Judges 3:1

New Century Version

These are the nations the Lord did not force to leave. He wanted to test the Israelites who had not fought in the wars of Canaan.

Cross References

1 Kings 9:21

They were descendants of people that the Israelites had not destroyed. Solomon forced them to work for him as slaves, as is still true today.

2 Chronicles 32:31

But one time the leaders of Babylon sent messengers to Hezekiah, asking him about a strange sign that had happened in the land. When they came, God left Hezekiah alone to test him so he could know everything that was in Hezekiah’s heart.

Job 23:10

But God knows the way that I take, and when he has tested me, I will come out like gold.

Exodus 15:25

So Moses cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree. When Moses threw the tree into the water, the water became good to drink. There the Lord gave the people a rule and a law to live by, and there he tested their loyalty to him.

Proverbs 17:3

A hot furnace tests silver and gold, but the Lord tests hearts.

Jeremiah 6:27

“Jeremiah, I have made you like a worker who tests metal, and my people are like the ore. You must observe their ways and test them.

Zechariah 13:9

The third that is left I will test with fire, purifying them like silver, testing them like gold. Then they will call on me, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘You are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”

John 2:24

But Jesus did not believe in them because he knew them all.

Deuteronomy 7:22

When the Lord your God forces those nations out of the land, he will do it little by little ahead of you. You won’t be able to destroy them all at once; otherwise, the wild animals will grow too many in number.

Deuteronomy 8:16

and manna to eat in the desert. Manna was something your ancestors had never seen. He did this to take away your pride and to test you, so things would go well for you in the end.

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember how the Lord your God has led you in the desert for these forty years, taking away your pride and testing you, because he wanted to know what was in your heart. He wanted to know if you would obey his commands.

1 Peter 1:7

These troubles come to prove that your faith is pure. This purity of faith is worth more than gold, which can be proved to be pure by fire but will ruin. But the purity of your faith will bring you praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is shown to you.

1 Peter 4:12

My friends, do not be surprised at the terrible trouble which now comes to test you. Do not think that something strange is happening to you.

Revelation 2:23

I will also kill her followers. Then all the churches will know I am the One who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you for what you have done.

Judges 1:1

After Joshua died, the Israelites asked the Lord, “Who will be first to go and fight for us against the Canaanites?”

Judges 2:10

After those people had died, their children grew up and did not know the Lord or what he had done for Israel.

Judges 2:23

In the past the Lord had permitted those nations to stay in the land. He did not quickly force them out or help Joshua’s army defeat them.

Judges 3:2

(The only reason the Lord left those nations in the land was to teach the descendants of the Israelites who had not fought in those wars how to fight.)