Joshua 1:7

Only take heart and be very strong; take care to do all the law which Moses my servant gave you, not turning from it to the right hand or to the left, so that you may do well in all your undertakings.

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In The King James Version

Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.

In Context

6Take heart and be strong; for you will give to this people for their heritage the land which I gave by an oath to their fathers.

8Let this book of the law be ever on your lips and in your thoughts day and night, so that you may keep with care everything in it; then a blessing will be on all your way, and you will do well.

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Cross References

Numbers 27:23And he put his hands on him and gave him his orders, as the Lord had said by Moses.

Deuteronomy 5:32Take care, then, to do whatever the Lord your God has given you orders to do; let there be no turning away to the right hand or to the left.

Deuteronomy 28:14Not turning away from any of the orders which I give you today, to the right hand or to the left, or going after any other gods to give them worship.

Deuteronomy 29:9So keep the words of this agreement and do them, so that it may be well for you in everything you do.

Joshua 1:1Now after the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord, the word of the Lord came to Joshua, the son of Nun, Moses' helper, saying,

Joshua 11:15As the Lord had given orders to Moses his servant, so Moses gave orders to Joshua, and so Joshua did; every order which the Lord had given to Moses was done.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 1:2-10

Joshua to Esther PREFACE Joshua to Esther This second volume of methodized and practical expositions of the inspired writings ventures abroad with fear and trembling in the same plain and homely dress with the former on the Pentateuch. Ornari res ipsa negat; contenta doceri— the subject requires no ornament; to have it apprehended is all. But I trust, through grace, it proceeds from the same honest design to promote the knowledge of the scripture, in order to the reforming of men's hearts and lives. If I may but… Read the whole commentary →

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