Deuteronomy 20:8

Easy To Read Version

“Those {Levite} officers must also say to the people, ‘Is there any man here that has lost his courage and is afraid? He should go back home. Then he will not cause the other soldiers to lose their courage too.’

Cross References

Exodus 15:15

The commanders of Edom will shake with fear. The leaders of Moab will be afraid. The people of Canaan will lose courage.

Proverbs 24:10

If you are weak during times of trouble, then you really are weak.

Numbers 13:31

But the men that had gone with him said, “We can’t fight those people! They are much stronger than we are.”

Numbers 32:9

Those men went as far as Eshcol Valley. They saw the land. And those men discouraged the people of Israel. Those men made the people of Israel not want to go into the land that the Lord had given to them.

Luke 9:62

Jesus said, “If any person begins to plow a field, but looks back, he is not prepared for the kingdom of God.”

1 Corinthians 15:33

Don’t be fooled: “Bad friends will ruin good habits.”

Deuteronomy 1:28

Where can we go now? Our brothers (the twelve spies) have made us afraid with their report. They said: The people there are bigger and taller than we are! The cities are big and have walls as high as the sky! And we saw giants [6] there!’

Deuteronomy 20:9

Then, after the officers have finished speaking to the army, they must choose captains to lead the soldiers.

Deuteronomy 23:9

“When your army goes to fight against your enemies, stay away from everything that would make you unclean. [144]

Revelation 21:8

But the people who are cowards, people who refuse to believe, people who do terrible things, people who kill, people who sin sexually, people who do evil magic, people who worship idols, {\cf2\super [159]} and people who tell lies—all those people will have a place in the lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

Revelation 3:16

But you are only warm—not hot, not cold. So I am ready to spit you out of my mouth.

Judges 7:3

So now, make an announcement to your men. Tell them, ‘Anyone that is afraid may leave Mount Gilead. He may go back home.’”