Joshua 18:3

Good News Translation

So Joshua said to the people of Israel, “How long are you going to wait before you go in and take the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has given you?

Cross References

Proverbs 10:4

Being lazy will make you poor, but hard work will make you rich.

Proverbs 13:4

No matter how much a lazy person may want something, he will never get it. A hard worker will get everything he wants.

Proverbs 15:19

If you are lazy, you will meet difficulty everywhere, but if you are honest, you will have no trouble.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Work hard at whatever you do, because there will be no action, no thought, no knowledge, no wisdom in the world of the dead—and that is where you are going.

Zephaniah 3:16

The time is coming when they will say to Jerusalem, “Do not be afraid, city of Zion! Do not let your hands hang limp!

Matthew 20:6

It was nearly five o'clock when he went to the marketplace and saw some other men still standing there. ‘Why are you wasting the whole day here doing nothing?’ he asked them.

John 6:27

Do not work for food that spoils; instead, work for the food that lasts for eternal life. This is the food which the Son of Man will give you, because God, the Father, has put his mark of approval on him.”

Joshua 1:6

Be determined and confident, for you will be the leader of these people as they occupy this land which I promised their ancestors.

Joshua 13:1

Joshua was now very old. The Lord said to him, “You are very old, but there is still much land to be taken:

Joshua 18:2

There were still seven tribes of the people of Israel who had not yet been assigned their share of the land.

Joshua 18:4

Let me have three men from each tribe. I will send them out over the whole country to map out the territory that they would like to have as their possession. Then they are to come back to me.

Judges 18:9

“Come on,” they replied. “Let's attack Laish. We saw the land, and it's very good. Don't stay here doing nothing; hurry! Go on in and take it over!