Deuteronomy 31:8

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The LORD is indeed going before you– he will be with you; he will not fail you or abandon you. Do not be afraid or discouraged!”

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 31:6 : 6 Be strong and courageous! Do not fear or tremble before them, for the LORD your God is the one who is going with you. He will not fail you or abandon you!”
  • Exod 33:14 : 14 And the LORD said,“My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
  • Josh 1:9 : 9 I repeat, be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic, for I, the LORD your God, am with you in all you do.”
  • Josh 1:5 : 5 No one will be able to resist you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not abandon you or leave you alone.
  • Exod 13:21-22 : 21 Now the LORD was going before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them in the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel day or night. 22 He did not remove the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night from before the people.
  • Rom 8:31 : 31 What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
  • Isa 43:1-2 : 1 The Lord Will Rescue His People Now, this is what the LORD says, the one who created you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel:“Don’t be afraid, for I will protect you. I call you by name, you are mine. 2 When you pass through the waters, I am with you; when you pass through the streams, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not harm you.
  • 1 Chr 28:20 : 20 David said to his son Solomon:“Be strong and brave! Do it! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! For the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will not leave you or abandon you before all the work for the service of the LORD’s temple is finished.
  • Isa 8:9-9 : 9 You will be broken, O nations; you will be shattered! Pay attention, all you distant lands of the earth! Get ready for battle, and you will be shattered! Get ready for battle, and you will be shattered! 10 Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted! Issue your orders, but they will not be executed! For God is with us!
  • Deut 9:3 : 3 Understand today that the LORD your God who goes before you is a devouring fire; he will defeat and subdue them before you. You will dispossess and destroy them quickly just as he has told you.
  • Deut 31:3 : 3 As for the LORD your God, he is about to cross over before you; he will destroy these nations before you and you will dispossess them. As for Joshua, he is about to cross before you just as the LORD has said.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 31:5-7
    3 verses
    92%

    5The LORD will deliver them over to you and you will do to them according to the whole commandment I have given you.

    6Be strong and courageous! Do not fear or tremble before them, for the LORD your God is the one who is going with you. He will not fail you or abandon you!”

    7Then Moses called out to Joshua in the presence of all Israel,“Be strong and courageous, for you will accompany these people to the land that the LORD promised to give their ancestors, and you will enable them to inherit it.

  • Josh 1:9
    84%

    9I repeat, be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic, for I, the LORD your God, am with you in all you do.”

  • Josh 1:5-7
    3 verses
    84%

    5No one will be able to resist you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not abandon you or leave you alone.

    6Be strong and brave! You must lead these people in the conquest of this land that I solemnly promised their ancestors I would hand over to them.

    7Make sure you are very strong and brave! Carefully obey all the law my servant Moses charged you to keep! Do not swerve from it to the right or to the left, so that you may be successful in all you do.

  • Deut 31:23
    80%

    23and the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun,“Be strong and courageous, for you will take the Israelites to the land I have promised them, and I will be with you.”

  • Deut 1:29-30
    2 verses
    80%

    29So I responded to you,“Do not be terrified of them!

    30The LORD your God is about to go ahead of you; he will fight for you, just as you saw him do in Egypt

  • Deut 31:3
    80%

    3As for the LORD your God, he is about to cross over before you; he will destroy these nations before you and you will dispossess them. As for Joshua, he is about to cross before you just as the LORD has said.

  • Deut 3:22
    79%

    22Do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God will personally fight for you.”

  • 1 Kgs 8:57
    78%

    57May the LORD our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors. May he not abandon us or leave us.

  • Josh 10:8
    77%

    8The LORD told Joshua,“Don’t be afraid of them, for I am handing them over to you. Not one of them can resist you.”

  • Deut 20:3-4
    2 verses
    77%

    3“Listen, Israel! Today you are moving forward to do battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted. Do not fear and tremble or be terrified because of them,

    4for the LORD your God goes with you to fight on your behalf against your enemies to give you victory.”

  • Deut 3:28
    76%

    28Commission Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, because he will lead these people over and will enable them to inherit the land you will see.”

  • Deut 1:38
    76%

    38However, Joshua son of Nun, your assistant, will go. Encourage him, because he will enable Israel to inherit the land.

  • Deut 1:21
    76%

    21Look, he has placed the land in front of you! Go up, take possession of it, just as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, said to do. Do not be afraid or discouraged!”

  • Josh 8:1
    76%

    1Israel Conquers Ai The LORD told Joshua,“Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! Take the whole army with you and march against Ai! See, I am handing over to you the king of Ai, along with his people, city, and land.

  • Josh 10:25
    76%

    25Then Joshua said to them,“Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! Be strong and brave, for the LORD will do the same thing to all your enemies you fight.”

  • Deut 20:1
    75%

    1Laws Concerning War with Distant Enemies When you go to war against your enemies and see chariotry and troops who outnumber you, do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, is with you.

  • Deut 4:31
    75%

    31(for he is a merciful God), he will not let you down or destroy you, for he cannot forget the covenant with your ancestors that he confirmed by oath to them.

  • Isa 52:12
    75%

    12Yet do not depart quickly or leave in a panic. For the LORD goes before you; the God of Israel is your rear guard.

  • 1 Chr 22:13
    75%

    13Then you will succeed, if you carefully obey the rules and regulations which the LORD ordered Moses to give to Israel. Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic!

  • Gen 28:15
    75%

    15I am with you! I will protect you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I promised you!”

  • Deut 7:18-19
    2 verses
    75%

    18you must not fear them. You must carefully recall what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt,

    19the great judgments you saw, the signs and wonders, the strength and power by which he brought you out– thus the LORD your God will do to all the people you fear.

  • Isa 41:10
    74%

    10Don’t be afraid, for I am with you! Don’t be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you– yes, I help you– yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand!

  • Deut 11:25
    74%

    25Nobody will be able to resist you; the LORD your God will spread the fear and terror of you over the whole land on which you walk, just as he promised you.

  • Deut 7:21
    74%

    21You must not tremble in their presence, for the LORD your God, who is present among you, is a great and awesome God.

  • Num 14:42-43
    2 verses
    74%

    42Do not go up, for the LORD is not among you, and you will be defeated before your enemies.

    43For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you will fall by the sword. Because you have turned away from the LORD, the LORD will not be with you.”

  • Exod 33:15
    74%

    15And Moses said to him,“If your presence does not go with us, do not take us up from here.

  • 2 Kgs 17:38
    74%

    38You must never forget the covenant I made with you, and you must not worship other gods.

  • Deut 8:6
    73%

    6So you must keep his commandments, live according to his standards, and revere him.

  • Jer 1:8
    73%

    8Do not be afraid of those to whom I send you, for I will be with you to protect you,” says the LORD.

  • Josh 23:9
    73%

    9“The LORD drove out from before you great and mighty nations; no one has been able to resist you to this very day.

  • Deut 1:42
    73%

    42But the LORD told me:“Tell them this:‘Do not go up and fight, because I will not be with you and you will be defeated by your enemies.’”

  • 1 Chr 28:20
    73%

    20David said to his son Solomon:“Be strong and brave! Do it! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! For the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will not leave you or abandon you before all the work for the service of the LORD’s temple is finished.

  • Josh 23:3
    73%

    3You saw everything the LORD your God did to all these nations on your behalf, for the LORD your God fights for you.

  • Num 14:9
    73%

    9Only do not rebel against the LORD, and do not fear the people of the land, for they are bread for us. Their protection has turned aside from them, but the LORD is with us. Do not fear them!”

  • Num 32:21
    72%

    21and if all your armed men cross the Jordan before the LORD until he drives out his enemies from his presence

  • Exod 14:13
    72%

    13Moses said to the people,“Do not fear! Stand firm and see the salvation of the LORD that he will provide for you today; for the Egyptians that you see today you will never, ever see again.

  • Isa 41:13
    72%

    13For I am the LORD your God, the one who takes hold of your right hand, who says to you,‘Don’t be afraid, I am helping you.’

  • Num 10:31-32
    2 verses
    72%

    31Moses said,“Do not leave us, because you know places for us to camp in the wilderness, and you could be our guide.

    32And if you come with us, it is certain that whatever good things the LORD will favor us with, we will share with you as well.”