Joshua 18:3

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Summary

And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?

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And they said, "Up, and let us go unto them, for we have seen the land, that it is very good. Haste therefore and be not slothful to depart and go and conquer the land.

that thou wilt incline thin ears unto wisdom; apply thine heart then to understanding.

An idle hand maketh poor; but a quick laboring hand maketh rich.

The sluggard would fain have, and cannot get his desire; but the soul of the diligent shall have plenty.

The way of the slothful is full of thorns; but the street of the righteous is well cleansed.

Whatsoever thou takest in hand to do, that do with all thy power: for among the dead, where thou goest unto, there is neither work, counsel, knowledge nor wisdom.

In that time it shall be said unto Jerusalem, "Fear not," and to Zion, "Let not thine hands be slack,

And he went out about the eleventh hour and found others standing idle, and said unto them, 'Why stand ye here all the day idle?'

Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for the meat that endureth unto everlasting life, which meat the son of man shall give unto you. For him hath God the father sealed."

Brethren, I count not myself that I have gotten it: but one thing I say: I forget that which is behind me, and stretch myself unto that which is before me;

Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence for to make your calling and election sure. For if ye do such things, ye shall never err.