Joshua 18:3

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

So Joshua said to the Israelites, “Why do you wait so long to take your land? The Lord, the God of your ancestors, has given this land to you.

Cross References

Proverbs 13:4

Lazy people always want things but never get them. Those who work hard get plenty.

Judges 18:9

The five men answered, “We have found some land, and it is very good. We should attack them. Don’t wait! Let’s go and take that land!

Matthew 20:6

About five o’clock the man went to the marketplace again. He saw some other people standing there. He asked them, ‘Why did you stand here all day doing nothing?’

Proverbs 15:19

For lazy people, life is a path overgrown with thorns and thistles. For those who do what is right, it is a smooth highway.

Proverbs 10:4

Lazy hands will make you poor; hard-working hands will make you rich.

Zephaniah 3:16

At that time Jerusalem will be told, “Be strong, don’t be afraid!

John 6:27

But earthly food spoils and ruins. So don’t work to get that kind of food. But work to get the food that stays good and gives you eternal life. The Son of Man will give you that food. He is the only one qualified by God the Father to give it to you.”

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Every time you find work to do, do it the best you can. In the grave there is no work. There is no thinking, no knowledge, and there is no wisdom. And we are all going to the place of death.

Joshua 18:2

But at this time there were still seven tribes of Israel that had not yet received their land.

Joshua 18:4

So each of your tribes should choose three men. I will send them out to study the land. They will describe that land, and then they will come back to me.

Joshua 1:6

“Joshua, you must be strong and brave! You must lead these people so that they can take their land. I promised their fathers that I would give them this land.

Joshua 13:1

When Joshua was very old, the Lord said to him, “Joshua you have grown old, but there is still much land for you to take control of.