Quotes about Obedience
This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.
— Joshua 1:8
Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people:
— Joshua 1:10
But to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said,
— Joshua 1:12
So they answered Joshua, “Everything you have commanded us we will do, and everywhere you send us we will go.
— Joshua 1:16
Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you. And may the LORD your God be with you, as He was with Moses.
— Joshua 1:17
Anyone who rebels against your order and does not obey your words, all that you command him, will be put to death. Above all, be strong and courageous!”
— Joshua 1:18
“Go to the hill country,” she said, “so that your pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they have returned; then go on your way.”
— Joshua 2:16
unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother and brothers and all your family into your house.
— Joshua 2:18
“Let it be as you say,” she replied, and she sent them away. And when they had gone, she tied the scarlet cord in the window.
— Joshua 2:21
But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between yourselves and the ark. Do not go near it, so that you can see the way to go, since you have never traveled this way before.”
— Joshua 3:4
And he said to the priests, “Take the ark of the covenant and go on ahead of the people.” So they carried the ark of the covenant and went ahead of them.
— Joshua 3:6
the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.
— Joshua 3:16