⁹ So they said, ^(A)“Arise, let us go up against them. For we have seen the land, and indeed it is very good. Would you ^(B)do nothing? Do not hesitate to go, and enter to possess the land.

²³ So the two men returned, descended from the mountain, and crossed over; and they came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all that had befallen them. ²⁴ And they said to Joshua, “Truly ^(A)the Lord has delivered all the land into our hands, for indeed all the inhabitants of the country are fainthearted because of us.”

³⁰ Then ^(A)Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.”

³ Then Joshua said to the children of Israel: ^(A)“How long will you neglect to go and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers has given you?

¹⁰ Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent ^(A)to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; ¹¹ for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

¹¹ And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence ^(A)to the full assurance of hope until the end, ¹² that you do not become ^[a]sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience ^(B)inherit the promises.

^27 (A)Do not labor for the food which perishes, but ^(B)for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, ^(C)because God the Father has set His seal on Him.”

^23 (A)Therefore look! The Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these prophets of yours, and the Lord has declared disaster against you.”

³ And the king of Israel said to his servants, “Do you know that ^(A)Ramoth in Gilead is ours, but we hesitate to take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?”

^12 (A)Be of good courage, and let us ^(B)be strong for our people and for the cities of our God. And may ^(C)the Lord do what is good in His sight.”