Deuteronomy 9:4 Cross References

Deuteronomy 9:4

4: "After the LORD your God has done this for you, don't say to yourselves, `The LORD has given us this land because we are so righteous!' No, it is because of the wickedness of the other nations that he is doing it.

Deuteronomy 8:17

  1. He did it so you would never think that it was your own strength and energy that made you wealthy.

Deuteronomy 7:7

  1. "The LORD did not choose you and lavish his love on you because you were larger or greater than other nations, for you were the smallest of all nations!
  2. It was simply because the LORD loves you, and because he was keeping the oath he had sworn to your ancestors. That is why the LORD rescued you with such amazing power from your slavery under Pharaoh in Egypt.

Deuteronomy 12:31

  1. You must not do this to the LORD your God. These nations have committed many detestable acts that the LORD hates, all in the name of their gods. They have even burned their sons and daughters as sacrifices to their gods.

Deuteronomy 18:9

  1. "When you arrive in the land the LORD your God is giving you, be very careful not to imitate the detestable customs of the nations living there.
  2. For example, never sacrifice your son or daughter as a burnt offering. And do not let your people practice fortune-telling or sorcery, or allow them to interpret omens, or engage in witchcraft,
  3. or cast spells, or function as mediums or psychics, or call forth the spirits of the dead.
  4. Anyone who does these things is an object of horror and disgust to the LORD. It is because the other nations have done these things that the LORD your God will drive them out ahead of you.
  5. You must be blameless before the LORD your God.

Leviticus 18:24

  1. "Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, because this is how the people I am expelling from the Promised Land have defiled themselves.
  2. As a result, the entire land has become defiled. That is why I am punishing the people who live there, and the land will soon vomit them out.
  3. You must strictly obey all of my laws and regulations, and you must not do any of these detestable things. This applies both to you who are Israelites by birth and to the foreigners living among you.
  4. "All these detestable activities are practiced by the people of the land where I am taking you, and the land has become defiled.
  5. Do not give the land a reason to vomit you out for defiling it, as it will vomit out the people who live there now.

Deuteronomy 9:5

  1. It is not at all because you are such righteous, upright people that you are about to occupy their land. The LORD your God will drive these nations out ahead of you only because of their wickedness, and to fulfill the oath he had sworn to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Ezekiel 36:32

  1. But remember, says the Sovereign LORD, I am not doing this because you deserve it. O my people of Israel, you should be utterly ashamed of all you have done!

Romans 11:20

  1. Yes, but remember--those branches, the Jews, were broken off because they didn't believe God, and you are there because you do believe. Don't think highly of yourself, but fear what could happen.

1 Corinthians 4:4

  1. My conscience is clear, but that isn't what matters. It is the Lord himself who will examine me and decide.

2 Timothy 1:9

  1. It is God who saved us and chose us to live a holy life. He did this not because we deserved it, but because that was his plan long before the world began--to show his love and kindness to us through Christ Jesus.

Genesis 15:16

  1. After four generations your descendants will return here to this land, when the sin of the Amorites has run its course."

Romans 11:6

  1. And if they are saved by God's kindness, then it is not by their good works. For in that case, God's wonderful kindness would not be what it really is--free and undeserved.

Titus 3:3

  1. Once we, too, were foolish and disobedient. We were misled by others and became slaves to many wicked desires and evil pleasures. Our lives were full of evil and envy. We hated others, and they hated us.
  2. But then God our Savior showed us his kindness and love.
  3. He saved us, not because of the good things we did, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins and gave us a new life through the Holy Spirit.

Ephesians 2:4

  1. But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so very much,
  2. that even while we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God's special favor that you have been saved!)

Ezekiel 36:22

  1. "Therefore, give the people of Israel this message from the Sovereign LORD: I am bringing you back again but not because you deserve it. I am doing it to protect my holy name, which you dishonored while you were scattered among the nations.

1 Corinthians 4:7

  1. What makes you better than anyone else? What do you have that God hasn't given you? And if all you have is from God, why boast as though you have accomplished something on your own?
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