Joshua 9:25

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And now we are in your hands: do to us whatever seems good and right to you.

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  • Gen 16:6 : 6 And Abram said, The woman is in your power; do with her whatever seems good to you. And Sarai was cruel to her, so that she went running away from her.
  • Judg 8:15 : 15 So he came to the men of Succoth and said, Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, on account of whom you made sport of me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand, that we are to give bread to your army who are overcome with weariness?
  • Judg 10:15 : 15 And the children of Israel said to the Lord, We are sinners; do to us whatever seems good to you: only give us salvation this day.
  • 1 Sam 3:18 : 18 Then Samuel gave him an account of everything, keeping nothing back. And he said, It is the Lord; let him do what seems good to him.
  • 2 Sam 24:14 : 14 And David said to Gad, This is a hard decision for me to make: let us come into the hands of the Lord, for great are his mercies: let me not come into the hands of men.
  • Isa 47:6 : 6 I was angry with my people, I put shame on my heritage, and gave them into your hands: you had no mercy on them; you put a cruel yoke on those who were old;
  • Jer 26:14 : 14 As for me, here I am in your hands: do with me whatever seems good and right in your opinion.
  • Jer 38:5 : 5 Then Zedekiah the king said, See, he is in your hands: for the king was not able to do anything against them.
  • Matt 11:26 : 26 Yes, Father, for so it was pleasing in your eyes.

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  • Josh 9:22-24
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    22Then Joshua sent for them, and said to them, Why have you been false to us, saying, We are very far from you, when you are living among us?

    23Now because of this you are cursed, and you will for ever be our servants, cutting wood and getting water for the house of my God.

    24And, answering Joshua, they said, Because it came to the ears of your servants that the Lord your God had given orders to his servant Moses to give you all this land, and to send destruction on all the people living in it, because of you; so, fearing greatly for our lives because of you, we have done this.

  • Josh 9:26-27
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    78%

    26So he kept them safe from the children of Israel, and did not let them be put to death.

    27And that day Joshua made them servants, cutting wood and getting water for the people and for the altar of the Lord, in the place marked out by him, to this day.

  • Josh 1:16-17
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    16Then they said to Joshua in answer, Whatever you say to us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.

    17As we gave attention to Moses in all things, so we will give attention to you: and may the Lord your God be with you as he was with Moses.

  • Jer 26:14
    76%

    14As for me, here I am in your hands: do with me whatever seems good and right in your opinion.

  • Josh 2:24
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    24And they said to Joshua, Truly, the Lord has given all the land into our hands; and all the people of the land have become like water because of us.

  • Josh 24:24
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    24And the people said to Joshua, We will be the servants of the Lord our God, and we will give ear to his voice.

  • Josh 9:8-9
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    74%

    8And they said to Joshua, We are your servants. Then Joshua said to them, Who are you and where do you come from?

    9And they said to him, Your servants have come from a very far country, because of the name of the Lord your God: for the story of his great name, and of all he did in Egypt has come to our ears,

  • Josh 9:11
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    11So the responsible men and all the people of our country said to us, Take food with you for the journey and go to them, and say to them, We are your servants: so now make an agreement with us.

  • Judg 10:15
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    15And the children of Israel said to the Lord, We are sinners; do to us whatever seems good to you: only give us salvation this day.

  • Josh 7:7-9
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    7And Joshua said, O Lord God, why have you taken us over Jordan only to give us up into the hands of the Amorites for our destruction? If only it had been enough for us to keep on the other side of Jordan!

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

    9For when the news comes to the Canaanites and all the people of the land, they will come up, shutting us in and cutting off our name from the earth: and what will you do for the honour of your great name?

  • Josh 24:21-22
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    72%

    21And the people said to Joshua, No! But we will be the servants of the Lord.

    22And Joshua said to the people, You are witnesses against yourselves that you have made the decision to be the servants of the Lord. And they said, We are witnesses.

  • Neh 9:36
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    36Now, today, we are servants, and as for the land which you gave to our fathers, so that the produce of it and the good might be theirs, see, we are servants in it:

  • Josh 24:18
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    18And the Lord sent out from before us all the peoples, the Amorites living in the land: so we will be the servants of the Lord, for he is our God.

  • Neh 9:24
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    24So the children went in and took the land, and you overcame before them the people of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them up into their hands, with their kings and the people of the land, so that they might do with them whatever it was their pleasure to do.

  • Josh 5:13
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    13Now when Joshua was near Jericho, lifting up his eyes he saw a man in front of him, with his sword uncovered in his hand: and Joshua went up to him and said, Are you for us or against us?

  • Josh 9:6
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    6And they came to Joshua to the tent-circle at Gilgal, and said to him and to the men of Israel, We have come from a far country: so now make an agreement with us.

  • Deut 31:5
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    5The Lord will give them up into your hands, and you are to do to them as I have given you orders.

  • Josh 10:24-25
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    24And when they had made those kings come out to Joshua, Joshua sent for all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the men of war who had gone with him, Come near and put your feet on the necks of these kings. So they came near and put their feet on their necks.

    25And 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.

  • Num 32:5
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    5And they said, With your approval, let this land be given to your servants as their heritage: do not take us over Jordan.

  • Deut 6:25
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    25And it will be our righteousness if we take care to keep all this order before the Lord our God as he has given it to us.

  • Gen 26:29
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    29That you will do us no damage, even as we put no hand on you, and did you nothing but good, and sent you away in peace: and now the blessing of the Lord is on you.

  • Josh 2:9-10
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    9And said to them, It is clear to me that the Lord has given you the land, and that the fear of you has come on us;

    10For we have had news of how the Lord made the Red Sea dry before you when you came out of Egypt; and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites, on the other side of Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you gave up to the curse.

  • Num 10:32
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    32And if you come with us, we will give you a part in whatever good the Lord does for us.

  • Josh 10:8
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    8And 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.

  • Jer 42:6
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    6If it is good or if it is evil, we will be guided by the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we are sending you; so that it may be well for us when we give ear to the voice of the Lord our God.

  • Deut 29:9
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    9So keep the words of this agreement and do them, so that it may be well for you in everything you do.

  • Deut 3:21
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    21And I gave orders to Joshua at that time, saying, Your eyes have seen what the Lord your God has done to these two kings: so will the Lord do to all the kingdoms into which you come.

  • 2 Chr 20:11
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    11See now, how as our reward they have come to send us out of your land which you have given us as our heritage.

  • Deut 1:14
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    14And you made answer and said to me, It is good for us to do as you say.

  • Josh 9:15
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    15So Joshua made peace with them, and made an agreement with them that they were not to be put to death: and the chiefs of the people took an oath to them.

  • Josh 23:3
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    3You 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.