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Jos_1:7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it [to] the right hand or [to] the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
Ver. 7. Only be thou strong.] {See Trapp on "Jos_1:6"}
That thou mayest observe to do.] Heb., To observe in doing; {a} as minding the manner, which either maketh or marreth any action.
According to all the law.] Integrity is the best ground of fortitude. "The spirit of power and of a sound mind," are fitly joined together by the apostle. {2Ti_1:7} A rotten rag hath no strength; a corrupt conscience no true courage. See Pro_28:1.
That thou mayest prosper.] Or, Do wisely; {b} for a good man ordereth his affairs with discretion, {Psa_112:5} and speedeth accordingly for most part. Gaius’s prosperity he is sure of. The prudent person cannot be unprosperous. Of Cato, Censorius Paterculus saith, {c} that being homo virtuti simillimus semper fortunam in sua potestate habuit, a very virtuous man, he had what fortune soever he pleased. Scipio Africanus was wont before day to go into the capitol in cellam Iovis, and there to stay a great while, as it were to consult with Jupiter, concerning the government of the commonwealth: whence his deeds were plaeraque admiranda, saith Gellius, most of them very admirable and successful. {d}
{a} Ut cum observantia facias. - Trem.
{b} Prospere et provide aliquid agere, significat.
{c} Lib. ii.
{d} Gell., lib. vii. cap. 1.