Joshua 1:5-9

God Commissions Joshua

5 e No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just f as I was with Moses, so g I will be with you. h I will not leave you or forsake you. 6 i Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them. 7 Only be strong and j very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law k that Moses my servant commanded you. l Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success 1 wherever you go. 8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but m you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. 9 Have I not commanded you? n Be strong and courageous. o Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."

  1. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 7:24
    And he will give their kings into your hand, and you shall make their name perish from under heaven. No one shall be able to stand against you until you have destroyed them.
  2. Cross References
    Joshua 1:17
    Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you. Only may the Lord your God be with you, as he was with Moses!
    Exodus 3:12
    He said, "But I will be with you, and this shall be the sign for you, that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.
  3. Cross References
    Joshua 1:9
    Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courage...
    Joshua 1:17
    Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we wi...
    Joshua 3:7
    The Lord said to Joshua, "Today I will begin to...
    Joshua 6:27
    So the Lord was with Joshua, and his fame was i...
    Deuteronomy 31:8
    It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be ...
    Deuteronomy 31:23
    And the Lord commissioned Joshua the son of Nun...
  4. Cross References
    Genesis 28:15
    Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.
    Deuteronomy 31:6
    Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.
    Deuteronomy 31:8
    It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.
    1 Chronicles 28:20
    Then David said to Solomon his son, "Be strong and courageous and do it. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed, for the Lord God, even my God, is with you. He will not leave you or forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of the Lord is finished.
    Hebrews 13:5
    Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you.
  5. Cross References
    Joshua 1:7
    Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.
    Joshua 1:9
    Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
    Joshua 1:18
    Whoever rebels against your commandment and disobeys your words, whatever you command him, shall be put to death. Only be strong and courageous.
    Deuteronomy 31:6 - 7
    Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.
  6. Cross References
    Joshua 23:6
    Therefore, be very strong to keep and to do all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, turning aside from it neither to the right hand nor to the left.
  7. Cross References
    Joshua 11:15
    Just as the Lord had commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua, and so Joshua did. He left nothing undone of all that the Lord had commanded Moses.
  8. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 5:32
    You shall be careful therefore to do as the Lord your God has commanded you. You shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
    Deuteronomy 28:14
    And if you do not turn aside from any of the words that I command you today, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
  9. Cross References
    Psalms 1:2
    But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.
    Psalms 119:15
    I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways.
  10. Cross References
    Joshua 1:6 - 7
    Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.
    Joshua 1:18
    Whoever rebels against your commandment and disobeys your words, whatever you command him, shall be put to death. Only be strong and courageous.
  11. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 1:29
    Then I said to you, 'Do not be in dread or afraid of them.
    Deuteronomy 7:21
    You shall not be in dread of them, for the Lord your God is in your midst, a great and awesome God.
    Deuteronomy 20:3
    And shall say to them, 'Hear, O Israel, today you are drawing near for battle against your enemies: let not your heart faint. Do not fear or panic or be in dread of them.
    Deuteronomy 31:6
    Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.
    Deuteronomy 31:8
    It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.
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