Joshua 7:3

Legacy Standard Bible

Then they returned to Joshua and said to him, “Do not have all the people go up; only about two or three thousand men need go up to strike down Ai; do not have all the people toil up there, for they are few.”

Cross References

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, But the soul of the diligent is enriched.

Proverbs 21:25

The desire of the sluggard puts him to death, For his hands refuse to work;

Luke 13:24

“Strive to enter through the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

Hebrews 4:11

Therefore let us be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall into the same example of disobedience.

Joshua 7:2

Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven, east of Bethel, and said to them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.

Joshua 7:4

So about three thousand men from the people went up there, but they fled from the men of Ai.

2 Peter 1:10

Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to make your calling and choosing sure; for in doing these things, you will never stumble;

2 Peter 1:5

Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge,