Joshua 24:12

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I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings from before you. It was not by your sword or bow.

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  • Exod 23:28 : 28 I will send the hornet ahead of you to drive out the Hivites, Canaanites, and Hittites from your path.
  • Deut 7:20 : 20 Moreover, the LORD your God will send the hornet among them until those who are left and hiding from you perish.
  • Ps 44:3-6 : 3 It was by Your hand that You drove out the nations and planted our ancestors. You afflicted the peoples and sent them away. 4 For they did not take possession of the land by their sword, nor did their own arm save them. But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You were pleased with them. 5 You are my King, O God; command victories for Jacob. 6 Through You we will push back our adversaries; in Your name we will trample those who rise against us.

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  • Exod 23:27-31
    5 verses
    83%

    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.

    28I will send the hornet ahead of you to drive out the Hivites, Canaanites, and Hittites from your path.

    29I will not drive them out before you in a single year, because the land would become desolate, and the wild animals would multiply against you.

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

    31I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates River. I will give into your hands the inhabitants of the land, and you will drive them out before you.

  • Josh 24:11
    82%

    11You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The leaders of Jericho, along with the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites fought against you, but I gave them into your hands.

  • Josh 24:8
    80%

    8I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived east of the Jordan. They fought against you, but I gave them into your hands. You took possession of their land, and I destroyed them before you.

  • Deut 7:20
    79%

    20Moreover, the LORD your God will send the hornet among them until those who are left and hiding from you perish.

  • Josh 24:13
    77%

    13I gave you a land on which you had not labored, and cities you did not build. You are living in them and eating from vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.

  • Deut 1:44
    77%

    44Then the Amorites who lived in that hill country came out against you and chased you as bees do; they struck you down from Seir all the way to Hormah.

  • Exod 33:2
    76%

    2I will send an angel ahead of you and drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

  • Exod 23:23
    76%

    23My angel will go ahead of you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out.

  • Amos 2:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9'Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorites before them, whose height was like the cedars and whose strength was like the oaks. I destroyed their fruit above and their roots below.'

    10'It was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorites.'

  • Josh 2:10
    74%

    10We have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan, whom you completely destroyed.

  • Exod 34:11
    74%

    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.

  • Judg 6:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9I delivered you from the hand of Egypt and from the hand of all your oppressors. I drove them out before you and gave you their land.

    10And I said to you, ‘I am the Lord your God; do not fear the gods of the Amorites in whose land you live.’ But you did not listen to my voice.

  • Num 14:43
    73%

    43For the Amalekites and Canaanites are there to confront you, and you will fall by the sword. Because you have turned away from the LORD, He will not be with you.

  • Neh 9:24
    73%

    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.

  • Judg 2:3
    72%

    3So now I say, 'I will not drive them out before you. They will become thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.'

  • Josh 24:18
    72%

    18The LORD drove out all the peoples before us, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, for He is our God.

  • Deut 7:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    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 31:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

  • Josh 23:9
    72%

    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 4:38
    72%

    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.

  • 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.

  • Deut 29:7
    72%

    7We took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

  • Judg 11:23
    72%

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

  • Deut 1:42
    72%

    42But the LORD said to me, 'Tell them, "Do not go up or fight, because I am not with you; you will be defeated by your enemies."'

  • Deut 2:36
    71%

    36From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, and from the city in the valley, even to Gilead, not one city was too strong for us. The LORD our God gave them all into our hands.

  • Deut 2:24
    71%

    24'Rise up, set out, and cross over the Arnon Valley. See, I have delivered into your hands Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle.

  • Deut 9:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    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 7:23-24
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

  • Exod 3:17
    71%

    17'And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.'

  • Jer 24:10
    71%

    10I will send the sword, famine, and pestilence against them until they are completely destroyed from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.

  • Num 32:21
    71%

    21and all your armed men cross over the Jordan before the Lord until He has driven out His enemies from His presence—

  • Lev 26:7
    71%

    7You will chase your enemies, and they will fall before you by the sword.

  • Deut 1:20
    70%

    20Then I said to you, 'You have come to the hill country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God is giving us.'

  • 1 Sam 12:11
    70%

    11Then the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Bedan, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hand of your enemies on every side, so that you lived in safety.

  • Deut 11:23
    70%

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

  • Josh 11:8
    70%

    8The LORD gave them into the hand of Israel, who struck them down and pursued them as far as Greater Sidon, Misrephoth Maim, and the valley of Mizpeh to the east. They struck them down until no survivors remained.

  • Deut 1:29
    70%

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

  • Deut 20:17
    70%

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

  • Judg 10:11
    70%

    11The LORD said to the Israelites, 'Did I not rescue you from Egypt, the Amorites, the Ammonites, and the Philistines?