Deuteronomy 7:17
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If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?You may say in your heart, “These nations are greater than we are; how can we drive them out?”
In other translations
If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?You may say in your heart, “These nations are greater than we are; how can we drive them out?”
Hebrew words
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- Numbers 33:53And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.You are to take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess.
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- Isaiah 47:8Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:So now hear this, O lover of luxury who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.’
- Luke 9:47And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him,But Jesus, knowing the thoughts of their hearts, had a little child stand beside Him.
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- Deuteronomy 18:21And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord hath not spoken?You may ask in your heart, “How can we recognize a message that the LORD has not spoken?”
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