Joshua 8:1

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Israel 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.

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Referenced Verses

  • 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.”
  • Deut 1:21 : 21 Look, 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!”
  • Deut 7:18 : 18 you must not fear them. You must carefully recall what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt,
  • Josh 6:2 : 2 The LORD told Joshua,“See, I am about to defeat Jericho for you, along with its king and its warriors.
  • Deut 31:8 : 8 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!”
  • Josh 7:6-7 : 6 Joshua tore his clothes; he and the leaders of Israel lay face down on the ground before the ark of the LORD until evening and threw dirt on their heads. 7 Joshua prayed,“O, Sovereign LORD! Why did you bring these people across the Jordan to hand us over to the Amorites so they could destroy us? If only we had been satisfied to live on the other side of the Jordan!
  • Josh 7:9 : 9 When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will turn against us and destroy the very memory of us from the earth. What will you do to protect your great reputation?”
  • Ps 27:1 : 1 By David. The LORD delivers and vindicates me! I fear no one! The LORD protects my life! I am afraid of no one!
  • Ps 44:3 : 3 For they did not conquer the land by their swords, and they did not prevail by their strength, but rather by your power, strength and good favor, for you were partial to them.
  • Ps 46:11 : 11 The LORD of Heaven’s Armies is on our side! The God of Jacob is our protector!(Selah)
  • Isa 12:2 : 2 Look, God is my deliverer! I will trust in him and not fear. For the LORD gives me strength and protects me; he has become my deliverer.”
  • Isa 41:10-16 : 10 Don’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! 11 Look, all who were angry at you will be ashamed and humiliated; your adversaries will be reduced to nothing and perish. 12 When you will look for your opponents, you will not find them; your enemies will be reduced to absolutely nothing. 13 For 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.’ 14 Don’t be afraid, despised insignificant Jacob, men of Israel. I am helping you,” says the LORD, your protector, the Holy One of Israel. 15 “Look, I am making you like a sharp threshing sledge, new and double-edged. You will thresh the mountains and crush them; you will make the hills like straw. 16 You will winnow them and the wind will blow them away; the wind will scatter them. You will rejoice in the LORD; you will boast in the Holy One of Israel.
  • Isa 43:2 : 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.
  • Jer 46:27 : 27 A Promise of Hope for Israel“You descendants of Jacob, my servants, do not be afraid; do not be terrified, people of Israel. For I will rescue you and your descendants from the faraway lands where you are captives. The descendants of Jacob will return to their land and enjoy peace. They will be secure and no one will terrify them.
  • Dan 2:21 : 21 He changes times and seasons, deposing some kings and establishing others. He gives wisdom to the wise; he imparts knowledge to those with understanding;
  • Dan 2:37-38 : 37 Daniel Interprets Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream“You, O king, are the king of kings. The God of heaven has granted you sovereignty, power, strength, and honor. 38 Wherever human beings, wild animals, and birds of the sky live– he has given them into your power. He has given you authority over them all. You are the head of gold.
  • Dan 4:25 : 25 You will be driven from human society, and you will live with the wild animals. You will be fed grass like oxen, and you will become damp with the dew of the sky. Seven periods of time will pass by for you, before you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes.
  • Dan 4:35 : 35 All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he wishes with the army of heaven and with those who inhabit the earth. No one slaps his hand and says to him,‘What have you done?’
  • Matt 8:26 : 26 But he said to them,“Why are you cowardly, you people of little faith?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was dead calm.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 10:8
    83%

    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.”

  • Josh 8:2-4
    3 verses
    82%

    2Do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho and its king, except you may plunder its goods and cattle. Set an ambush behind the city!”

    3Joshua and the whole army marched against Ai. Joshua selected thirty thousand brave warriors and sent them out at night.

    4He ordered them,“Look, set an ambush behind the city. Don’t go very far from the city; all of you be ready!

  • Josh 1:9-10
    2 verses
    80%

    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.”

    10Joshua Prepares for the Invasion Joshua instructed the leaders of the people:

  • Josh 6:2
    79%

    2The LORD told Joshua,“See, I am about to defeat Jericho for you, along with its king and its warriors.

  • Josh 8:16-24
    9 verses
    79%

    16All the reinforcements in Ai were ordered to chase them; they chased Joshua and were lured away from the city.

    17No men were left in Ai or Bethel; they all went out after Israel. They left the city wide open and chased Israel.

    18The LORD told Joshua,“Hold out toward Ai the curved sword in your hand, for I am handing the city over to you.” So Joshua held out toward Ai the curved sword in his hand.

    19When he held out his hand, the men waiting in ambush rose up quickly from their place and attacked. They entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.

    20When the men of Ai turned around, they saw the smoke from the city ascending into the sky and were so shocked they were unable to flee in any direction. In the meantime the men who were retreating to the wilderness turned against their pursuers.

    21When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that the city was going up in smoke, they turned around and struck down the men of Ai.

    22At the same time the men who had taken the city came out to fight, and the men of Ai were trapped in the middle. The Israelites struck them down, leaving no survivors or refugees.

    23But they captured the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.

    24When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai who had chased them toward the wilderness(they all fell by the sword), all Israel returned to Ai and put the sword to it.

  • Josh 10:25
    79%

    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.”

  • Josh 8:10-11
    2 verses
    79%

    10Bright and early the next morning Joshua gathered the army, and he and the leaders of Israel marched at the head of it to Ai.

    11All the troops that were with him marched up and drew near the city. They camped north of Ai on the other side of the valley.

  • Josh 8:7-8
    2 verses
    77%

    7Then you rise up from your hiding place and seize the city. The LORD your God will hand it over to you.

    8When you capture the city, set it on fire in keeping with the Lord’s message. See, I have given you orders.”

  • Josh 8:26-28
    3 verses
    77%

    26Joshua kept holding out his curved sword until Israel had annihilated all who lived in Ai.

    27But Israel did plunder the cattle and the goods of the city, in keeping with the LORD’s orders to Joshua.

    28Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanently uninhabited mound(it remains that way to this very day).

  • Deut 31:5-8
    4 verses
    76%

    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.

    8The 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!”

  • Deut 3:2
    76%

    2The LORD, however, said to me,“Don’t be afraid of him because I have already given him, his whole army, and his land to you. You will do to him exactly what you did to King Sihon of the Amorites who lived in Heshbon.”

  • Josh 8:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    13The army was in position– the main army north of the city and the rear guard west of the city. That night Joshua went into the middle of the valley.

    14When the king of Ai saw Israel, they rushed to get up early. Then the men of the city went out to meet Israel in battle, he and all his people, at the meeting place near the rift valley. But he did not realize an ambush was waiting for him behind the city.

  • Josh 11:6
    76%

    6The LORD told Joshua,“Don’t be afraid of them, for about this time tomorrow I will cause all of them to lie dead before Israel. You must hamstring their horses and burn their chariots.”

  • Josh 7:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai(which is located near Beth Aven, east of Bethel) and instructed them,“Go up and spy on the land.” So the men went up and spied on Ai.

    3They returned and reported to Joshua,“Don’t send the whole army. About two or three thousand men are adequate to defeat Ai. Don’t tire out the whole army, for Ai is small.”

  • Josh 4:15
    75%

    15The LORD told Joshua,

  • Deut 1:29
    75%

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

  • Deut 1:21
    75%

    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!”

  • Deut 31:23
    75%

    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 3:28
    74%

    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.”

  • Josh 1:6
    74%

    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.

  • Deut 31:3
    74%

    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 3:21-22
    2 verses
    74%

    21I also commanded Joshua at the same time,“You have seen everything the LORD your God did to these two kings; he will do the same to all the kingdoms where you are going.

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

  • Deut 1:38
    73%

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

  • Josh 5:13
    73%

    13Israel Conquers Jericho When Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him holding a drawn sword. Joshua approached him and asked him,“Are you on our side or allied with our enemies?”