Zechariah 8:9

New Century Version

This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: “Work hard, you who are hearing these words today. The prophets spoke these words when the foundation was laid for the house of the Lord All-Powerful, for the building of the Temple.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 22:13

Be careful to obey the rules and laws the Lord gave Moses for Israel. If you obey them, you will have success. Be strong and brave. Don’t be afraid or discouraged.

1 Chronicles 28:20

David also said to his son Solomon, “Be strong and brave, and do the work. Don’t be afraid or discouraged, because the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or leave you until all the work for the Temple of the Lord is finished.

2 Chronicles 15:7

But you should be strong. Don’t give up, because you will get a reward for your good work.”

Ezra 6:14

The Jewish elders continued to build and were successful because of the preaching of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah, a descendant of Iddo. They finished building the Temple as the God of Israel had commanded and as kings Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes of Persia had ordered.

Isaiah 35:3

Make the weak hands strong and the weak knees steady.

Isaiah 35:4

Say to people who are frightened, “Be strong. Don’t be afraid. Look, your God will come, and he will punish your enemies. He will make them pay for the wrongs they did, but he will save you.”

Haggai 1:1

The prophet Haggai spoke the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, the governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. This message came in the second year that Darius was king, on the first day of the sixth month:

Haggai 1:12

Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all the rest of the people who were left alive obeyed the Lord their God and the message from Haggai the prophet, because the Lord their God had sent him. And the people feared the Lord.

Haggai 2:18

‘It is the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day in which the people finished working on the foundation of the Temple of the Lord. From now on, think about these things:

Haggai 2:21

“Tell Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah, ‘I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.

Zechariah 8:13

Judah and Israel, your names have been used as curses in other nations. But I will save you, and you will become a blessing. So don’t be afraid; work hard.”

Zechariah 8:18

The Lord All-Powerful spoke his word to me again.

Ephesians 6:10

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his great power.

2 Timothy 2:1

You then, Timothy, my child, be strong in the grace we have in Christ Jesus.

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 1:8

Always remember what is written in the Book of the Teachings. Study it day and night to be sure to obey everything that is written there. If you do this, you will be wise and successful in everything.