Joshua 7:3

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Then they returned to Joshua and said to him, “Not all the people need go up; about two or three thousand men should go up and attack Ai. Since they are so few, do not make the whole people toil up there.”

Cross References

Proverbs 13:4

The appetite of the lazy craves and gets nothing, while the appetite of the diligent is richly supplied.

Proverbs 21:25

The craving of the lazy person is fatal, for lazy hands refuse to labor.

Luke 13:24

“Strive to enter through the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.

Hebrews 4:11

Let us therefore make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall through such disobedience as theirs.

Joshua 7:2

Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven, east of Bethel, and said to them, “Go up and spy out the land.” And the men went up and spied out Ai.

Joshua 7:4

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

2 Peter 1:10

Therefore, brothers and sisters, be all the more eager to confirm your call and election, for if you do this, you will never stumble.

2 Peter 1:5

For this very reason, you must make every effort to support your faith with excellence, and excellence with knowledge,