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.

General references

Bible References

Speak not

Deuteronomy 9:5
Not for your righteousness or because your hearts are upright are you going in to take their land; but because of the evil-doing of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out from before you, and to give effect to his oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Deuteronomy 7:7
The Lord did not give you his love or take you for himself because you were more in number than any other people; for you were the smallest of the nations:
Deuteronomy 8:17
Say not then, in your hearts, My power and the strength of my hands have got me this wealth.
Ezekiel 36:22
For this cause say to the children of Israel, This is what the Lord has said: I am doing this, not because of you, O children of Israel, but because of my holy name, which you have made unclean among the nations wherever you went.
Romans 11:6
But if it is of grace, then it is no longer of works: or grace would not be grace.
1 Corinthians 4:4
For I am not conscious of any wrong in myself; but this does not make me clear, for it is the Lord who is my judge.
Ephesians 2:4
But God, being full of mercy, through the great love which he had for us,
2 Timothy 1:9
Who gave us salvation, marking us out for his purpose, not on account of our works, but in the measure of his purpose and his grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
Titus 3:3
For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.

For the wickedness

Deuteronomy 12:31
Do not so to the Lord your God: for everything which is disgusting to the Lord and hated by him they have done in honour of their gods: even burning their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.
Deuteronomy 18:12
For all who do such things are disgusting to the Lord; and because of these disgusting things the Lord your God is driving them out before you.
Genesis 15:16
And in the fourth generation they will come back here; for at present the sin of the Amorite is not full.
Leviticus 18:24
Do not make yourself unclean in any of these ways; for so have those nations whom I am driving out from before you made themselves unclean:

General references

Deuteronomy 18:12
For all who do such things are disgusting to the Lord; and because of these disgusting things the Lord your God is driving them out before you.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain