Joshua 9:24

They answered Joshua, and said, "Because your servants were certainly told how Yahweh your God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you. Therefore we were very afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

Deuteronomy 7:1-2

When Yahweh your God shall bring you into the land where you go to possess it, and shall cast out many nations before you, the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations greater and mightier than you;

Exodus 15:14-16

The peoples have heard. They tremble. Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.

Exodus 23:31-33

I will set your border from the Red Sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.

Numbers 33:51-52

Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, "When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

Numbers 33:55-56

"But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those you let remain of them will be as pricks in your eyes and as thorns in your sides, and they will harass you in the land in which you dwell.

Deuteronomy 7:23-24

But Yahweh your God will deliver them up before you, and will confuse them with a great confusion, until they be destroyed.

Deuteronomy 20:15-17

Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.

Joshua 9:9

They said to him, "Your servants have come from a very far country because of the name of Yahweh your God; for we have heard of his fame, all that he did in Egypt,

Job 2:4

Satan answered Yahweh, and said, "Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

Matthew 10:28

Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

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Summary

And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

Bible References

The lord

Exodus 23:31
I will set your border from the Red Sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.
Numbers 33:51
Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, "When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
Deuteronomy 7:1
When Yahweh your God shall bring you into the land where you go to possess it, and shall cast out many nations before you, the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations greater and mightier than you;
Deuteronomy 20:15
Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.

We were sore

Exodus 15:14
The peoples have heard. They tremble. Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.
Job 2:4
Satan answered Yahweh, and said, "Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.
Matthew 10:28
Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

General references

Numbers 22:3
Moab was very afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy 2:25
This day will I begin to put the dread of you and the fear of you on the peoples who are under the whole sky, who shall hear the report of you, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of you."
Deuteronomy 20:16
But of the cities of these peoples, that Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes;