Joshua 7:3

The Passion Translation

When they returned to Joshua, they reported to him, “There is no need to trouble the whole army to conquer Ai. The people are so few that two or three thousand men could attack it and take the city.”

Cross References

Proverbs 13:4

The slacker wants it all and ends up with nothing, but the hard worker ends up with all that he longed for.

Proverbs 21:25

Taking the easy way out is the habit of a lazy man, and it will be his downfall. All day long he thinks about all the things that he craves, for he hasn’t learned the secret that the generous man has learned: extravagant giving never leads to poverty.

Luke 13:24

“There is a great cost for anyone to enter through the narrow doorway into God’s kingdom. I tell you, many will want to enter but won’t be able to.

Hebrews 4:11

So then we must be eager to experience this faith-rest life, so that no one falls short by following the same pattern of doubt and unbelief.

Joshua 7:2

Joshua sent spies from Jericho to Ai (a small city near Beth Aven, southeast of Bethel), with orders to spy out the land. So the spies left for Ai.

Joshua 7:4

So Joshua sent three thousand troops to attack the city, but they were routed by the men of Ai.

2 Peter 1:10

For this reason, beloved ones, be eager to confirm and validate that God has invited you to salvation and claimed you as his own. If you do these things, you will never stumble.

2 Peter 1:5

So devote yourselves to lavishly supplementing your faith with goodness, and to goodness add understanding,