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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Deu 9:5 — Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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Though the Canaanites were expelled for their wickedness, it does not follow, that the Israelites were established in their room on account of any distinguished virtue, or because they deserved it. On many occasions, it may be seen in the history of the world, that God punishes the wicked by the instrumentality of other men, who are as wicked as themselves. Not the Israelites' righteousness, but the wickedness of the inhabitants, and the promise of God to their fathers, was the cause of their obtaining Canaan. Tts 3:5 |
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that he may
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Gen 12:7; Gen 13:15; Gen 15:7; Gen 17:8; Gen 26:4; Gen 28:13; Exd 32:13; Eze 20:14; Mic 7:20; Luk 1:54,55; Act 3:25; Act 13:32,33; Rom 11:28; Rom 15:8 |
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Tts 3:5 |
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; |
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Gen 12:7 |
And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. |
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Gen 13:15 |
For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. |
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Gen 15:7 |
And he said unto him, I [am] the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. |
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Gen 17:8 |
And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. |
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Gen 26:4 |
And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; |
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Gen 28:13 |
And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I [am] the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; |
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Exd 32:13 |
Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit [it] for ever. |
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Eze 20:14 |
But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out. |
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Mic 7:20 |
Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, [and] the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old. |
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Luk 1:54 |
He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of [his] mercy; |
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Luk 1:55 |
As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever. |
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Act 3:25 |
Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. |
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Act 13:32 |
And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, |
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Act 13:33 |
God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. |
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Rom 11:28 |
As concerning the gospel, [they are] enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, [they are] beloved for the fathers' sakes. |
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Rom 15:8 |
Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises [made] unto the fathers: |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Deuteronomy 9:5," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Deu/9/5.html>.
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