Exodus 23:27

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

“I will send my terror before you, and I will alarm all the people whom you encounter; I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 2:25 : 25 This very day I will begin to fill all the people of the earth with dread and to terrify them when they hear about you. They will shiver and shake in anticipation of your approach.”
  • Deut 7:23 : 23 The LORD your God will give them over to you; he will throw them into a great panic until they are destroyed.
  • Gen 35:5 : 5 and they started on their journey. The surrounding cities were afraid of God, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.
  • Ps 18:40 : 40 You make my enemies retreat; I destroy those who hate me.
  • Exod 15:14-16 : 14 The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will seize the inhabitants of Philistia. 15 Then the chiefs of Edom will be terrified, trembling will seize the leaders of Moab, and the inhabitants of Canaan will shake. 16 Fear and dread will fall on them; by the greatness of your arm they will be as still as stone until your people pass by, O LORD, until the people whom you have bought pass by.
  • Deut 11:23 : 23 then he will drive out all these nations ahead of you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.
  • Deut 11:25 : 25 Nobody will be able to resist you; the LORD your God will spread the fear and terror of you over the whole land on which you walk, just as he promised you.
  • Josh 2:9-9 : 9 She said to the men,“I know the LORD is handing this land over to you. We are absolutely terrified of you, and all who live in the land are cringing before you. 10 For we heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you left Egypt and how you annihilated the two Amorite kings, Sihon and Og, on the other side of the Jordan. 11 When we heard the news we lost our courage and no one could even breathe for fear of you. For the LORD your God is God in heaven above and on earth below!
  • 1 Sam 14:15 : 15 Then fear overwhelmed those who were in the camp, those who were in the field, all the army in the garrison, and the raiding bands. They trembled and the ground shook. This fear was caused by God.
  • 2 Kgs 7:6 : 6 The Lord had caused the Syrian camp to hear the sound of chariots and horses and a large army. Then they said to one another,“Look, the king of Israel has paid the kings of the Hittites and Egypt to attack us!”
  • 2 Chr 14:14 : 14 They defeated all the cities surrounding Gerar, for the LORD caused them to panic. The men of Judah looted all the cities, for they contained a huge amount of goods.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 23:28
    84%

    28I will send hornets before you that will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite before you.

  • Exod 23:22-23
    2 verses
    81%

    22But if you diligently obey him and do all that I command, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and I will be an adversary to your adversaries.

    23For my angel will go before you and bring you to the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, and I will destroy them completely.

  • Deut 11:25
    79%

    25Nobody will be able to resist you; the LORD your God will spread the fear and terror of you over the whole land on which you walk, just as he promised you.

  • Exod 33:2
    78%

    2I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

  • Deut 7:18-24
    7 verses
    78%

    18you must not fear them. You must carefully recall what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt,

    19the great judgments you saw, the signs and wonders, the strength and power by which he brought you out– thus the LORD your God will do to all the people you fear.

    20Furthermore, the LORD your God will release hornets among them until the very last ones who hide from you perish.

    21You must not tremble in their presence, for the LORD your God, who is present among you, is a great and awesome God.

    22He, the God who leads you, will expel the nations little by little. You will not be allowed to destroy them all at once lest the wild animals overrun you.

    23The LORD your God will give them over to you; he will throw them into a great panic until they are destroyed.

    24He will hand over their kings to you and you will erase their very names from memory. Nobody will be able to resist you until you destroy them.

  • Deut 28:25
    78%

    25Curses by Defeat and Deportation“The LORD will allow you to be struck down before your enemies; you will attack them from one direction but flee from them in seven directions and will become an object of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

  • Deut 28:7
    77%

    7The LORD will cause your enemies who attack you to be struck down before you; they will attack you from one direction but flee from you in seven different directions.

  • Deut 2:25
    77%

    25This very day I will begin to fill all the people of the earth with dread and to terrify them when they hear about you. They will shiver and shake in anticipation of your approach.”

  • Lev 26:6-8
    3 verses
    76%

    6I will grant peace in the land so that you will lie down to sleep without anyone terrifying you. I will remove harmful animals from the land, and no sword of war will pass through your land.

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

    8Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall before you by the sword.

  • Lev 26:17
    76%

    17I will set my face against you. You will be struck down before your enemies, those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when there is no one pursuing you.

  • Josh 24:12
    76%

    12I sent terror ahead of you to drive out before you the two Amorite kings. I gave you the victory; it was not by your swords or bows.

  • Deut 31:5
    75%

    5The LORD will deliver them over to you and you will do to them according to the whole commandment I have given you.

  • Deut 6:19
    75%

    19and that you may drive out all your enemies just as the LORD said.

  • 2 Kgs 17:39
    75%

    39Instead you must worship the LORD your God; then he will rescue you from the power of all your enemies.”

  • Exod 23:30-31
    2 verses
    74%

    30Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you become fruitful and inherit the land.

    31I will set your boundaries from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the River, for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.

  • Deut 1:29-30
    2 verses
    74%

    29So I responded to you,“Do not be terrified of them!

    30The LORD your God is about to go ahead of you; he will fight for you, just as you saw him do in Egypt

  • Josh 10:8
    74%

    8The LORD told Joshua,“Don’t be afraid of them, for I am handing them over to you. Not one of them can resist you.”

  • Deut 31:3
    73%

    3As for the LORD your God, he is about to cross over before you; he will destroy these nations before you and you will dispossess them. As for Joshua, he is about to cross before you just as the LORD has said.

  • Josh 23:5
    73%

    5The LORD your God will drive them out from before you and remove them, so you can occupy their land as the LORD your God promised you.

  • Josh 23:9
    73%

    9“The LORD drove out from before you great and mighty nations; no one has been able to resist you to this very day.

  • Exod 34:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10He said,“See, I am going to make a covenant before all your people. I will do wonders such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation. All the people among whom you live will see the work of the LORD, for it is a fearful thing that I am doing with you.

    11“Obey what I am commanding you this day. I am going to drive out before you the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

  • Deut 11:23
    73%

    23then he will drive out all these nations ahead of you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.

  • Jer 15:14
    73%

    14I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you know nothing about. For my anger is like a fire that will burn against you.”

  • Deut 33:27
    72%

    27The everlasting God is a refuge, and underneath you are his eternal arms; he has driven out enemies before you, and has said,“Destroy!”

  • Ps 21:12
    72%

    12For you make them retreat when you aim your arrows at them.

  • Deut 9:3
    72%

    3Understand today that the LORD your God who goes before you is a devouring fire; he will defeat and subdue them before you. You will dispossess and destroy them quickly just as he has told you.

  • Deut 7:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1The Dispossession of Nonvassals When the LORD your God brings you to the land that you are going to occupy and forces out many nations before you– Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations more numerous and powerful than you–

    2and he delivers them over to you and you attack them, you must utterly annihilate them. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy!

  • Deut 20:17
    72%

    17Instead you must utterly annihilate them– the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites– just as the LORD your God has commanded you,

  • Lev 26:36
    72%

    36“‘As for the ones who remain among you, I will bring despair into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a blowing leaf will pursue them, and they will flee as one who flees the sword and fall down even though there is no pursuer.

  • Deut 20:1
    72%

    1Laws Concerning War with Distant Enemies When you go to war against your enemies and see chariotry and troops who outnumber 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.

  • Lev 26:32
    72%

    32I myself will make the land desolate and your enemies who live in it will be appalled.

  • Deut 30:7
    72%

    7Then the LORD your God will put all these curses on your enemies, on those who hate you and persecute you.

  • Exod 23:26
    72%

    26No woman will miscarry her young or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days.

  • Exod 22:24
    72%

    24and my anger will burn and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children will be fatherless.

  • Deut 20:3
    72%

    3“Listen, Israel! Today you are moving forward to do battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted. Do not fear and tremble or be terrified because of them,

  • Josh 7:12
    72%

    12The Israelites are unable to stand before their enemies; they retreat because they have become subject to annihilation. I will no longer be with you, unless you destroy what has contaminated you.

  • Deut 28:10
    72%

    10Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you belong to the LORD, and they will respect you.