Num 13:31, 32:9, Psa 11:1-2, Hag 1:2 | ESV | STEP | Then the men who had gone up with him said , We are not able to go up against the people , for they are stronger than we are.

Numbers 13:31

31 ^aThen the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are.”

Numbers 32:9

9 For when they went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the people of Israel from going into the land that the Lord had given them.

Psalms 11:1-2

The Lord Is in His Holy Temple

To the choirmaster. Of David.

1 In the Lord I take refuge;
how can you say to my soul,
^b“Flee like a bird to your mountain,
2 for behold, the wicked ^cbend the bow;
^dthey have fitted their arrow to the string
to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart;

Haggai 1:2

2 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the Lord.”