Joshua 9:24

And they answered Joshua and said, "Because it was told with certainty to your servants that Yahweh your God commanded Moses his servant to give to you all the land and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land before you, so we were very afraid for our lives because of you, and so we did this thing.

Deuteronomy 7:1-2

"When Yahweh your God brings you into the land that you [are] about to enter {into it} to take possession of it, and he drives out many nations {before you}, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations mightier and more numerous than you,

Exodus 15:14-16

Peoples heard; they trembled; anguish seized the inhabitants of Philistia.

Exodus 23:31-33

" 'And I will set your boundary from the {Red Sea} and up to the sea of the Philistines and from [the] desert up to the river, because I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you will drive them out from before you.

Numbers 33:51-52

"Speak to the {Israelites} and say to them, 'When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

Numbers 33:55-56

But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from your presence, then it will happen that whomever you let remain of them will be like irritants in your eyes and like thorns in your sides; they will be your enemies in the land in which you live.

Deuteronomy 7:23-24

But Yahweh your God will {give them to you}, and he will throw them into great panic {until they are destroyed}.

Deuteronomy 20:15-17

Thus you shall do to all the far cities from you, which [are] not from the cities of these nations located {nearby}.

Joshua 9:9

And they said to him, "Your servants have come from a very far land because of the name of Yahweh your God; we have heard of his reputation, of all that he did in Egypt,

Job 2:4

Then Satan answered him and said, "Skin for skin! All that {that} man has he will give for his life.

Matthew 10:28

And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul, but instead be afraid of the one 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 your boundary from the {Red Sea} and up to the sea of the Philistines and from [the] desert up to the river, because I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you will drive them out from before you.
Numbers 33:51
"Speak to the {Israelites} and say to them, 'When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
Deuteronomy 7:1
"When Yahweh your God brings you into the land that you [are] about to enter {into it} to take possession of it, and he drives out many nations {before you}, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations mightier and more numerous than you,
Deuteronomy 20:15
Thus you shall do to all the far cities from you, which [are] not from the cities of these nations located {nearby}.

We were sore

Exodus 15:14
Peoples heard; they trembled; anguish seized the inhabitants of Philistia.
Job 2:4
Then Satan answered him and said, "Skin for skin! All that {that} man has he will give for his life.
Matthew 10:28
And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul, but instead be afraid of the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

General references

Numbers 22:3
and Moab was very terrified in the presence of the people because {they} [were] numerous; and Moab dreaded the presence of the {Israelites}.
Deuteronomy 2:25
This day I will begin to place {the dread of you} and the fear of you {before} the peoples under all the heavens. [They] will hear {the report about you}, and [so] they will shake and tremble {because of you}.'
Deuteronomy 20:16
But from the cities of these peoples that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you as an inheritance, you shall not let anything live that breathes.