Josh 8:1
    73%

    1 Then the Lord said to Joshua, Have no fear and do not be troubled: take with you all the fighting-men and go up against Ai: for I have given into your hands the king of Ai and his people and his town and his land:

  • Num 32:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20 Then Moses said to them, If you will do this, arming yourselves to go before the Lord to the war,

    21 Every armed man of you going across Jordan before the Lord till he has overcome and sent in flight all who are against him,

  • Ps 27:3
    72%

    3 Even if an army came against me with its tents, my heart would have no fear: if war was made on me, my faith would not be moved.

  • Deut 2:25
    72%

    25 From now on I will put the fear of you in all peoples under heaven, who, hearing of you, will be shaking with fear and grief of heart because of you.

  • Josh 11:6
    72%

    6 And the Lord said to Joshua, Have no fear of them: for tomorrow at this time I will give them all up dead before Israel; you are to have the leg-muscles of their horses cut and their war-carriages burned with fire.

  • 1 Chr 22:13
    72%

    13 And all will go well for you, if you take care to keep the laws and the rules which the Lord gave to Moses for Israel: be strong and take heart; have no fear and do not be troubled.

  • Exod 23:27
    72%

    27 I will send my fear before you, putting to flight all the people to whom you come; all those who are against you will go in flight, turning their backs before you.

  • Isa 8:12
    72%

    12 Do not say, It is holy, about everything of which this people says, It is holy; and do not be in fear of what they go in fear of.

  • Josh 3:9
    72%

    9 And Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come to me here: and give ear to the words of the Lord your God.

  • Josh 23:9-11
    3 verses
    72%

    9 For the Lord has sent out from before you nations great and strong: and they have all given way before you till this day.

    10 One man of you is able to put to flight a thousand; for it is the Lord your God who is fighting for you, as he has said to you.

    11 So keep watch on yourselves, and see that you have love for the Lord your God.

  • Num 14:42
    72%

    42 Go not up, for the Lord is not with you, and you will be overcome by those who are fighting against you.

  • Lev 26:37
    72%

    37 Falling on one another, as before the sword, when no one comes after them; you will give way before your haters.

  • Josh 2:11
    72%

    11 And because of this news, our hearts became like water, and there was no more spirit in any of us because of you; for the Lord your God is God in heaven on high and here on earth.

  • Josh 10:19
    71%

    19 But do you, without waiting, go after their army, attacking them from the back; do not let them get into their towns, for the Lord your God has given them into your hands.

  • Deut 9:1
    71%

    1 Give ear, O Israel: today you are to go over Jordan, to take the heritage of nations greater and stronger than yourselves, and towns of great size with walls as high as heaven;

  • Josh 7:8
    71%

    8 O Lord, what am I to say now that Israel have given way before their attackers?