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Deuteronomy 31:6

申命记 31:6

The Passage

Be strong and courageous. Don't be afraid or scared of them, for the LORD your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.

In the other language

你们当刚强壮胆，不要害怕，也不要畏惧他们，因为耶和华你的神和你同去。他必不撇下你，也不丢弃你。

Theme

Never forsaken

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Many readers arrive here from a real question. These are reflections for how this passage speaks to the questions people bring most often — not an answer about what will happen, but an invitation to sit with it slowly.

How do I face this season of pressure at work?

Moses says this to a whole generation about to lose its leader and walk into something new. The courage asked of them is not confidence in their own strength but confidence in company: God himself goes with you, will not fail you, will not forsake you. Under pressure, isolation makes every task heavier than it is. The verse is a reminder that you are not doing this alone, whatever the week suggests. Where have you assumed you were on your own?

Carry thisYou are not walking into it alone.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 40:31 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

I want to learn to love better in this relationship.

Fear can make love defensive: you prepare your answer before listening, hide a need, or avoid a difficult conversation. This passage does not directly address relationships; it calls its hearers to courage and speaks of God's faithful presence. It does not promise that a conversation will go well or that another person will respond kindly. Its invitation is to consider courage without making fear the final authority. In your relationship, that might mean naming something honestly, listening without rehearsing a defense, or acknowledging a limit. Courage can be quiet and careful. What loving action have you been postponing because you cannot control the response?

Carry thisCourage can be quiet, honest, and careful with another person.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 40:31 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

What do I need to let go of in the coming weeks?

The call to courage stands beside a promise of God's presence and faithfulness. This passage does not specify what you need to release in the coming weeks, but it speaks to the fear that can make every burden feel necessary. Sometimes you hold tightly because loosening your grip feels like admitting vulnerability. The words here invite courage rather than a life organized around avoiding every threat. They do not ask you to deny danger or manufacture calm. You can notice fear without treating it as the final authority over your choices. What are you holding onto mainly because you are afraid of what releasing it might mean?

Carry thisFear can be present without having the final word.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 40:31 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

How can I find stillness in a busy life?

Strength and courage are spoken here alongside the assurance that the LORD does not fail or forsake his people. The passage addresses fear, not the practical problem of a crowded schedule. Yet fear can be part of what keeps you moving: fear of disappointing someone, falling behind, or becoming unnecessary. You can bring that restlessness into your reading without treating these words as a prediction about your circumstances. Notice how the call to courage rests on the LORD’s faithfulness rather than on flawless human effort. A quiet moment can make room to name what is driving your pace. This passage offers no plan for a less crowded day. What fear might you bring before God in a quiet moment?

Carry thisThe passage roots courage in faithfulness, not flawless human effort.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 40:31 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

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Deuteronomy 31 — in context

1Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.

2He said to them, “I am one hundred twenty years old this day. I can no more go out and come in. The LORD has said to me, ‘You shall not go over this Jordan.’

3The LORD your God himself will go over before you. He will destroy these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess them. Joshua will go over before you, as the LORD has spoken.

4The LORD will do to them as he did to Sihon and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land; whom he destroyed.

5The LORD will deliver them up before you, and you shall do to them according to all the commandment which I have commanded you.

6Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for the LORD your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”

7Moses called to Joshua, and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land which the LORD has sworn to their fathers to give them; and you shall cause them to inherit it.

8The LORD himself is who goes before you. He will be with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be discouraged.”

9Moses wrote this law, and delivered it to the priests the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.

10Moses commanded them, saying, “At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tents,

11when all Israel has come to appear before the LORD your God in the place which he will choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing.

12Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and the foreigners who are within your gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law;

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