Joshua 1:7

Only be strong and very courageous, that thou mayest take heed to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded thee. Turn not from it to the right or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.

Darby Translation

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

6Be strong and courageous, for thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land which I have sworn unto their fathers to give them.

8This book of the law shall not depart from thy mouth; and thou shalt meditate upon it day and night, that thou mayest take heed to do according to all that is written therein; for then shalt thou have good success in thy ways, and then shalt thou prosper.

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Cross References

Numbers 27:23And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him commandment, as Jehovah had said through Moses.

Deuteronomy 5:32Take heed then to do as Jehovah your God hath commanded you: turn not aside to the right hand or to the left.

Deuteronomy 28:14and if thou turn not aside from any of the words that I command thee this day, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

Deuteronomy 29:9Ye shall keep then the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.

Joshua 1:1And it came to pass after the death of Moses the servant of Jehovah, that Jehovah spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' attendant, saying,

Joshua 11:15As Jehovah had commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua: he let nothing fail of all that Jehovah had commanded Moses.

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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