100 Bible Verses About Moving Forward

From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.

For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.

To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.

And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the Lord they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the Lord they journeyed.

And the Lord said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.

And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije–abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.

The Lord our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:

And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath.

And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:

Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister.

And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.

And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.

And the Lord said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them.

So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp; as Moses had said.

And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.

And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.

And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.

And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.

And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.

And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the Lord passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.

And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:

When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.

And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.

And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them.

And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more.

Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,

And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.

And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibroth–hattaavah.

And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.

So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.

And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.

And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.

And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.

And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah.

And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place.

And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people;

And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.

And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah.

Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.

Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.

Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.

Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.

I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.

And now the Lord your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side Jordan.

And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah:

And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the Lord do to all your enemies against whom ye fight.

For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.

And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty:

And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.

(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer–sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer–sheba.

When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.

At the commandment of the Lord they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the Lord they journeyed: they kept the charge of the Lord, at the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.

The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.

And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Bene–jaakan.

And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmon–parez.

And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.

And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah.

And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.

And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.

So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.

And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.

And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the Lord our God doth give unto us.

And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.

Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.

And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.

Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.

Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.

And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.

And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.

So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents.

Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered.

Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night.

And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.

And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.

We will pass over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours.

And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.

Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the Lord your God giveth you to possess it.

And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.

And the Lord your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the Lord your God hath promised unto you.

When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.

And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Ezion–gaber.

And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.

And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word:

And the cloud of the Lord was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp.

And they departed from the mount of the Lord three days’ journey: and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them in the three days’ journey, to search out a resting place for them.