Verse 17

If you say in your heart, 'These nations are too numerous for me; how can I drive them out?'

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 33:53 : 53 You shall take possession of the land and live in it, for I have given you the land to possess.
  • Num 13:32 : 32 And they spread a bad report about the land they had explored among the Israelites, saying, "The land we explored devours those who live in it, and all the people we saw there are of great size.
  • Deut 8:17 : 17 You may say in your heart, 'My power and the strength of my hand have produced this wealth for me.'
  • Deut 15:9 : 9 Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: 'The seventh year, the year of release, is near,' and you look grudgingly on your poor brother and give him nothing. He will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
  • Deut 18:21 : 21 You may say to yourselves, 'How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the LORD?'
  • Josh 17:16-18 : 16 The descendants of Joseph replied, 'The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the valley have iron chariots, both those in Beth-shean and its surrounding villages and those in the Valley of Jezreel.' 17 Then Joshua said to the house of Joseph—to Ephraim and Manasseh: 'You are a numerous people and strong. You shall not have just one allotment of land,' 18 but the hill country shall be yours. Though it is a forest, you can clear it, and its farthest limits shall be yours. You will drive out the Canaanites, even though they have iron chariots and are strong.
  • Isa 14:13 : 13 You said in your heart, 'I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the north.'
  • Isa 47:8 : 8 Now hear this, you pleasure-loving one, sitting securely, who says in her heart, 'I am, and there is no one besides me; I will not sit as a widow, or know the loss of children.'
  • Isa 49:21 : 21 Then you will say in your heart, 'Who bore me these children? I was bereaved and barren, exiled and rejected. Who raised these? I was left all alone—where have these come from?'
  • Jer 13:22 : 22 If you ask yourself, ‘Why has this happened to me?’ it is because of your many sins. Your skirts have been torn off, and your heels have been exposed.
  • Luke 9:47 : 47 Jesus, knowing their thoughts, took a little child and had the child stand beside him.