Psalms 106:34

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They did not destroy the nations, as the LORD had commanded them to do.

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  • Deut 7:16 : 16 Exhortation to Destroy Canaanite Paganism You must destroy all the people whom the LORD your God is about to deliver over to you; you must not pity them or worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
  • Judg 1:21 : 21 The men of Benjamin, however, did not conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. The Jebusites live with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this very day.
  • Deut 7:2 : 2 and 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!
  • Num 33:52 : 52 you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images, all their molten images, and demolish their high places.
  • Num 33:55-56 : 55 But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, then those whom you allow to remain will be irritants in your eyes and thorns in your side, and will cause you trouble in the land where you will be living. 56 And what I intended to do to them I will do to you.”
  • Judg 1:27-36 : 27 The men of Manasseh did not conquer Beth Shean, Taanach, or their surrounding towns. Nor did they conquer the people living in Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo or their surrounding towns. The Canaanites managed to remain in those areas. 28 Whenever Israel was strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them. 29 The men of Ephraim did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites lived among them in Gezer. 30 The men of Zebulun did not conquer the people living in Kitron and Nahalol. The Canaanites lived among them and were forced to do hard labor. 31 The men of Asher did not conquer the people living in Acco or Sidon, nor did they conquer Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphek, or Rehob. 32 The people of Asher live among the Canaanites residing in the land because they did not conquer them. 33 The men of Naphtali did not conquer the people living in Beth Shemesh or Beth Anath. They live among the Canaanites residing in the land. The Canaanites living in Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath were forced to do hard labor for them. 34 The Amorites forced the people of Dan to live in the hill country. They did not allow them to live in the coastal plain. 35 The Amorites managed to remain in Har Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. Whenever the tribe of Joseph was strong militarily, the Amorites were forced to do hard labor. 36 The border of Amorite territory ran from the Scorpion Ascent to Sela and on up.
  • 1 Sam 15:3 : 3 So go now and strike down the Amalekites. Destroy everything that they have. Don’t spare them. Put them to death– man, woman, child, infant, ox, sheep, camel, and donkey alike.’”
  • 1 Sam 15:22-23 : 22 Then Samuel said,“Does the LORD take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as he does in obedience? Certainly, obedience is better than sacrifice; paying attention is better than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and presumption is like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the LORD’s orders, he has rejected you from being king.”
  • Matt 17:19-20 : 19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said,“Why couldn’t we cast it out?” 20 He told them,“It was because of your little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain,‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; nothing will be impossible for you.”
  • Deut 7:23-24 : 23 The LORD your God will give them over to you; he will throw them into a great panic until they are destroyed. 24 He 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 20:16-17 : 16 Laws Concerning War with Canaanite Nations As for the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God is going to give you as an inheritance, you must not allow a single living thing to survive. 17 Instead you must utterly annihilate them– the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites– just as the LORD your God has commanded you,
  • Josh 15:63 : 63 The men of Judah were unable to conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. The Jebusites live with the people of Judah in Jerusalem to this very day.
  • Josh 16:10 : 10 The Ephraimites did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites live among the Ephraimites to this very day and do hard labor as their servants.
  • Josh 17:12-16 : 12 But the men of Manasseh were unable to conquer these cities; the Canaanites managed to remain in those areas. 13 Whenever the Israelites were strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them. 14 The descendants of Joseph said to Joshua,“Why have you assigned us only one tribal allotment? After all, we have many people, for until now the LORD has enabled us to increase in number.” 15 Joshua replied to them,“Since you have so many people, go up into the forest and clear out a place to live in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaites, for the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you.” 16 The descendants of Joseph said,“The whole hill country is inadequate for us, and the Canaanites living down in the valley in Beth Shean and its surrounding towns and in the Valley of Jezreel have chariots with iron-rimmed wheels.”
  • Josh 23:12-13 : 12 But if you ever turn away and make alliances with these nations that remain near you, and intermarry with them and establish friendly relations with them, 13 know for certain that the LORD our God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. They will trap and ensnare you; they will be a whip that tears your sides and thorns that blind your eyes until you disappear from this good land the LORD your God gave you.
  • Judg 1:19 : 19 The LORD was with the men of Judah. They conquered the hill country, but they could not conquer the people living in the coastal plain, because they had chariots with iron-rimmed wheels.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 106:35
    80%

    35They mixed in with the nations and learned their ways.

  • Deut 31:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4The LORD will do to them just what he did to Sihon and Og, the Amorite kings, and to their land, which he destroyed.

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

  • Ps 106:23-27
    5 verses
    71%

    23He threatened to destroy them, but Moses, his chosen one, interceded with him and turned back his destructive anger.

    24They rejected the fruitful land; they did not believe his promise.

    25They grumbled in their tents; they did not obey the LORD.

    26So he made a solemn vow that he would make them die in the wilderness,

    27make their descendants die among the nations, and scatter them among foreign lands.

  • 2 Kgs 17:40
    71%

    40But they pay no attention; instead they observe their earlier practices.

  • Judg 2:23
    71%

    23This is why the LORD permitted these nations to remain and did not conquer them immediately; he did not hand them over to Joshua.

  • 2 Kgs 17:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11They burned incense on all the high places just like the nations whom the LORD had driven away from before them. Their evil practices made the LORD angry.

    12They worshiped the disgusting idols in blatant disregard of the LORD’s command.

  • 2 Kgs 21:9
    70%

    9But they did not obey, and Manasseh misled them so that they sinned more than the nations whom the LORD had destroyed from before the Israelites.

  • 2 Kgs 18:12
    70%

    12This happened because they did not obey the LORD their God and broke his covenant with them. They did not pay attention to and obey all that Moses, the LORD’s servant, had commanded.

  • 2 Kgs 17:33-34
    2 verses
    70%

    33They were worshiping the LORD and at the same time serving their own gods in accordance with the practices of the nations from which they had been deported.

    34To this very day they observe their earlier practices. They do not worship the LORD; they do not obey the rules, regulations, law, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom he renamed Israel.

  • Ps 78:10
    70%

    10They did not keep their covenant with God, and they refused to obey his law.

  • Jer 5:10
    70%

    10The LORD commanded the enemy,“March through the vineyards of Israel and Judah and ruin them. But do not destroy them completely. Strip off their branches for these people do not belong to the LORD.

  • Ezek 20:17
    70%

    17Yet I had pity on them and did not destroy them, so I did not make an end of them in the wilderness.

  • 2 Kgs 17:19
    70%

    19Judah also failed to keep the commandments of the LORD their God; they followed Israel’s example.

  • Deut 20:16-18
    3 verses
    70%

    16Laws Concerning War with Canaanite Nations As for the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God is going to give you as an inheritance, you must not allow a single living thing to survive.

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

    18so that they cannot teach you all the abhorrent ways they worship their gods, causing you to sin against the LORD your God.

  • Ps 106:40-41
    2 verses
    70%

    40So the LORD was angry with his people and despised the people who belong to him.

    41He handed them over to the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.

  • Deut 12:4
    69%

    4You must not worship the LORD your God the way they worship.

  • Judg 2:21
    69%

    21So I will no longer remove before them any of the nations that Joshua left unconquered when he died,

  • Ps 28:5
    69%

    5For they do not understand the LORD’s actions, or the way he carries out justice. The LORD will permanently demolish them.

  • Jer 32:23
    69%

    23But when they came in and took possession of it, they did not obey you or live as you had instructed them. They did not do anything that you commanded them to do. So you brought all this disaster on them.

  • Ps 78:56
    69%

    56Yet they challenged and defied God Most High, and did not obey his commands.

  • Deut 7:2
    69%

    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!

  • Judg 2:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2but you must not make an agreement with the people who live in this land. You should tear down the altars where they worship.’ But you have disobeyed me. Why would you do such a thing?

    3At that time I also warned you,‘If you disobey, I will not drive out the Canaanites before you. They will ensnare you and their gods will lure you away.’”

  • Deut 8:20
    69%

    20Just like the nations the LORD is about to destroy from your sight, so he will do to you because you would not obey him.

  • Ps 106:33
    69%

    33for they aroused his temper, and he spoke rashly.

  • Josh 11:20
    69%

    20for the LORD determined to make them obstinate so they would attack Israel. He wanted Israel to annihilate them without mercy, as he had instructed Moses.

  • Deut 2:15
    69%

    15Indeed, it was the very hand of the LORD that eliminated them from within the camp until they were all gone.

  • Ps 78:37-38
    2 verses
    68%

    37They were not really committed to him, and they were unfaithful to his covenant.

    38Yet he is compassionate. He forgives sin and does not destroy. He often holds back his anger, and does not stir up his fury.

  • Exod 23:32
    68%

    32“You must make no covenant with them or with their gods.

  • 2 Chr 20:10
    68%

    10Now the Ammonites, Moabites, and men from Mount Seir are coming! When Israel came from the land of Egypt, you did not allow them to invade these lands. They bypassed them and did not destroy them.

  • 2 Kgs 17:15
    68%

    15They rejected his rules, the covenant he had made with their ancestors, and the laws he had commanded them to obey. They paid allegiance to worthless idols, and so became worthless to the LORD. They copied the practices of the surrounding nations in blatant disregard of the LORD’s command.

  • Josh 9:18
    68%

    18The Israelites did not attack them because the leaders of the community had sworn an oath to them in the name of the LORD God of Israel. The whole community criticized the leaders,

  • Judg 1:27
    68%

    27The men of Manasseh did not conquer Beth Shean, Taanach, or their surrounding towns. Nor did they conquer the people living in Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo or their surrounding towns. The Canaanites managed to remain in those areas.

  • Jer 44:5
    68%

    5But the people of Jerusalem and Judah would not listen or pay any attention. They would not stop the wickedness they were doing nor quit sacrificing to other gods.

  • Ps 147:20
    68%

    20He has not done so with any other nation; they are not aware of his regulations. Praise the LORD!

  • Judg 2:14
    68%

    14The LORD was furious with Israel and handed them over to robbers who plundered them. He turned them over to their enemies who lived around them. They could no longer withstand their enemies’ attacks.

  • Deut 7:23
    68%

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

  • 2 Chr 20:33
    68%

    33However, the high places were not eliminated; the people were still not devoted to the God of their ancestors.

  • Num 2:33
    68%

    33But the Levites were not numbered among the other Israelites, as the LORD commanded Moses.