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Deuteronomy 9:5 Cross-References
Explore 15 cross-references for Deuteronomy 9:5 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Deuteronomy chapter 9 verse 5 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
Deuteronomy 9:5 (KJV)
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Commentary on Deuteronomy 9:5
Moses continues: 'Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land.' The doubled negation—'not for thy righteousness... not for uprightness'—emphatically refutes any merit-based claim. Instead, two reasons are given: God's judgment on Canaanite wickedness and God's faithfulness to patriarchal promises. The phrase 'perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob' grounds the conquest in covenant faithfulness spanning centuries. God's character and promises, not Israel's worthiness, drive redemptive history.
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Deuteronomy 9:5
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“which we did ourselves”
“and to your seed after you”
“and will give to your seed all these lands. In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed”
“I will give this land to your seed{or, offspring}. He built an altar there to Yahweh”
“I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.”
“I will give to you”
“Yahweh stood above it”
“that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations”
“that he might confirm the promises given to the fathers”
“his servant”