Joshua 18:3

New Century 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 10:4

A lazy person will end up poor, but a hard worker will become rich.

Proverbs 13:4

The lazy will not get what they want, but those who work hard will.

Proverbs 15:19

A lazy person’s life is like a patch of thorns, but an honest person’s life is like a smooth highway.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever work you do, do your best, because you are going to the grave, where there is no working, no planning, no knowledge, and no wisdom.

Zephaniah 3:16

On that day Jerusalem will be told, “Don’t be afraid, city of Jerusalem. Don’t give up.

Matthew 20:6

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

John 6:27

Don’t work for the food that spoils. Work for the food that stays good always and gives eternal life. The Son of Man will give you this food, because on him God the Father has put his power.”

Joshua 1:6

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

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.

Joshua 18:2

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

Joshua 18:4

Choose three men from each tribe, and I will send them out to study the land. They will describe in writing the land their tribe wants as its share, and then they will come back to me.

Judges 18:9

They answered, “We have seen the land, and it is very good. We should attack them. Aren’t you going to do something? Don’t wait! Let’s go and take that land!