Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.

Bible References

Fearful

Deuteronomy 1:28
whither are we going up? our brethren have melted our heart, saying, A people greater and taller than we, cities great and fenced to heaven, and also sons of Anakim -- we have seen there.
Deuteronomy 23:9
'When a camp goeth out against thine enemies, then thou hast kept from every evil thing.
Judges 7:3
and now, call, I pray thee, in the ears of the people, saying, Whoso is afraid and trembling, let him turn back and go early from mount Gilead;' and there turn back of the people twenty and two thousand, and ten thousand have been left.
Luke 9:62
and Jesus said unto him, 'No one having put his hand on a plough, and looking back, is fit for the reign of God.'
Acts 15:37
And Barnabas counselled to take with them John called Mark,
Revelation 3:16
So -- because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to vomit thee out of my mouth;
Revelation 21:8
and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part is in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'

Lest his brethren's

Numbers 13:31
And the men who have gone up with him said, 'We are not able to go up against the people, for it is stronger than we;'
Numbers 14:1
And all the company lifteth up and give forth their voice, and the people weep during that night;
Numbers 32:9
and they go up unto the valley of Eshcol, and see the land, and discourage the heart of the sons of Israel so as not to go in unto the land which Jehovah hath given to them;
1 Corinthians 15:33
Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

Faint

Deuteronomy 1:28
whither are we going up? our brethren have melted our heart, saying, A people greater and taller than we, cities great and fenced to heaven, and also sons of Anakim -- we have seen there.