Deuteronomy 9:4

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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

Deuteronomy 18:12

Bible References

Speak not

Not for thy righteousness or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou enter in to inherit their land; but for the wickedness of these Gentiles, the LORD thy God drives them out from before thee and that he may confirm the word which the LORD swore unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Not because ye were more than the other peoples has the LORD desired you and chosen you; for ye were the fewest of all the peoples;

and thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.

Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus hath the Lord GOD said: I do not do this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for my holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the Gentiles, where ye went.

And if by grace, then is it not by works; otherwise, the grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, then it is no longer grace; otherwise, the work is no longer work.

For although I have nothing on my conscience, yet am I not hereby justified, but he that judges me is the Lord.

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great charity with which he loved us,

who 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 us in Christ Jesus before the times of the ages,

For we ourselves also were foolish in another time, rebellious, deceived, serving diverse lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

For the wickedness

Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God; for every abomination unto the LORD, which he hates, they have done unto their gods; for they have even burnt their sons and their daughters in the fire to their gods.

For anyone that does these things is an abomination unto the LORD, and because of these abominations the LORD thy God drove them out from before thee.

But in the fourth generation they shall come here again; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

Do not defile yourselves in any of these things; for in all these things the Gentiles which I cast out before you have defiled themselves;

General references

For anyone that does these things is an abomination unto the LORD, and because of these abominations the LORD thy God drove them out from before thee.