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
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 7:7
"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 8:17
You may say to yourselves, "I have become wealthy by my own strength and by my own ability.'
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.
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.
1 Corinthians 4:4
For my conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who examines me.
Ephesians 2:4
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
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.
For the wickedness
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.
Deuteronomy 18:12
Whoever practices these things is detestable to the LORD, and the LORD your God will expel them before you because of these things.
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
"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.
General references
Deuteronomy 18:12
Whoever practices these things is detestable to the LORD, and the LORD your God will expel them before you because of these things.