Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.
Speak not
For the wickedness
General references
Bible References
Speak not
Deuteronomy 9:5
You are not going to take possession of their land because of your righteousness or your integrity. Instead, the Lord your God will drive out these nations before you because of their wickedness, in order to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Deuteronomy 7:7
“The Lord was devoted to you and chose you, not because you were more numerous than all peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
Deuteronomy 8:17
You may say to yourself, ‘My power and my own ability have gained this wealth for me,’
Ezekiel 36:22
“Therefore, say to the house of Israel: This is what the Lord God says: It is not for your sake that I will act, house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations where you went.
Romans 11:6
Now if by grace, then it is not by works; otherwise grace ceases to be grace.
1 Corinthians 4:4
For I am not conscious of anything against myself, but I am not justified by this. The One who evaluates me is the Lord.
Ephesians 2:4
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love that He had for us,
2 Timothy 1:9 He has saved us and called us
with a holy calling,
not according to our works,
but according to His own purpose and grace,
which was given to us in Christ Jesus
before time began.
with a holy calling,
not according to our works,
but according to His own purpose
which was given to us in Christ Jesus
before time began.
Titus 3:3
For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.
For the wickedness
Deuteronomy 12:31
You must not do the same to the Lord your God, because they practice every detestable thing, which the Lord hates, for their gods. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.
Deuteronomy 18:12
Everyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord, and the Lord your God is driving out the nations before you because of these detestable things.
Genesis 15:16
In the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.”
Leviticus 18:24
“Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves by all these things.
General references
Deuteronomy 18:12
Everyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord, and the Lord your God is driving out the nations before you because of these detestable things.