Zechariah 8:9

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The Lord of Armies says this: ‘Let your hands be strong, you who now hear these words that the prophets spoke when the foundations were laid for the rebuilding of the temple, the house of the Lord of Armies.

Cross References

Isaiah 35:4

Say to the cowardly: ‘Be strong; do not fear! Here is your God; vengeance is coming. God’s retribution is coming; he will save you.’

Haggai 2:21

‘Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah: I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.

1 Chronicles 22:13

Then you will succeed if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances the Lord commanded Moses for Israel.  Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or discouraged.

2 Timothy 2:1

You, therefore, my son, be strong in the grace  that is in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 6:10

Finally, be strengthened by the Lord and by his vast strength.

Zechariah 8:18

Then the word of the Lord of Armies came to me:

Zechariah 8:13

As you have been a curse among the nations,  house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing.  Don’t be afraid; let your hands be strong.’

Haggai 1:12

Then Zerubbabel  son of Shealtiel, the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and the entire remnant of the people  obeyed the Lord their God and the words of the prophet Haggai, because the Lord their God had sent him. So the people feared the Lord.

Haggai 1:1

In the second year of King Darius,  , on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the Lord came through the prophet  Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel,  the governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest:

1 Chronicles 28:20

Then David said to his son Solomon, ‘Be strong and courageous,  and do the work. Don’t be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He won’t leave you or abandon you  until all the work for the service of the Lord’s house is finished.

Joshua 1:8

This book of instruction must not depart from your mouth;  you are to meditate on  it day and night so that you may carefully observe everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in whatever you do.

Joshua 1:6

‘Be strong and courageous,  for you will distribute the land I swore to their ancestors to give them as an inheritance.

Ezra 6:14

So the Jewish elders continued successfully with the building under the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo.  They finished the building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus,  Darius, and King Artaxerxes  of Persia.

Haggai 2:18

From this day on, think carefully;  from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day the foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid; think carefully.

2 Chronicles 15:7

But as for you, be strong; don’t give up,  for your work has a reward.’

Isaiah 35:3

Strengthen the weak hands, steady the shaking knees!