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Deuteronomy 9:4

When the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD is driving out these nations before you because of their wickedness.

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ASV

Speak not thou in thy heart, after that Jehovah thy God hath thrust them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness Jehovah hath brought me in to possess this land; whereas for the wickedness of these nations Jehovah doth drive them out from before thee.

KJV

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.

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22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אַל־'al-may notH408 →
תֹּאמַ֣רto.Maryou sayH559 →
בִּלְבָבְךָ֗bil.va.ve.Khain heart yourH3824 →
בַּהֲדֹ֣ףba.ha.Dofwhen drives outH1920 →
יְהוָה֩Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֶ֨יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430 →
אֹתָ֥ם׀'o.Tam<obj.> themH853 →
מִלְּפָנֶיךָ֮mi.le.fa.nei.Khafrom to before youH6440 →
לֵאמֹר֒le.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
בְּצִדְקָתִי֙be.tzid.ka.Tiin righteousness myH6666 →
הֱבִיאַ֣נִיhe.vi.'A.nihe has brought meH935 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
לָרֶ֖שֶׁתla.Re.shetto take possession ofH3423 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776 →
הַזֹּ֑אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063 →
וּבְרִשְׁעַת֙u.ve.rish.'Atand in [the] wickedness ofH7564 →
הַגּוֹיִ֣םha.go.Yimthe nationsH1471 →
הָאֵ֔לֶּהha.'E.leh<the> theseH428 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
מוֹרִישָׁ֥םmo.ri.Sham[is] dispossessing themH3423 →
מִפָּנֶֽיךָ׃mi.pa.Nei.khafrom before youH6440 →

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Deuteronomy 18:12For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD. And because of these detestable things, the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you.Deuteronomy 8:17You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”2 Timothy 1:9He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.Deuteronomy 18:9–14When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.Deuteronomy 9:5It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.Ezekiel 16:6Then I passed by and saw you wallowing in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, ‘Live!’ There I said to you, ‘Live!’1 Corinthians 4:7For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?Leviticus 18:24–30Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.Deuteronomy 7:1When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—Deuteronomy 7:7–8The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.Romans 11:6And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.Genesis 15:16In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”Deuteronomy 12:31You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.Titus 3:3–5For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.Matthew 24:48But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’Ezekiel 36:32It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord GOD—let it be known to you. Be ashamed and disgraced for your ways, O house of Israel!Ezekiel 36:22Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I will act, O house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations to which you went.Ephesians 2:4–5But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,

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