Joshua 18:3

Holman Christian Standard Bible

So Joshua said to the Israelites, “How long will you delay going out to take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, gave you?

Cross References

Proverbs 10:4

Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring riches.

Proverbs 13:4

The slacker craves, yet has nothing, but the diligent is fully satisfied.

Proverbs 15:19

A slacker’s way is like a thorny hedge, but the path of the upright is a highway.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever your hands find to do, do with all your strength, because there is no work, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.

Zephaniah 3:16

On that day it will be said to Jerusalem: “Do not fear; Zion, do not let your hands grow weak.

Matthew 20:6

Then about five he went and found others standing around, and said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing? ’

John 6:27

Don’t work for the food that perishes but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal of approval on Him.”

Joshua 1:6

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

Joshua 13:1

Joshua was now old, getting on in years, and the Lord said to him, “You have become old, getting on in years, but a great deal of the land remains to be possessed.

Joshua 18:2

Seven tribes among the Israelites were left who had not divided up their inheritance.

Joshua 18:4

Appoint for yourselves three men from each tribe, and I will send them out. They are to go and survey the land, write a description of it for the purpose of their inheritance, and return to me.

Judges 18:9

They answered, “Come on, let’s go up against them, for we have seen the land, and it is very good. Why wait? Don’t hesitate to go and invade and take possession of the land!