1W Joshua-Job
2 Chronicles 15:7
But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.
2 Samuel 5:10 @NLT
David became more and more powerful, because the Lord God of Heaven's Armies was with him. (God was with David because He made room in His heart for God, unlike Saul cf. 2 Samuel 3:1)
2 Samuel 24:25 @NLT
David built an altar to the Lord and sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings. And the Lord answered his prayer for the land, and the plague was stopped.
2 Samuel 3:1
David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.
1 Samuel 17:45-47
David said to the Philistine, You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand and I'll strike you down and cut off your head. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel. And all those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or by spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord's, and He will give all of you into our hands.
1 Samuel 28:6-7
Saul inquired of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets. Saul then said to his attendants, "Find me a woman who is a medium, so I may go and inquire of her." (Saul got frustrated waiting. Remember, EVERY trade will be frustrating.)
Joshua 14:10-11
So here I am today, eighty-five years old! I am still as strong today as the day Moses sent me out {45 years ago!}; I'm just as vigorous to go out to battle now as I was then.
1 Kings 11:10 @NLT
Solomon did not listen to the Lord's command.
Judges 16:20
Then she called, "Samson, the Philistines are upon you!" He awoke from his sleep and thought, I'll go out as before and shake myself free. But he did not know that the Lord had left him.
1 Chronicles 12:40
There were plentiful supplies of flour, fig cakes, raisin cakes, wine, olive oil, cattle and sheep, for there was (extreme) joy in Israel. (GW "because Israel was celebrating" Heb: Extreme joy)
Judges 2:12,15 @NLT
They abandoned the Lord. Every time Israel went out to battle, the Lord fought against them, causing them to be defeated, just as He had warned.
2 Chronicles 15:12
They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.
2 Kings 18:27
They will be so hungry and thirsty that they will eat their own dung and drink their own urine.
1 Samuel 2:30
Those who honor Me I will honor, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
1 Samuel 15:22 @ChristianStandard (CSB)
To obey God's voice is better than sacrifice, to pay attention is better than the fat of rams.
Judges 11:24
Whatever the Lord our God has given us, we will possess.
2 Chronicles 7:13-14
When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among My people, if My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
1 Samuel 16:7
People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.
Judges 3:4
The undefeated nations were left to test the Israelites to see whether they would obey the Lord's commands.
Job 4:15
A spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body stood on end.
2 Samuel 22:21 (Reverse engineering David's success strategies)
According to the cleanness of my hands He has rewarded me. (From David in his song when the Lord delivered him from the hand of Saul & all his enemies)
Job 42:10
After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord made him prosperous again and gave him twice as much as he had before.
2 Chronicles 15:15
All Judah rejoiced about the oath because they had sworn it wholeheartedly.
1 Samuel 12:23
As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing to pray for you. And I will teach you the way that is good and right.
2 Chronicles 26:5 @PLV (In the measure I RUSH to God, He will RUSH to my success)
As long as King Uzziah sought the Lord, God rushed to his success. (Success: 643 tsalach {tsaw-lakh'} to rush, to push forward-- break out, be profitable. Amos 5:6: sweep through like fire {Same word})
2 Kings 6:18
As the enemy came down toward him, Elisha prayed to the Lord, "Strike this army with blindness." So the Lord struck them with blindness, as Elisha had asked.
1 Chronicles 28:20
Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you.
1 Kings 2:2 @NewAmericanStandardBible (NASB)
Be strong, therefore, and show yourself a man.
Nehemiah 2:8
Because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.
1 Samuel 30:6 @KingJames (KJV)
David was greatly distressed but he encouraged himself in the Lord his God.
Nehemiah 8:10
Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your stronghold. (Strength: 4581 maoz {maw-oze'} Stronghold)
Joshua 1:8
Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.
1 Chronicles 28:19 @NLT
Every part of this plan, David told Solomon, was given to me in writing from the hand of the Lord.
Ezra 7:6 @EnglishStandardVersion (ESV)
Ezra was a scribe skilled in the Law of the Lord and the king granted him all that he asked, for the hand of the Lord his God was on him. (Skilled means diligent, prompt, ready, skilled)
2 Chronicles 16:9
For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to Him.
2 Samuel 14:14 @NLT+NIV words added
God does not just sweep life away. Instead...He devises strategies so that a banished person does not remain banished from Him.
Nehemiah 13:2
God turned the curse into a blessing.
Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.
Joshua 11:15
He left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses.
1 Kings 18:21
How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal is God, follow him.
Job 31:1
I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman.
2 Samuel 11:1
In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David remained in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 15:4 @NewAmericanStandard (NASB)
In their distress they turned to the Lord God and sought Him, and He let them find Him. (NET Heb: He allowed Himself to be found by them. NIV: In their distress they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought Him, and He was found by them.)
2 Chronicles 20:20
Jehoshaphat said, "Have faith in the Lord your God and you will be upheld; have faith in His prophets and you will be successful."
Joshua 18:3 @EnglishStandard (ESV)
Joshua said to the people of Israel, How long will you put off going in to take possession of the land, which the Lord has given you?
Joshua 3:5
Joshua told the people, "Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you." (To be surpassing or extraordinary: definition of amazing on BibleHub)
Job 33:25 @NewAmericanStandard (NASB)
Let him return to the days of his youthful vigor.
Job 37:14
Listen to this, Job; stop and consider God's wonders.
1 Chronicles 16:11
Look to the Lord and His strength; seek His face always.
2 Kings 23:25 @NLT
Never before had there been a king like Josiah, who turned to the Lord with all his heart and soul and strength, obeying all the laws of the Lord. And there has never been a king like him since.
1 Kings 5:4
Now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side, and there is no adversary or disaster.
Joshua 23:10-11
One of you routs a thousand, because the Lord your God fights for you, just as He promised. So be very careful to love the Lord your God.
2 Chronicles 12:14
Rehoboam did evil because he had not set his heart on seeking the Lord.
Ruth 1:16
Ruth replied, Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.
1 Chronicles 21:1
Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.
1 Chronicles 10:13-14
Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord; he did not keep the word of the Lord and even consulted a medium for guidance, and did not inquire of the Lord.
Joshua 9:14 @NLT
The Israelites examined the Gibeonites food, but they did not consult the Lord.
2 Chronicles 15:2
The Lord is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
1 Samuel 13:14
The Lord sought out a man after His own heart.
Joshua 6:27
The Lord was with Joshua, and his fame spread throughout the land.
1 Samuel 3:19
The Lord was with Samuel as he grew up, and He let none of Samuel's words fall to the ground.
1 Samuel 10:6
The Spirit of the Lord will come powerfully upon you and you will be changed into a different person.
Nehemiah 2:4-5
The king said to me, "What is it you want?" Then I prayed to the God of heaven, and I answered the king.
Joshua 2:17 @NLT
The men told Rahab, "We will be bound by the oath we have taken only if you follow these instructions."
Judges 17:6 & 21:25 @NLT
The people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes.
1 Samuel 30:24
The share of the man who stayed with the supplies is to be the same as that of him who went down to the battle. All will share alike.
2 Chronicles 24:20 @NLT
Why do you disobey the Lord's commands and keep yourselves from prospering?
Joshua 23:14
You know with all your heart and soul that not one of all the good promises the Lord your God gave you has failed. Every promise has been fulfilled; not one has failed.
Judges 3:2
{He did this only to teach warfare to the descendants of the Israelites who had not had previous battle experience}.
