Verse 3

and Joshua saith unto the sons of Israel, `Till when are ye remiss to go in to possess the land which He hath given to you, Jehovah, God of your fathers?

Referenced Verses

  • Judg 18:9 : 9 And they say, `Rise, and we go up against them, for we have seen the land, and lo, very good; and ye are keeping silent! be not slothful to go -- to enter to possess the land.
  • Prov 2:2-6 : 2 To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding, 3 For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice, 4 If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her, 5 Then understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest. 6 For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding.
  • Prov 10:4 : 4 Poor `is' he who is working -- a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
  • Prov 13:4 : 4 The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.
  • Prov 15:19 : 19 The way of the slothful `is' as a hedge of briers, And the path of the upright is raised up.
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.
  • Zeph 3:16 : 16 In that day it is said to Jerusalem, `Fear not, O Zion, let not thy hands be feeble.
  • Matt 20:6 : 6 And about the eleventh hour, having gone forth, he found others standing idle, and saith to them, Why here have ye stood all the day idle?
  • John 6:27 : 27 work not for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to life age-during, which the Son of Man will give to you, for him did the Father seal -- `even' God.'
  • Phil 3:13-14 : 13 brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold; and one thing -- the things behind indeed forgetting, and to the things before stretching forth -- 14 to the mark I pursue for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
  • 2 Pet 1:10-11 : 10 wherefore, the rather, brethren, be diligent to make stedfast your calling and choice, for these things doing, ye may never stumble, 11 for so, richly shall be superadded to you the entrance into the age-during reign of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.