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

It is not because you have been living right or because you are so honest that you enter to take possession of their land. It is because these people are so wicked that Jehovah your God is forcing them out of your way. It is also because Jehovah wants to confirm the promise he swore to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Jehovah set his heart on you. He chose you, even though you did not outnumber all the other people. You were the smallest of all nations.

When you succeed do not brag: 'I am rich. I earned it all myself.'

So tell the people of Israel, 'the Lord Jehovah says: I am about to do something, people of Israel. I will not do this for your sake but for the sake of my holy name, which you have dishonored among the nations wherever you have gone.'

If it is by grace then it is no longer on the basis of works. Otherwise grace is not grace (undeserved kindness). But if it is of works then it is not by grace. Otherwise works are no longer works.

I know nothing against myself. Yet this does not acquit me, but he that judges me is God.

But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,

God has saved us and called us with a holy calling. This is not according to our works, but according to his purpose and grace that was granted us in Christ Jesus, from all eternity.

For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

For the wickedness

Do not behave this way toward Jehovah your God, for every abominable act Jehovah hates they have done for their gods. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.

Jehovah your God hates people who do these disgusting things. That is why he is driving those nations out of the land as you advance.

They shall come back here in the fourth generation. The iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.

Do not become unclean in any of these ways. By these practices all the nations that I am forcing out of your way have become unclean.

General references

Jehovah your God hates people who do these disgusting things. That is why he is driving those nations out of the land as you advance.