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Deuteronomy 9:5

WEB

5Not for your righteousness or for the uprightness of your heart do you go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD your God does drive them out from before you, and that he may establish the word which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

KJV

5Not 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.

BSB

5It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

FBV

5It's not because you're so good or moral that you're going to take over their land. No, it's because of their wickedness that the Lord your God is driving out these nations ahead of you, to keep the promise he made to your fathers—to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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Extra References

Titus 3:5

5not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

Genesis 17:8

8I will give to you, and to your offspring after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God.”

Genesis 26:4

4I will multiply your offspring as the stars of the sky, and will give all these lands to your offspring. In your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed,

Genesis 12:7

7The LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.”[+] He built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

Genesis 15:7

7He said to Abram, “I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.”

Genesis 13:15

15for I will give all the land which you see to you and to your offspring forever.

Ezekiel 20:14

14But I worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.

Genesis 28:13

13Behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, “I am the LORD, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. I will give the land you lie on to you and to your offspring.

Romans 11:28

28Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sake.

Micah 7:20

20You will give truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.