Joshua 9:24

And they answered Joshua and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants how that Jehovah thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; and we feared greatly for our lives because of you, and did this thing.

Deuteronomy 7:1-2

When Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and shall cast out many nations from before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou,

Exodus 15:14-16

The peoples heard it, they were afraid: A thrill seized the inhabitants of Philistia.

Exodus 23:31-33

And I will set thy bounds from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the river; for I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, that thou mayest dispossess them from before thee.

Numbers 33:51-52

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over Jordan into the land of Canaan,

Numbers 33:55-56

But if ye will not dispossess the inhabitants of the land from before you, those that ye let remain of them shall be thorns in your eyes, and pricks in your sides, and they shall harass you in the land wherein ye dwell.

Deuteronomy 7:23-24

But Jehovah thy God will give them up before thee, and will confound them with great consternation, until they are destroyed.

Deuteronomy 20:15-17

Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities that are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

Joshua 9:9

And they said to him, From a very far country are thy servants come, because of the name of Jehovah thy God; for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,

Job 2:4

And Satan answered Jehovah and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life;

Matthew 10:28

And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

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Summary

And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

Bible References

The lord

Exodus 23:31
And I will set thy bounds from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the river; for I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, that thou mayest dispossess them from before thee.
Numbers 33:51
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over Jordan into the land of Canaan,
Deuteronomy 7:1
When Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and shall cast out many nations from before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou,
Deuteronomy 20:15
Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities that are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

We were sore

Exodus 15:14
The peoples heard it, they were afraid: A thrill seized the inhabitants of Philistia.
Job 2:4
And Satan answered Jehovah and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life;
Matthew 10:28
And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

General references

Numbers 22:3
And Moab was much afraid of the people, because they were many; and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy 2:25
This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the peoples under the whole heaven; who will hear report of thee, and will tremble, and quake because of thee.
Deuteronomy 20:16
But of the cities of these peoples which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth,