Joshua 9:24

They replied to Joshua, "Because your servants had been informed that the LORD your God had certainly commanded his servant Moses to give you the entire land and to destroy all of the inhabitants of the land before you. So we were terrified for our lives because of you. That's why we did this.

Deuteronomy 7:1-2

"When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, he will drive out many nations before you: the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations who are more numerous and stronger than you.

Exodus 15:14-16

"The people heard and they quaked, anguish has seized the inhabitants of Philistia.

Exodus 23:31-33

"I'll set your borders from the Reed Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the River, bringing the inhabitants of the land under your control, and you are to drive them out ahead of you.

Numbers 33:51-52

"Tell the Israelis that when they have crossed the Jordan River to the land of Canaan,

Numbers 33:55-56

But if you fail to drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, their survivors will become irritants in your eyes and thorns in your sides, to prick your sides and afflict you in the very land in which you'll be living.

Deuteronomy 7:23-24

But the LORD your God will deliver them over to you, throwing them into great confusion, until they are destroyed.

Deuteronomy 20:15-17

Do this to all the cities that are distant from you that is, to those cities that are not in neighboring nations."

Joshua 9:9

They answered, "Your servants have arrived from a very distant land, because of the reputation of the LORD your God, because we've heard a report about all that he did in Egypt,

Job 2:4

Satan answered the LORD, "Skin for skin! The man will give up everything that he owns in exchange for his health.

Matthew 10:28

Stop being afraid of those who kill the body but can't kill the soul. Instead, be afraid of the one who can destroy both body and soul 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
"I'll set your borders from the Reed Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the River, bringing the inhabitants of the land under your control, and you are to drive them out ahead of you.
Numbers 33:51
"Tell the Israelis that when they have crossed the Jordan River to the land of Canaan,
Deuteronomy 7:1
"When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, he will drive out many nations before you: the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations who are more numerous and stronger than you.
Deuteronomy 20:15
Do this to all the cities that are distant from you that is, to those cities that are not in neighboring nations."

We were sore

Exodus 15:14
"The people heard and they quaked, anguish has seized the inhabitants of Philistia.
Job 2:4
Satan answered the LORD, "Skin for skin! The man will give up everything that he owns in exchange for his health.
Matthew 10:28
Stop being afraid of those who kill the body but can't kill the soul. Instead, be afraid of the one who can destroy both body and soul in hell.

General references

Numbers 22:3
As a result, Moab greatly feared the people, because they were so numerous. Because a sense of impending doom was afflicting the Moabites as they faced the Israelis,
Deuteronomy 2:25
Starting today I will begin to instill fear and terror of you on the part of every nation under heaven who hears reports about you. They'll tremble in anguish before you.'"
Deuteronomy 20:16
"You are not to leave even one person alive in the cities of these nations that the LORD your God is about to give you as an inheritance.

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