Joshua 7:3

New Century Version

Later they came back to Joshua and said, “There are only a few people in Ai, so we will not need all our people to defeat them. Send only two or three thousand men to fight. There is no need to send all of our people.”

Cross References

Proverbs 13:4

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

Proverbs 21:25

Lazy people’s desire for sleep will kill them, because they refuse to work.

Luke 13:24

“Try hard to enter through the narrow door, because many people will try to enter there, but they will not be able.

Hebrews 4:11

Let us try as hard as we can to enter God’s rest so that no one will fail by following the example of those who refused to obey.

Joshua 7:2

Joshua sent some men from Jericho to Ai, which was near Beth Aven, east of Bethel. He told them, “Go to Ai and spy out the area.” So the men went to spy on Ai.

Joshua 7:4

So about three thousand men went up to Ai, but the people of Ai beat them badly.

2 Peter 1:10

My brothers and sisters, try hard to be certain that you really are called and chosen by God. If you do all these things, you will never fall.

2 Peter 1:5

Because you have these blessings, do your best to add these things to your lives: to your faith, add goodness; and to your goodness, add knowledge;