Exodus 23:29
I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become a desolation and {the wild animals} multiply against you.
Deuteronomy 7:22
And Yahweh your God will clear away these nations {from before you} little by little; you will not be able to finish them off quickly, {lest} the {wild animals} {multiply} {against you}.
Joshua 15:63
But the descendants of Judah were unable to drive out the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so the Jebusites live with the descendants of Judah in Jerusalem to this day.
Joshua 16:10
But they did not drive out the Canananites who were dwelling in Gezer, and so the Canaanites live in the midst of Ephraim to this day, but they became forced laborers.
Joshua 17:12-13
But the descendants of Manasseh were not able to take possession of these towns; the Canaanites were determined to live in this land.
Judges 3:1-4
These [are] the nations that Yahweh left, to test Israel by them ([that is, to test] all those who {had not experienced} any of the wars of Canaan,