Judges 7:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

So call your troops together and tell them that anyone who is really afraid can leave Mount Gilead and go home.” Twenty-two thousand men returned home, leaving Gideon with only ten thousand soldiers.

Cross References

Matthew 13:21

But they don't have deep roots, and they don't last very long. As soon as life gets hard or the message gets them in trouble, they give up.

Matthew 20:16

Jesus then said, “So it is. Everyone who is now first will be last, and everyone who is last will be first.”

Deuteronomy 20:8

Finally, if any of you are afraid, you may go home. We don't want you to discourage the other soldiers.

Revelation 17:14

These kings will go to war against the Lamb. But he will defeat them, because he is Lord over all lords and King over all kings. His followers are chosen and special and faithful.

Revelation 21:8

But I will tell you what will happen to cowards and to everyone who is unfaithful or dirty-minded or who murders or is sexually immoral or uses witchcraft or worships idols or tells lies. They will be thrown into that lake of fire and burning sulphur. This is the second death.

Judges 6:35

He also sent messengers to the tribes of Manasseh, Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, telling the men of these tribes to come and join his army. Then they set out towards the enemy camp.