Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:

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Lie in wait

Joshua 8:16
And all the people that were in the city were called together to pursue after them, and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
Judges 9:25
And the men of Shechem set ambushes for him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who came along that way by them, and it was told Abimelech.
Judges 20:29
And Israel set an ambushment against Gibeah round about.
1 Samuel 15:2
Thus says LORD of hosts, I have remembered that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way when he came up out of Egypt.
Acts 23:21
Therefore thou should not be persuaded by them, for more than forty men of them wait to ambush him, who have put themselves under an oath, neither to eat nor drink until they have killed him. And now are they ready, expecting the p

Go not

Ecclesiastes 7:19
Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.
Ecclesiastes 9:16
Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength. Nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

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Joshua 8:11
And all the people, [even] the [men of] war who were with him, went up, and drew near, and came before the city, and encamped on the north side of Ai. Now there was a valley between him and Ai.
Judges 9:25
And the men of Shechem set ambushes for him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who came along that way by them, and it was told Abimelech.