18 but the hill country shall be yours, for though it is a forest, you shall clear it and possess it to its farthest borders. For you shall drive out the Canaanites, (A)though they have chariots of iron, and though they are strong.”

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So we can confidently say,

(A)“The Lord is my helper;
    (B)I will not fear;
what can man do to me?”

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God's Everlasting Love

31 What then shall we say to these things? (A)If God is for us, who can be[a] against us?

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 8:31 Or who is

37 No, in all these things we are more than (A)conquerors through (B)him who loved us.

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10 fear not, for I am with you;
    be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
    I will uphold you with (A)my righteous right hand.

11 (B)Behold, all who are incensed against you
    shall be put to shame and confounded;
those who strive against you
    shall be as nothing and shall perish.
12 (C)You shall seek those who contend with you,
    but you shall not find them;
(D)those who war against you
    shall be as nothing at all.
13 For I, the Lord your God,
    hold your right hand;
it is I who say to you, “Fear not,
    I am the one who helps you.”

14 Fear not, you (E)worm Jacob,
    you men of Israel!
I am the one who helps you, declares the Lord;
    your (F)Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
15 (G)Behold, I make of you a threshing sledge,
    new, sharp, and having teeth;
you shall thresh (H)the mountains and crush them,
    and you shall make the hills like chaff;
16 (I)you shall winnow them, and (J)the wind shall carry them away,
    and the tempest shall scatter them.
(K)And you shall rejoice in the Lord;
    in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory.

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(A)And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes and said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, (B)“The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceedingly good land. If (C)the Lord delights in us, he will bring us into this land and give it to us, (D)a land that flows with milk and honey. Only (E)do not rebel against the Lord. And (F)do not fear the people of the land, for (G)they are bread for us. Their protection is removed from them, and the Lord is with us; do not fear them.”

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12 “I, I am he (A)who comforts you;
    who are you that you are afraid of (B)man who dies,
    of the son of man who is made (C)like grass,
13 and have forgotten the Lord, your Maker,
    (D)who stretched out the heavens
    and (E)laid the foundations of the earth,
and you fear continually all the day
    because of the wrath of (F)the oppressor,
when he sets himself to destroy?
    And where is the wrath of (G)the oppressor?

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The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation

Of David.

27 The Lord is my (A)light and my (B)salvation;
    (C)whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold[a] of my life;
    of whom shall I be afraid?

When evildoers assail me
    to (D)eat up my flesh,
my adversaries and foes,
    it is they who stumble and fall.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 27:1 Or refuge

15 And Joshua said to them, “If you are a numerous people, go up by yourselves to the forest, and there clear ground for yourselves in the land of the Perizzites and (A)the Rephaim, since (B)the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.” 16 The people of Joseph said, “The hill country is not enough for us. Yet all the Canaanites who dwell in the plain have (C)chariots of iron, both those in Beth-shean and its villages and those in (D)the Valley of Jezreel.”

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Then the boundary extends from the top of the mountain (A)to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and from there to the cities of Mount Ephron. Then the boundary bends around to Baalah ((B)that is, Kiriath-jearim).

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So they set apart (A)Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, and (B)Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and (C)Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) (D)in the hill country of Judah.

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all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to (A)Misrephoth-maim, even all the Sidonians. I myself will drive (B)them out from before the people of Israel. Only (C)allot the land to Israel (D)for an inheritance, as I have commanded you.

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And they came out with all their troops, a great horde, in number (A)like the sand that is on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots. And all these kings joined their forces and came and encamped together at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.

And the Lord said to Joshua, (B)“Do not be afraid of them, for tomorrow at this time I will give over all of them, slain, to Israel. You shall (C)hamstring their horses and burn their (D)chariots with fire.”

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Laws Concerning Warfare

20 “When you go out to war against your enemies, and see (A)horses and chariots and an army larger than your own, you shall not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God is (B)with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. And when you draw near to the battle, (C)the priest shall come forward and speak to the people and shall say to them, ‘Hear, O Israel, today you are drawing near for battle against your enemies: let not your heart faint. Do not fear or panic or be in dread of them, for the Lord your God is he who goes with you (D)to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.’

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