Joshua 7:3

New King James Version

And they returned to Joshua and said to him, “Do not let all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and attack Ai. Do not weary all the people there, for the people of Ai are few.”

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.

Proverbs 21:25

The desire of the lazy man kills him, For his hands refuse to labor.

Luke 13:24

“Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

Hebrews 4:11

Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience.

Joshua 7:2

Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, “Go up and spy out the country.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.

Joshua 7:4

So about three thousand men went up there from the people, but they fled before the men of Ai.

2 Peter 1:10

Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble;

2 Peter 1:5

But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge,