Your people captured fortified cities, fertile land, houses full of wealth, cisterns already dug, olive trees, fruit trees, and vineyards. They ate all they wanted and grew fat; they enjoyed all the good things you gave them.

With your blessing, kings ruled your people when they lived in the broad, fertile land you gave them; but they failed to turn from sin and serve you.

I will let them graze in safety in the mountain meadows and the valleys and in all the green pastures of the land of Israel.

Caleb silenced the people who were complaining against Moses, and said, "We should attack now and take the land; we are strong enough to conquer it."

But the men who had gone with Caleb said, "No, we are not strong enough to attack them; the people there are more powerful than we are."

Be determined and confident. Do not be afraid of them. Your God, the LORD himself, will be with you. He will not fail you or abandon you."

The LORD himself will lead you and be with you. He will not fail you or abandon you, so do not lose courage or be afraid."

Be determined and confident, for you will be the leader of these people as they occupy this land which I promised their ancestors.

Remember that I have commanded you to be determined and confident! Do not be afraid or discouraged, for I, the LORD your God, am with you wherever you go."

so he sent word to Rahab: "The men in your house have come to spy out the whole country! Bring them out!"

The spies went into the hills and hid. The king's men looked for them all over the countryside for three days, but they did not find them, so they returned to Jericho.

Then the two spies came down from the hills, crossed the river, and went back to Joshua. They told him everything that had happened,

David continued, "Now, son, may the LORD your God be with you, and may he keep his promise to make you successful in building a temple for him.

Let us be bold, then, and say, "The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid. What can anyone do to me?"

They came to Eshcol Valley, and there they cut off a branch which had one bunch of grapes on it so heavy that it took two men to carry it on a pole between them. They also brought back some pomegranates and figs.

(That place was named Eshcol Valley because of the bunch of grapes the Israelites cut off there.)

It's hopeless! I am like a hungry person who finds no fruit left on the trees and no grapes on the vines. All the grapes and all the tasty figs have been picked.