Deuteronomy 9:4

New American Bible - revised edition

After the Lord, your God, has driven them out of your way, do not say in your heart, “It is because of my justice the Lord has brought me in to possess this land, and because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord is dispossessing them before me.”

Cross References

Genesis 15:16

In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the wickedness of the Amorites is not yet complete.

Ezekiel 36:22

Therefore say to the house of Israel: Thus says the Lord God: Not for your sake do I act, house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy name, which you desecrated among the nations to which you came.

Ezekiel 36:32

Not for your sake do I act—oracle of the Lord God. Let this be known to you! Be ashamed and humbled because of your behavior, house of Israel.

Leviticus 18:3

You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you once lived, nor shall you do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you; do not conform to their customs.

Romans 11:20

That is so. They were broken off because of unbelief, but you are there because of faith. So do not become haughty, but stand in awe.

Romans 11:6

But if by grace, it is no longer because of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

1 Corinthians 4:4

I am not conscious of anything against me, but I do not thereby stand acquitted; the one who judges me is the Lord.

1 Corinthians 4:7

Who confers distinction upon you? What do you possess that you have not received? But if you have received it, why are you boasting as if you did not receive it?

Deuteronomy 12:31

You shall not worship the Lord, your God, that way, because they offered to their gods every abomination that the Lord detests, even burning their sons and daughters to their gods.

Deuteronomy 31:27

For I already know how rebellious and stiff-necked you will be. Why, even now, while I am alive among you, you have been rebels against the Lord! How much more, then, after I am dead!

Deuteronomy 8:17

Otherwise, you might say in your heart, “It is my own power and the strength of my own hand that has got me this wealth.”

Deuteronomy 9:24

You have been rebels against the Lord from the day I first knew you.

Deuteronomy 9:5

No, it is not because of your justice or the integrity of your heart that you are going in to take possession of their land; but it is because of their wickedness that the Lord, your God, is dispossessing these nations before you and in order to fulfill the promise he made on oath to your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Deuteronomy 9:7

Remember and do not forget how you angered the Lord, your God, in the wilderness. From the day you left the land of Egypt until you came to this place, you have been rebellious toward the Lord.

2 Timothy 1:9

He saved us and called us to a holy life, not according to our works but according to his own design and the grace bestowed on us in Christ Jesus before time began,