TSK
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge references in NET.
They returned and reported to Joshua,“Don’t send the whole army. About two or three thousand men are adequate to defeat Ai. Don’t tire out the whole army, for Ai is small.”
The scorner sought wisdom–there was none, but understanding was easy for a discerning person.
The toil of a stupid fool wears him out, because he does not even know the way to the city.
They seek me day after day; they want to know my requirements, like a nation that does what is right and does not reject the law of their God. They ask me for just decrees; they want to be near God.
The Narrow Gate“Enter through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the way is spacious that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.
For John had repeatedly told Herod,“It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”
You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come.”
Children, I am still with you for a little while. You will look for me, and just as I said to the Jewish religious leaders,‘Where I am going you cannot come,’ now I tell you the same.
For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
Lights in the World So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, continue working out your salvation with awe and reverence,
Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.