Bible Cross References
my servant
Numbers 14:6-9
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And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, two of the spies, tore their clothes in sorrow
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and said to the people, "The land we explored is an excellent land.
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If the LORD is pleased with us, he will take us there and give us that rich and fertile land.
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Do not rebel against the LORD and don't be afraid of the people who live there. We will conquer them easily. The LORD is with us and has defeated the gods who protected them; so don't be afraid."
Numbers 13:30
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."
Numbers 26:65
The LORD had said that all of them would die in the wilderness, and except for Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun they all did.
Deuteronomy 1:36
Only Caleb son of Jephunneh will enter it. He has remained faithful to me, and I will give him and his descendants the land that he has explored.'
Joshua 14:6-14
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One day some people from the tribe of Judah came to Joshua at Gilgal. One of them, Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, said to him, "You know what the LORD said in Kadesh Barnea about you and me to Moses, the man of God.
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I was forty years old when the LORD's servant Moses sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy out this land. I brought an honest report back to him.
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The men who went with me, however, made our people afraid. But I faithfully obeyed the LORD my God.
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Because I did, Moses promised me that my children and I would certainly receive as our possession the land which I walked over.
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But now, look. It has been forty-five years since the LORD said that to Moses. That was when Israel was going through the desert, and the LORD, as he promised, has kept me alive ever since. Look at me! I am eighty-five years old
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and am just as strong today as I was when Moses sent me out. I am still strong enough for war or for anything else.
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Now then, give me the hill country that the LORD promised me on that day when my men and I reported. We told you then that the race of giants called the Anakim were there in large walled cities. Maybe the LORD will be with me, and I will drive them out, just as the LORD said."
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Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him the city of Hebron as his possession.
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Hebron still belongs to the descendants of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, because he faithfully obeyed the LORD, the God of Israel.
followed me
Numbers 32:11
'I swear that because they did not remain loyal to me, none of the men twenty years old or older who came out of Egypt will enter the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.'
Numbers 32:12
This included everyone, except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun; they remained loyal to the LORD.
Deuteronomy 6:5
Love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
Joshua 14:8
The men who went with me, however, made our people afraid. But I faithfully obeyed the LORD my God.
Joshua 14:9
Because I did, Moses promised me that my children and I would certainly receive as our possession the land which I walked over.
1 Chronicles 29:9
The people had given willingly to the LORD, and they were happy that so much had been given. King David also was extremely happy.
1 Chronicles 29:18
LORD God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, keep such devotion forever strong in your people's hearts and keep them always faithful to you.
2 Chronicles 25:2
He did what was pleasing to the LORD, but did it reluctantly.
Psalm 119:80
May I perfectly obey your commandments and be spared the shame of defeat.
Psalm 119:145
With all my heart I call to you; answer me, LORD, and I will obey your commands!
Proverbs 23:26
Pay close attention, son, and let my life be your example.
Acts 11:23
When he arrived and saw how God had blessed the people, he was glad and urged them all to be faithful and true to the Lord with all their hearts.
Ephesians 6:6
Do this not only when they are watching you, because you want to gain their approval; but with all your heart do what God wants, as slaves of Christ.
Colossians 3:23
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as though you were working for the Lord and not for people.