Joshua 7:3

The English Standar Version

And they returned to Joshua and said to him, "Do not have 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 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 through 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, so that no one may 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 3,000 men went up there from the people. And they fled before the men of Ai,

2 Peter 1:10

Therefore, brothers,[7] be all the more diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall.

2 Peter 1:5

For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue,[5] and virtue with knowledge,