Deuteronomy 20:8

New English Translation

In addition, the officers are to say to the troops, “Who among you is afraid and fainthearted? He may go home so that he will not make his fellow soldier’s heart as fearful as his own.”

Cross References

Exodus 15:15

Then the chiefs of Edom will be terrified, trembling will seize the leaders of Moab, and the inhabitants of Canaan will shake.

Proverbs 24:10

If you faint in the day of trouble, your strength is small!

Numbers 13:31

But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against these people, because they are stronger than we are!”

Numbers 32:9

When they went up to the Eshcol Valley and saw the land, they frustrated the intent of the Israelites so that they did not enter the land that the Lord had given them.

Luke 9:62

Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

1 Corinthians 15:33

Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”

Deuteronomy 1:28

What is going to happen to us? Our brothers have drained away our courage by describing people who are more numerous and taller than we are, and great cities whose defenses appear to be as high as heaven itself! Moreover, they said they saw Anakites there.”

Deuteronomy 20:9

Then, when the officers have finished speaking, they must appoint unit commanders to lead the troops.

Deuteronomy 23:9

When you go out as an army against your enemies, guard yourselves against anything impure.

Revelation 21:8

But to the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, idol worshipers, and all those who lie, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. That is the second death.”

Revelation 3:16

So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am going to vomit you out of my mouth!

Judges 7:3

Now, announce to the men, ‘Whoever is shaking with fear may turn around and leave Mount Gilead.’” Twenty-two thousand men went home; ten thousand remained.