Verse 4

Speake not thou in thyne heart, after that the Lorde thy God hath cast them out before thee, saying, for my ryghteousnesse the Lorde hath brought me in, to possesse this lande: but for the wickednesse of these nations the Lord hath cast them out before thee.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 8:17 : 17 Lest thou shouldest say in thine heart, my power and the myght of myne owne hande hath prepared me this aboundaunce:
  • Deut 12:31 : 31 Nay, thou shalt not do so vnto the Lorde thy God: for all abhominations, and that whiche the Lorde hateth, the same haue they done vnto their gods.
  • Deut 18:9-9 : 9 When thou art come into the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee, thou shalt not learne to do after the abhominations of those nations. 10 Let there not be founde among you any one that maketh his sonne or his daughter to go through the fire, or that vseth witchcraft, or a regarder of tymes, or that regardeth the fleeyng of fowles. 11 Or a sorcerer, or a charmer, or that coucelleth with spirites, or a soothsayer, or that asketh counsayle of the dead. 12 For all that do such thynges, are abhomination vnto the Lorde: and because of these abhominations, the Lorde thy God doth cast them out before thee. 13 Thou shalt be perfect therfore in the sight of the Lorde thy God. 14 For these nations which thou shalt possesse, hearken vnto regarders of tymes, and vnto sorcerers: but the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.
  • Ezek 36:22 : 22 Therfore tel the house of Israel, thus saith the Lorde God: I do not this for your sakes O house of Israel, but for my holy names sake which ye dishonoured among the heathen where ye came.
  • Ezek 36:32 : 32 But I wyl not do this for your sakes, saith the Lorde God, be ye sure of it: therefore O ye house of Israel, be ashamed and confounded of your owne wayes.
  • Rom 11:6 : 6 If it be of grace, then is it not nowe of workes: For the grace is no more grace. But yf it be of workes, then is it nowe no grace: For then worke is no more worke.
  • Rom 11:20 : 20 Well: because of vnbeliefe, they were broken of, and thou stodest stedfast in fayth. Be not hye mynded, but feare.
  • 1 Cor 4:4 : 4 For I knowe nothing by my selfe, yet am I not thereby iustified: but he that iudgeth me is the Lorde.
  • 1 Cor 4:7 : 7 For who seperateth thee? And what hast thou, that thou hast not receaued? If thou haue receaued it, why reioycest thou, as though thou haddest not receaued it?
  • Eph 2:4-5 : 4 But God which is ryche in mercie, for his great loue wherwith he loued vs, 5 Euen when we were dead by sinnes, hath quickned vs together with Christ, by grace are ye saued:
  • 2 Tim 1:9 : 9 Who hath saued vs, & called vs with an holy callyng, not accordyng to our workes: but accordyng to his owne purpose and grace, which was geuen vs in Christe Iesus, before the world began:
  • Titus 3:3-5 : 3 For we our selues also were some tyme foolyshe, disobedient, deceaued, seruyng diuers lustes & voluptuousnes, lyuyng in maliciousnesse and enuie, full of hate, hatyng one another. 4 But after that the kyndenesse and loue of our sauiour God to manwarde appeared, 5 Not of workes which be in ryghteousnesse wrought, but accordyng to his mercie, he saued vs by the fountayne of regeneration and renuyng of the holy ghost,
  • Deut 9:5 : 5 It is not for thy righteousnesse sake, or for thy right heart, that thou goest to possesse their lande: But for the wickednesse of these nations, the Lord thy God doth cast them out before thee, eue to perfourme the worde whiche the Lord thy God sware vnto thy fathers. Abraham, Isahac, and Iacob.
  • Gen 15:16 : 16 But in the fourth generation they shal come hyther agayne: for the wickednesse of the Amorites is not yet full.
  • Lev 18:24-30 : 24 Ye shall not defile your selues in any of these thinges: for in all these, the nations are defiled whiche I cast out before you. 25 Wherthrough the lande is defiled, and I wyll visite the wyckednesse thereof vpon it, yea and the lande it selfe hath vomited out her inhabitauntes. 26 Ye shall kepe therfore mine ordinaunces and my iudgementes, and commit none of these abhominations, neither any of your owne nation, nor any strauger that soiourneth among you: 27 (For all these abhominations, haue the men of the lande done whiche were before you, and the lande is defiled.) 28 Shall not the lande spewe you out also if ye defile it, as it spewed out the nations that were before you? 29 For whosoeuer shall commit any of these abhominations, the same soules that commit them shall be cut of from among their people. 30 Therefore shall ye kepe myne ordinaunces, that ye commit not one of these abhominable customes whiche were committed before you, and that ye defile not your selues therein: I am the Lorde your God.
  • Deut 7:7-8 : 7 The Lorde dyd not set his loue vpon you, nor chose you because ye were mo in number then any people (for ye were the fewest of all people) 8 But because the Lorde loued you, and because he would kepe the othe which he had sworne vnto your fathers, therfore hath the Lorde brought you out through a mightie hande, and deliuered you out of the house of bondage, euen from the hande of Pharao kyng of Egypt.