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'Wickedness' in the Bible

“Do not say in your heart when the Lord your God has driven them out before you, ‘Because of my righteousness the Lord has brought me in to possess this land,’ but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is dispossessing them before you.

Verse ConceptsRetributionSelf Righteousness, Nature OfWhy It Happened

It is not for your righteousness or for the uprightness of your heart that you are going to possess their land, but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord your God is driving them out before you, in order to confirm the oath which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Family And DescendantsThe Lord Will Drive Them Out

Remember Your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not look at the stubbornness of this people or at their wickedness or their sin.

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersServanthood, In Life Of BelieversSelf Will

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