Joshua 7:3

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; [and] make not all the people to labour thither; for they [are but] few.

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  • Prov 13:4 : 4 ¶ The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
  • Prov 21:25 : 25 ¶ The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
  • Luke 13:24 : 24 ‹Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.›
  • Heb 4:11 : 11 ¶ Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
  • Heb 6:11-12 : 11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: 12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
  • 2 Pet 1:5 : 5 ¶ And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
  • 2 Pet 1:10 : 10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 7:4-5
    2 verses
    90%

    4So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.

    5And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them [from] before the gate [even] unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

  • Josh 8:1-4
    4 verses
    80%

    1¶ And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land:

    2And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.

    3¶ So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night.

    4And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, [even] behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:

  • Josh 7:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1¶ But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.

    2And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which [is] beside Bethaven, on the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.

  • Josh 8:9-27
    19 verses
    75%

    9Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.

    10And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.

    11And all the people, [even the people] of war that [were] with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now [there was] a valley between them and Ai.

    12And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

    13And when they had set the people, [even] all the host that [was] on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.

    14And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw [it], that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that [there were] liers in ambush against him behind the city.

    15And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

    16And all the people that [were] in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

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

    18And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that [is] in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that [he had] in his hand toward the city.

    19And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.

    20And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.

    21And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.

    22And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.

    23¶ And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.

    24And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.

    25And [so] it was, [that] all that fell that day, both of men and women, [were] twelve thousand, [even] all the men of Ai.

    26For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

    27Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua.

  • Judg 7:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that [are] with thee [are] too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.

    3Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever [is] fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.

  • Josh 9:3
    71%

    3¶ And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,

  • Josh 4:13
    69%

    13About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.

  • Josh 2:22-23
    2 verses
    69%

    22¶ And 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.

    23So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all [things] that befell them:

  • Judg 7:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the [other] people go every man unto his place.

    8So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all [the rest of] Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.

  • Josh 6:7
    69%

    7And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD.

  • Josh 18:4
    69%

    4Give out from among you three men for [each] tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come [again] to me.

  • Neh 7:32
    68%

    32The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.

  • Josh 3:2
    68%

    2And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;

  • Ezra 2:28
    67%

    28The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.

  • Josh 10:7-8
    2 verses
    67%

    7¶ So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valour.

    8And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.

  • Josh 18:9
    67%

    9And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came [again] to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.

  • Josh 6:3
    67%

    3And ye shall compass the city, all [ye] men of war, [and] go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

  • Josh 11:6-7
    2 verses
    67%

    6And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.

    7So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.

  • Num 13:31
    66%

    31But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they [are] stronger than we.