Numbers 13:31

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But the men who had gone up with him said, "We cannot attack these people, for they are stronger than we are."

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  • Deut 1:28 : 28 Where can we go? Our brothers have discouraged us by saying, 'The people are larger and taller than we are, the cities are great and fortified up to the heavens, and we even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.'
  • Josh 14:8 : 8 'But my brothers who went up with me discouraged the hearts of the people, while I followed the LORD my God wholeheartedly.'
  • Num 32:9 : 9 They went up to the Valley of Eshcol, saw the land, and discouraged the hearts of the Israelites from entering the land that the Lord had given them.
  • Heb 3:19 : 19 So we see that they were not able to enter because of their unbelief.
  • Deut 9:1 : 1 Listen, Israel: Today you are crossing over the Jordan to enter and take possession of nations greater and stronger than you, with cities that are great and fortified up to the heavens.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 13:30
    83%

    30Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.”

  • Deut 1:24-29
    6 verses
    82%

    24They set out and went up into the hill country, and they came to the Valley of Eshkol and explored it.

    25Taking with them some of the fruit of the land, they brought it back to us. And they reported, 'The land that the LORD our God is giving us is good.'

    26But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.

    27You grumbled in your tents and said, 'Because the LORD hates us, He brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us.'

    28Where can we go? Our brothers have discouraged us by saying, 'The people are larger and taller than we are, the cities are great and fortified up to the heavens, and we even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.'

    29Then I said to you, 'Do not be terrified or afraid of them.'

  • Num 13:32-33
    2 verses
    81%

    32And they spread a bad report about the land they had explored among the Israelites, saying, "The land we explored devours those who live in it, and all the people we saw there are of great size.

    33We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim. To ourselves, we seemed like grasshoppers, and we seemed the same to them."

  • Num 13:27-28
    2 verses
    76%

    27They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed it flows with milk and honey. Here is its fruit.

    28However, the people who live there are strong, and the cities are large and very fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.

  • Num 32:9
    74%

    9They went up to the Valley of Eshcol, saw the land, and discouraged the hearts of the Israelites from entering the land that the Lord had given them.

  • Judg 18:9
    74%

    9They said, 'Let us go up against them, for we have seen the land and it is very good. Why are you hesitating? Do not delay in going to take possession of the land!'

  • 1 Sam 14:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9If they say to us, 'Wait there until we come to you,' we will stay in our place and not go up to them.

    10But if they say, 'Come up to us,' we will go up, for the Lord has handed them over to us. That will be our sign.

  • Deut 9:2
    72%

    2The people are great and tall—the descendants of the Anakim, whom you know and about whom you have heard it said, 'Who can stand before the sons of Anak?'

  • Num 13:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17When Moses sent them to explore the land of Canaan, he said to them, “Go up through the Negev and then into the hill country.

    18See what the land is like, and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many.

  • Deut 1:41-42
    2 verses
    72%

    41Then you answered me and said, 'We have sinned against the LORD. We will go up and fight, just as the LORD our God commanded us.' So each of you strapped on his weapons of war and thought it would be easy to go up into the hill country.

    42But the LORD said to me, 'Tell them, "Do not go up or fight, because I am not with you; you will be defeated by your enemies."'

  • Num 14:9
    71%

    9Only do not rebel against the LORD, and do not be afraid of the people of the land, for we will devour them. Their protection is gone, and the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them.

  • Deut 1:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21See, the LORD your God has set the land before you. Go up and take possession of it, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.

    22Then all of you approached me and said, 'Let us send men ahead of us to explore the land and bring back a report about the route we should take and the cities we will come to.'

  • Num 14:42
    71%

    42Do not go up, because the LORD is not with you; you will be defeated by your enemies.'

  • Num 16:14
    71%

    14What's more, you haven't brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor have you given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Do you intend to gouge out the eyes of these men? We will not come!"

  • Num 32:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17But we will arm ourselves quickly and go before the Israelites until we bring them to their place. Meanwhile our children will stay in fortified cities, safe from the inhabitants of the land.

    18We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has received their inheritance.

  • Num 13:21-22
    2 verses
    70%

    21So they went up and explored the land from the Wilderness of Zin to Rehob, near Lebo-hamath.

    22They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, descendants of Anak, were living. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

  • Jer 48:14
    70%

    14How can you say, 'We are warriors, men mighty in battle'?

  • Exod 1:9
    70%

    9He said to his people, "Look, the people of Israel have become too numerous and too powerful for us.

  • 1 Sam 23:3
    70%

    3But David's men said to him, "We are afraid here in Judah. How much more if we go to Keilah to face the battle lines of the Philistines!"

  • Josh 2:24
    70%

    24They said to Joshua, "The LORD has surely given the whole land into our hands; all the inhabitants of the land are melting in fear because of us."

  • Num 14:7
    70%

    7And they said to the entire Israelite assembly, "The land we passed through and explored is exceedingly good.

  • Num 32:11
    69%

    11'None of the men who came up from Egypt, twenty years old and older, will see the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, because they have not fully followed Me—

  • Jer 42:13
    69%

    13But if you say, 'We will not stay in this land,' and do not listen to the voice of the LORD your God,

  • Josh 14:8
    69%

    8'But my brothers who went up with me discouraged the hearts of the people, while I followed the LORD my God wholeheartedly.'

  • Num 32:7
    69%

    7Why would you discourage the hearts of the Israelites from crossing into the land that the Lord has given them?

  • Deut 2:36
    69%

    36From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, and from the city in the valley, even to Gilead, not one city was too strong for us. The LORD our God gave them all into our hands.

  • Josh 2:9
    69%

    9and said to them, "I know that the LORD has given you this land and that fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who live in this country are melting in fear because of you.

  • Josh 8:5
    69%

    5"I and all the people with me will approach the city, and when they come out to meet us as they did before, we will flee before them."

  • Deut 3:1
    69%

    1Then we turned and traveled on the road to Bashan. Og, king of Bashan, came out with all his people to confront us in battle at Edrei.

  • Num 32:32
    69%

    32We will cross over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, but the possession of our inheritance will be on this side of the Jordan."

  • Num 14:3
    68%

    3Why is the LORD bringing us to this land only to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will be taken as plunder. Wouldn't it be better for us to return to Egypt?

  • Num 16:12
    68%

    12Then Moses sent for Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, "We will not come!

  • Num 14:40
    68%

    40Early the next morning they set out toward the top of the hill and said, 'Here we are! We are ready to go up to the place the LORD promised, for we have sinned.'