2 Chronicles 20:20

New Century Version

Jehoshaphat’s army went out into the Desert of Tekoa early in the morning. As they were starting out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, people of Judah and Jerusalem. Have faith in the Lord your God, and you will stand strong. Have faith in his prophets, and you will succeed.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:2

So Joab sent messengers to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He said to her, “Pretend to be very sad. Put on funeral clothes and don’t put lotion on yourself. Act like a woman who has been crying many days for someone who died.

1 Chronicles 4:5

Tekoa’s father was Ashhur. Ashhur had two wives named Helah and Naarah.

2 Chronicles 11:6

He built up the cities of Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

2 Chronicles 20:19

Then some Levites from the Kohathite and Korahite people stood up and praised the Lord, the God of Israel, with very loud voices.

Psalm 125:1

Those who trust the Lord are like Mount Zion, which sits unmoved forever.

Exodus 14:31

When the Israelites saw the great power the Lord had used against the Egyptians, they feared the Lord, and they trusted him and his servant Moses.

Isaiah 26:3

You, Lord, give true peace to those who depend on you, because they trust you.

Isaiah 28:16

Because of these things, this is what the Lord God says: “I will put a stone in the ground in Jerusalem, a tested stone. Everything will be built on this important and precious rock. Anyone who trusts in it will never be disappointed.

Isaiah 7:9

Israel is led by the city of Samaria, and Samaria is led by its weak king, the son of Remaliah. If your faith is not strong, you will not have strength enough to last.’ ”

Jeremiah 38:20

But Jeremiah answered, “The Babylonians will not hand you over to the Jews. Obey the Lord by doing what I tell you. Then things will go well for you, and your life will be saved.

Jeremiah 6:1

“Run for your lives, people of Benjamin! Run away from Jerusalem! Blow the war trumpet in the town of Tekoa! Raise the warning flag over the town of Beth Hakkerem! Disaster is coming from the north; terrible destruction is coming to you.

Daniel 6:23

King Darius was very happy and told his servants to lift Daniel out of the lions’ den. So they lifted him out and did not find any injury on him, because Daniel had trusted in his God.

Luke 16:31

But Abraham said to him, ‘If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not listen to someone who comes back from the dead.’ ”

John 11:40

Then Jesus said to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?”

John 13:20

I tell you the truth, whoever accepts anyone I send also accepts me. And whoever accepts me also accepts the One who sent me.”

John 14:1

Jesus said, “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust in me.

Romans 8:31

So what should we say about this? If God is for us, no one can defeat us.

Hebrews 11:6

Without faith no one can please God. Anyone who comes to God must believe that he is real and that he rewards those who truly want to find him.