Deuteronomy 9:3

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Be certain then today that it is the Lord your God who goes over before you like an all-burning fire; he will send destruction on them, crushing them before you; and you will send them in flight, putting an end to them quickly, as the Lord has said.

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  • Exod 23:29-31 : 29 I will not send them all out in one year, for fear that their land may become waste, and the beasts of the field be increased overmuch against you. 30 Little by little I will send them away before you, till your numbers are increased and you take up your heritage in the land. 31 I will let the limits of your land be from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the waste land to the river Euphrates: for I will give the people of those lands into your power; and you will send them out before you.
  • Deut 4:24 : 24 For the Lord your God is an all-burning fire, and he will not let the honour which is his be given to any other.
  • Josh 3:11 : 11 See, the ark of the agreement of the Lord of all the earth is going over before you into Jordan.
  • Deut 7:23-24 : 23 But the Lord your God will give them up into your hands, overpowering them till their destruction is complete. 24 He will give their kings into your hands, and you will put their names out of existence under heaven; there is not one of them who will not give way before you, till their destruction is complete.
  • Deut 20:4 : 4 For the Lord your God goes with you, fighting for you to give you salvation from those who are against you.
  • Heb 12:29 : 29 For our God is an all-burning fire.
  • Rom 8:31 : 31 What may we say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
  • Eph 5:17 : 17 For this reason, then, do not be foolish, but be conscious of the Lord's pleasure.
  • 2 Thess 1:8 : 8 To give punishment to those who have no knowledge of God, and to those who do not give ear to the good news of our Lord Jesus:
  • Rev 19:11-16 : 11 And the heaven was open; and I saw a white horse, and he who was seated on it was named Certain and True; and he is judging and making war in righteousness. 12 And his eyes are a flame of fire, and crowns are on his head; and he has a name in writing, of which no man has knowledge but himself. 13 And he is clothed in a robe washed with blood: and his name is The Word of God. 14 And the armies which are in heaven went after him on white horses, clothed in delicate linen, white and clean. 15 And out of his mouth comes a sharp sword, with which he overcomes the nations: and he has rule over them with a rod of iron: and he is crushing with his feet the grapes of the strong wrath of God the Ruler of all. 16 And on his robe and on his leg is a name, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
  • Deut 31:3-6 : 3 The Lord your God, he will go over before you; he will send destruction on all those nations, and you will take their land as your heritage: and Joshua will go over at your head as the Lord has said. 4 The Lord will do to them as he did to Sihon and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, whom he put to destruction. 5 The Lord will give them up into your hands, and you are to do to them as I have given you orders. 6 Be strong and take heart, and have no fear of them: for it is the Lord your God who is going with you; he will not take away his help from you.
  • Deut 9:6 : 6 Be certain then that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land as a reward for your righteousness; for you are a stiff-necked people.
  • Deut 7:1-2 : 1 When the Lord your God takes you into the land where you are going, which is to be your heritage, and has sent out the nations before you, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and stronger than you; 2 And when the Lord has given them up into your hands and you have overcome them, give them up to complete destruction: make no agreement with them, and have no mercy on them:
  • Deut 7:16 : 16 And you are to send destruction on all the peoples which the Lord your God gives into your hands; have no pity on them, and do not give worship to their gods; for that will be a cause of sin to you.
  • Deut 1:30 : 30 The Lord your God who goes before you will be fighting for you, and will do such wonders as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;
  • Josh 3:14 : 14 So when the people went out from their tents to go over Jordan, the priests who took up the ark of the agreement were in front of the people;
  • Isa 27:4 : 4 My passion is over: if the thorns were fighting against me, I would make an attack on them, and they would be burned up together.
  • Isa 30:27 : 27 See, the name of the Lord is coming from far, burning with his wrath, with thick smoke going up: his lips are full of passion, and his tongue is like a burning fire:
  • Isa 30:30 : 30 And the Lord will send out the sound of his great voice, and they will see his arm stretched out, with the heat of his wrath, and the flame of a burning fire; with a cloud-burst, and storm, and a rain of ice.
  • Isa 30:33 : 33 For a place of fire has long been ready; yes, it has been made ready for the king; he has made it deep and wide: it is massed with fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of fire, puts a light to it.
  • Isa 33:14 : 14 The sinners in Zion are full of fear; the haters of God are shaking with wonder. Who among us may keep his place before the burning fire? who among us may see the eternal burnings?
  • Isa 41:10-16 : 10 Have no fear, for I am with you; do not be looking about in trouble, for I am your God; I will give you strength, yes, I will be your helper; yes, my true right hand will be your support. 11 Truly, all those who are angry with you will be made low and put to shame: those desiring to do you wrong will come to nothing and never again be seen. 12 You will make search for your haters but they will not be there; those who make war against you will be as nothing and will come to destruction. 13 For I, the Lord your God, have taken your right hand in mine, saying to you, Have no fear; I will be your helper. 14 Have no fear, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will be your helper, says the Lord, even he who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel. 15 See, I will make you like a new grain-crushing instrument with teeth, crushing the mountains small, and making the hills like dry stems. 16 You will send the wind over them, and it will take them away; they will go in all directions before the storm-wind: you will have joy in the Lord, and be glad in the Holy One of Israel.
  • Mic 2:13 : 13 The opener of the way will go up before them: forcing their way out they will go on to the doorway and out through it: their king will go on before them, and the Lord at their head.
  • Nah 1:5-6 : 5 The mountains are shaking because of him, and the hills flowing away; the earth is falling to bits before him, the world and all who are in it. 6 Who may keep his place before his wrath? and who may undergo the heat of his passion? his wrath is let loose like fire and the rocks are broken open by him.
  • Matt 15:10 : 10 And he got the people together and said to them, Give ear, and let my words be clear to you:
  • Mark 7:14 : 14 And turning to the people again, he said to them, Give ear to me all of you, and let my words be clear to you:

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  • Deut 31:3-5
    3 verses
    83%

    3 The Lord your God, he will go over before you; he will send destruction on all those nations, and you will take their land as your heritage: and Joshua will go over at your head as the Lord has said.

    4 The Lord will do to them as he did to Sihon and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, whom he put to destruction.

    5 The Lord will give them up into your hands, and you are to do to them as I have given you orders.

  • Deut 4:38-39
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    38 Driving out before you nations greater and stronger than you, to take you into their land and give it to you for your heritage, as at this day.

    39 So today be certain, and keep the knowledge deep in your hearts, that the Lord is God, in heaven on high and here on earth; there is no other God.

  • Deut 9:4-5
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    4 And after the Lord has sent them in flight from before you, say not in your heart, Because of my righteousness the Lord has given me this land; when it is because of their evil-doing that the Lord is driving these nations out before you.

    5 Not for your righteousness or because your hearts are upright are you going in to take their land; but because of the evil-doing of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out from before you, and to give effect to his oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

  • Josh 23:5
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    5 The Lord your God will send them away by force, driving them out before you; and you are to take their land for your heritage, as the Lord your God said to you.

  • Deut 7:19-24
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    19 The great punishments which your eyes saw, and the signs and the wonders and the strong hand and the stretched-out arm, by which the Lord your God took you out: so will the Lord your God do to all the peoples who are the cause of your fears.

    20 And the Lord will send a hornet among them, till all the rest who have kept themselves safe from you in secret places have been cut off.

    21 Have no fear of them: for the Lord your God is with you, a great God greatly to be feared.

    22 The Lord your God will send out the nations before you little by little; they are not to be rooted out quickly, for fear that the beasts of the field may be increased overmuch against you.

    23 But the Lord your God will give them up into your hands, overpowering them till their destruction is complete.

    24 He will give their kings into your hands, and you will put their names out of existence under heaven; there is not one of them who will not give way before you, till their destruction is complete.

  • Deut 6:19
    76%

    19 To send out from before you all those who are against you.

  • Deut 12:29
    76%

    29 When the people of the land where you are going have been cut off before you by the Lord your God, and you have taken their land and are living in it;

  • Deut 4:24
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    24 For the Lord your God is an all-burning fire, and he will not let the honour which is his be given to any other.

  • Josh 23:9
    76%

    9 For the Lord has sent out from before you nations great and strong: and they have all given way before you till this day.

  • Deut 20:17
    75%

    17 Give them up to the curse; the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, as the Lord your God has given you orders:

  • Deut 7:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1 When the Lord your God takes you into the land where you are going, which is to be your heritage, and has sent out the nations before you, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and stronger than you;

    2 And when the Lord has given them up into your hands and you have overcome them, give them up to complete destruction: make no agreement with them, and have no mercy on them:

  • Deut 1:30
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    30 The Lord your God who goes before you will be fighting for you, and will do such wonders as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;

  • Deut 9:1-2
    2 verses
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    1 Give ear, O Israel: today you are to go over Jordan, to take the heritage of nations greater and stronger than yourselves, and towns of great size with walls as high as heaven;

    2 A people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, of whom you have knowledge and of whom it has been said, All are forced to give way before the sons of Anak.

  • Exod 34:11
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    11 Take care to do the orders which I give you today; I will send out from before you the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.

  • Num 33:52
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    52 See that all the people of the land are forced out from before you, and put to destruction all their pictured stones, and all their metal images, and all their high places:

  • Deut 11:23
    74%

    23 Then the Lord will send these nations in flight before you, and you will take the lands of nations greater and stronger than yourselves.

  • Ps 21:9
    74%

    9 You will make them like a flaming oven before you; the Lord in his wrath will put an end to them, and they will be burned up in the fire.

  • Exod 23:23
    73%

    23 And my angel will go before you, guiding you into the land of the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Canaanite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, and they will be cut off by my hand.

  • Deut 8:20
    73%

    20 Like the nations which the Lord is cutting off before you, so you will be cut off; because you would not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God.

  • Josh 23:3
    73%

    3 You have seen everything the Lord your God has done to all these nations because of you; for it is the Lord your God who has been fighting for you.

  • Deut 6:15
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    15 For the Lord your God who is with you is a God who will not let his honour be given to another; or the wrath of the Lord will be burning against you, causing your destruction from the face of the earth.

  • Lam 3:66
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    66 You will go after them in wrath, and put an end to them from under the heavens of the Lord.

  • Josh 3:10
    73%

    10 And Joshua said, By this you will see that the living God is among you, and that he will certainly send out from before you the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Hivite and the Perizzite and the Girgashite and the Amorite and the Jebusite.

  • Exod 23:27
    72%

    27 I will send my fear before you, putting to flight all the people to whom you come; all those who are against you will go in flight, turning their backs before you.

  • Deut 19:1
    72%

    1 When the nations, whose land the Lord your God is giving you, have been cut off by him, and you have taken their place and are living in their towns and in their houses;

  • Joel 2:3
    72%

    3 Before them fire sends destruction, and after them flame is burning: the land is like the garden of Eden before them, and after them an unpeopled waste; truly, nothing has been kept safe from them.

  • Deut 7:16-17
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    72%

    16 And you are to send destruction on all the peoples which the Lord your God gives into your hands; have no pity on them, and do not give worship to their gods; for that will be a cause of sin to you.

    17 If you say in your hearts, These nations are greater in number than we are: how are we to take their land from them?

  • Deut 20:4
    72%

    4 For the Lord your God goes with you, fighting for you to give you salvation from those who are against you.

  • Deut 7:5
    72%

    5 But this is what you are to do to them: their altars are to be pulled down and their pillars broken, and their holy trees cut down and their images burned with fire.

  • Deut 12:3
    72%

    3 Their altars and their pillars are to be broken down, and their holy trees burned with fire, and the images of their gods cut down; you are to take away their names out of that place.

  • Josh 23:13
    72%

    13 Then you may be certain that the Lord your God will not go on driving these nations out from before you; but they will become a danger and a cause of sin to you, a whip for your sides and thorns in your eyes, till you are cut off from this good land which the Lord your God has given you.

  • Deut 3:22
    72%

    22 Have no fear of them, for the Lord your God will be fighting for you.

  • Neh 9:24
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    24 So the children went in and took the land, and you overcame before them the people of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them up into their hands, with their kings and the people of the land, so that they might do with them whatever it was their pleasure to do.

  • Josh 24:18
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    18 And the Lord sent out from before us all the peoples, the Amorites living in the land: so we will be the servants of the Lord, for he is our God.

  • Ps 97:3
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    3 Fire goes before him, burning up all those who are against him round about.

  • Deut 1:33
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    33 Who goes before you on your way, looking for a place where you may put up your tents, in fire by night, lighting up the way you are to go, and in a cloud by day.

  • Heb 12:29
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    29 For our God is an all-burning fire.

  • Deut 28:63
    71%

    63 And as the Lord took delight in doing you good and increasing you, so the Lord will take pleasure in cutting you off and causing your destruction, and you will be uprooted from the land which you are about to take as your heritage.