Joshua 18:3

New King James Version

Then Joshua said to the children of Israel: “How long will you neglect to go and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers has given you?

Cross References

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of a lazy man desires, and has nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.

Judges 18:9

So they said, “Arise, let us go up against them. For we have seen the land, and indeed it is very good. Would you do nothing? Do not hesitate to go, and enter to possess the land.

Matthew 20:6

And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle all day?’

Proverbs 15:19

The way of the lazy man is like a hedge of thorns, But the way of the upright is a highway.

Proverbs 10:4

He who has a slack hand becomes poor, But the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Zephaniah 3:16

In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: “Do not fear; Zion, let not your hands be weak.

John 6:27

Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him.”

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.

Joshua 18:2

But there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes which had not yet received their inheritance.

Joshua 18:4

Pick out from among you three men for each tribe, and I will send them; they shall rise and go through the land, survey it according to their inheritance, and come back to me.

Joshua 1:6

Be strong and of good courage, for to this people you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.

Joshua 13:1

Now Joshua was old, advanced in years. And the Lord said to him: “You are old, advanced in years, and there remains very much land yet to be possessed.