Deuteronomy 9:4
Speak not you in yours heart, after that the LORD your God has cast them out from before you, saying, For my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD does drive them out from before you.
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Leviticus 18:24Defile not all of you yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
Deuteronomy 8:17And you say in yours heart, My power and the might of mine hand has got me this wealth.
Deuteronomy 12:31You shall not do so unto the LORD your God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hates, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
Deuteronomy 18:12For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD your God does drive them out from before you.
Ezekiel 36:32Not for your sakes do I this, says the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.
Romans 11:20Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear:
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 9:2-7
Victory Promised. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 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, 2 A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak! 3 Understand therefore this day, that the Lord thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy… Read the whole commentary →