Joshua 7:3

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And they returned to Joshua, and said to him, “Let not all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and attack Ai; do not make the whole people toil up there, for they are but few.”

Cross References

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the sluggard craves, and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

Proverbs 21:25

The desire of the sluggard kills him for his hands refuse to labor.

Luke 13:24

“Strive to enter by the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

Hebrews 4:11

Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, that no one fall by the same sort of disobedience.

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 went up there from the people; and they fled before the men of Ai,

2 Peter 1:10

Therefore, brethren, be the more zealous to confirm your call and election, for if you do this you will never fall;

2 Peter 1:5

For this very reason make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,