Quotes from Joshua

8 notable lines from Joshua · c. 550 BCE

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

Joshua to the tribes at Shechem, Joshua 24:15 (KJV)

Quotations follow the King James Version translation (Oxford University Press, 1611) — our recommended edition.

  1. Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.

    Joshua's command, Joshua 10:12 (KJV)

  2. Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

    The LORD to Joshua, Joshua 1:9 (KJV)

  3. So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.

    The fall of Jericho, Joshua 6:20 (KJV)

  4. So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.

    Joshua 10:13 (KJV)

  5. This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

    The LORD to Joshua, Joshua 1:8 (KJV)

  6. And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth.

    Joshua's farewell, Joshua 23:14 (KJV)

  7. Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?

    Joshua to the captain of the host of the LORD, Joshua 5:13 (KJV)