Deuteronomy 9:4
After the LORD has expelled them before you, you are not to say to yourselves, "The LORD caused me to enter and possess this land because of my righteousness.'
Deuteronomy 8:17
You may say to yourselves, "I have become wealthy by my own strength and by my own ability.'
Deuteronomy 12:31
You must not do the same to the LORD your God, because they practiced in the presence of their gods every sort of abomination that the LORD hates. Moreover, they sacrificed their sons and daughters to their gods.
Genesis 15:16
Your descendants will return here in the fourth generation, since the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet run its course."
Leviticus 18:24-30
"You are not to defile yourselves by doing any of these things, since all of these nations that I'm casting out before you have defiled themselves this way.
Deuteronomy 7:7-8
"It wasn't because you were more numerous than other people of the earth that the LORD committed himself to you and chose you. In fact, you were the least numerous of all the nations.
Deuteronomy 9:5
On the contrary, it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD is dispossessing them before you to confirm what the LORD promised by an oath to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Deuteronomy 18:9-14
"When you enter the land that the LORD your God is about to give you, don't learn the detestable practices of those nations there.
Ezekiel 36:22
"Therefore tell the house of Israel, "This is what the Lord GOD says: "I'm not about to act for your sake, you house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy reputation, which you have been defiling throughout all of the nations where you've gone.
Ezekiel 36:32
I won't be doing any of this for your sake," declares the Lord GOD, "so keep that in mind. Be ashamed and frustrated because of your behavior, you house of Israel!"'"
Romans 11:6
But if this is by grace, then it is no longer on the basis of actions. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.
Romans 11:20
That's right! They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you remain only because of faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid!
1 Corinthians 4:4
For my conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who examines me.
1 Corinthians 4:7
For who makes you superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not receive it?
Ephesians 2:4-5
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love for us
2 Timothy 1:9
He saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our own accomplishments, but according to his own purpose and the grace that was given to us in the Messiah Jesus before time began.
Titus 3:3-5
After all, we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, and misled. We were slaves to many kinds of lusts and pleasures, spending our days in malice and jealousy. We were despised, and we hated one another.