Deuteronomy 7:17

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

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  • 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 7:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    1When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to take possession of, and He drives out many nations before you—the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites—seven nations more numerous and stronger than you,

    2and when the LORD your God delivers them over to you and you defeat them, you must devote them to complete destruction. Do not make a covenant with them or show them any mercy.

  • Deut 11:23
    80%

    23then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.

  • Deut 7:21-24
    4 verses
    80%

    21Do not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.

    22The LORD your God will drive out those nations before you little by little. You will not be able to destroy them all at once, or the wild animals will multiply around you.

    23But the LORD your God will deliver them over to you, throwing them into great panic until they are destroyed.

    24He will hand their kings over to you, and you will wipe out their names from under the heavens. No one will be able to stand against you until you have destroyed them.

  • Deut 7:18-19
    2 verses
    79%

    18Do not be afraid of them. Remember well what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt—

    19the great trials that your eyes saw, the signs, the wonders, the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you fear.

  • Deut 9:1-5
    5 verses
    79%

    1Listen, Israel: Today you are crossing over the Jordan to enter and take possession of nations greater and stronger than you, with cities that are great and fortified up to the heavens.

    2The people are great and tall—the descendants of the Anakim, whom you know and about whom you have heard it said, 'Who can stand before the sons of Anak?'

    3But understand today that the LORD your God is the one crossing ahead of you as a consuming fire. He will destroy them and subdue them before you, so you will drive them out and annihilate them quickly, as the LORD has promised you.

    4Do not say in your heart, when the LORD your God drives them out before you, 'It is because of my righteousness that the LORD has brought me in to take possession of this land,' but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD is dispossessing them before you.

    5It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you are entering to take possession of their land, but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD your God is driving them out before you, and to fulfill the promise the LORD swore to your ancestors—to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

  • Deut 12:29-30
    2 verses
    78%

    29When the Lord your God cuts off the nations before you, the nations you are entering to dispossess, and you drive them out and live in their land,

    30be careful that you are not ensnared by following them after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, 'How did these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.'

  • Deut 7:16
    77%

    16You shall destroy all the nations the LORD your God is giving over to you. Do not look on them with pity, and do not serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you.

  • Deut 4:38
    77%

    38He drove out nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you into their land and to give it to you as an inheritance, as it is today.

  • Judg 11:23-24
    2 verses
    76%

    23Now the Lord, the God of Israel, has driven out the Amorites before His people Israel. Would you now take possession of it?

    24Do you not take what your god Chemosh gives you? Likewise, we will take possession of whatever the Lord our God has driven out before us.

  • Deut 19:1
    75%

    1When the LORD your God eliminates the nations whose land He is giving you, and you take possession of them and settle in their cities and houses,

  • Josh 23:5
    74%

    5The LORD your God will drive them out from before you and dispossess them from your sight, so you will take possession of their land, just as the LORD your God promised you.

  • Deut 31:3-5
    3 verses
    74%

    3The LORD your God himself will cross ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you shall take possession of them. Joshua will cross ahead of you, as the LORD has said.

    4And the LORD will do to them as he did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, whom he destroyed.

    5The LORD will deliver them to you, and you must act toward them according to the entire commandment I have instructed you.

  • Deut 1:21
    74%

    21See, the LORD your God has set the land before you. Go up and take possession of it, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.

  • Deut 20:15-17
    3 verses
    74%

    15This is what you shall do to all the cities that are very far from you, which are not part of the cities of these nations.

    16But in the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes.

    17Completely destroy them—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you.

  • Num 33:53
    73%

    53You shall take possession of the land and live in it, for I have given you the land to possess.

  • Num 14:15
    73%

    15If you put all these people to death as one man, the nations who have heard about your fame will say,

  • Josh 1:6
    73%

    6Be strong and courageous, for you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their ancestors to give them.

  • Josh 23:9
    73%

    9The LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and no one has been able to stand against you to this day.

  • Deut 1:29
    72%

    29Then I said to you, 'Do not be terrified or afraid of them.'

  • Deut 6:19
    72%

    19He will drive out all your enemies before you, as the LORD has promised.

  • Exod 23:30
    72%

    30Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you are fruitful and take possession of the land.

  • Neh 9:24
    72%

    24Their descendants went in and took possession of the land. You subdued the inhabitants of the land—the Canaanites—before them and handed their kings and the peoples of the land over to them, to do with as they desired.

  • Deut 11:25
    72%

    25No one will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land where you set foot, as He has promised you.

  • Num 32:7
    72%

    7Why would you discourage the hearts of the Israelites from crossing into the land that the Lord has given them?

  • Deut 17:14
    72%

    14When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you and take possession of it and settle in it, and you say, 'Let us appoint a king over us, like all the nations around us,'

  • Deut 11:31
    72%

    31For you are about to cross the Jordan to enter and possess the land the LORD your God is giving you. You will take possession of it and live in it.

  • Exod 34:11
    72%

    11Observe what I command you today. I am driving out before you the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

  • Deut 20:1
    72%

    1When you go out to battle against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and a people more numerous than you, do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, is with you.

  • Josh 17:18
    71%

    18but 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.

  • Judg 7:2
    71%

    2The LORD said to Gideon, "You have too many people with you for me to hand Midian over to them, lest Israel boast against me, claiming, 'My own strength has delivered me.'

  • Deut 8:17
    71%

    17You may say in your heart, 'My power and the strength of my hand have produced this wealth for me.'

  • Num 33:55
    71%

    55But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they will harass you in the land where you live.

  • Deut 3:2
    71%

    2The LORD said to me: 'Do not be afraid of him, for I have handed him over to you along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.'

  • Josh 23:13
    71%

    13then you can be certain that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become snares and traps for you, whips on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land the LORD your God has given you.

  • Exod 23:27
    70%

    27I will send my terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run.