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Joshua 1:6

Joshua 1:6 is verse 6 of Joshua chapter 1, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Be strong and courageous, for you shall give these people the inheritance of the land that I swore to their fathers I would give them.

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King James Version

Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.

World English Bible

“Be strong and courageous; for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.

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Joshua 1:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible

4 Your territory shall extend from the wilderness and Lebanon to the great River Euphrates—all the land of the Hittites—and west as far as the Great Sea.

5 No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.

6 Be strong and courageous, for you shall give these people the inheritance of the land that I swore to their fathers I would give them.

7 Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.

8 This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Joshua 1:7

Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.

Joshua 1:9

Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

1 Samuel 4:9

Take courage and be men, O Philistines! Otherwise, you will serve the Hebrews just as they served you. Now be men and fight!”

1 Kings 2:2

“I am about to go the way of all the earth. So be strong and prove yourself a man.

1 Chronicles 22:13

Then you will succeed, if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.

1 Chronicles 28:10

Consider now that the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong and do it.”

2 Chronicles 32:7

“Be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged before the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater One with us than with him.

2 Chronicles 32:8

With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

Psalms 27:14

Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!

Isaiah 35:3

Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!

Isaiah 35:4

Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”

Daniel 10:19

“Do not be afraid, you who are highly precious,” he said. “Peace be with you! Be strong now; be very strong!” As he spoke with me, I was strengthened and said, “Speak, my lord, for you have strengthened me.”

Haggai 2:4

But now be strong, O Zerubbabel, declares the LORD. Be strong, O Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. And be strong, all you people of the land, declares the LORD. Work! For I am with you, declares the LORD of Hosts.

Zechariah 8:9

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Let your hands be strong, you who now hear these words spoken by the prophets who were present when the foundations were laid to rebuild the temple, the house of the LORD of Hosts.

1 Corinthians 16:13

Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong.

Ephesians 6:10

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.

2 Timothy 2:1

You therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

Numbers 34:17

“These are the names of the men who are to assign the land as an inheritance for you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.

Numbers 34:18

Appoint one leader from each tribe to distribute the land.

Numbers 34:19

These are their names: Caleb son of Jephunneh from the tribe of Judah;

Numbers 34:20

Shemuel son of Ammihud from the tribe of Simeon;

Numbers 34:21

Elidad son of Chislon from the tribe of Benjamin;

Numbers 34:22

Bukki son of Jogli, a leader from the tribe of Dan;

Numbers 34:23

Hanniel son of Ephod, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph;

Numbers 34:24

Kemuel son of Shiphtan, a leader from the tribe of Ephraim;

Numbers 34:25

Eli-zaphan son of Parnach, a leader from the tribe of Zebulun;

Numbers 34:26

Paltiel son of Azzan, a leader from the tribe of Issachar;

Numbers 34:27

Ahihud son of Shelomi, a leader from the tribe of Asher;

Numbers 34:28

and Pedahel son of Ammihud, a leader from the tribe of Naphtali.”

Numbers 34:29

These are the ones whom the LORD commanded to apportion the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 26:3

Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.

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