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Deuteronomy 9:5

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.

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Deuteronomy 9:5

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.

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Alma 9 — Have Ye Forgotten the Tradition of Your Fathers — Alma's Covenant Memory Sermon and the Doctrine That It Shall Be More Tolerable for the Lamanites
Alma 21 — Aaron in the City of Jerusalem — The Amalekites and Amulonites, the Synagogue Disputation, and the Prison of Middoni
Enos 1 — Enos's Wrestle — The Hunt That Became a Prayer, Intercession for Brethren and Enemies, the Promise of Preservation
Ether 3 — He Could Not Be Kept From Within the Veil — The Sixteen Stones, the Finger of the Lord, and the Unveiling of Christ
Helaman 5 — Remember, Remember — The Rock, the Prison, and the Voice of Perfect Mildness
Mosiah 1 — Benjamin's Father-Discourse — Language, Records, the Mysteries, and the Name That Shall Never Be Blotted Out
Mosiah 10 — The Tradition of the Fathers — A Wrong That Is Taught, A Hatred That Is Inherited, A Deliverance That Comes by Remembrance
1 Kings 21 — The Vineyard Hard by the Palace — Naboth's Costly No, Jezebel's Letters, the Blood the Dogs Licked, and the Sackcloth That Moved Heaven
Job 42 — Now Mine Eye Seeth Thee — Job Repents by Encounter, God Vindicates His Servant Over the Friends, Job Prays for Those Who Wronged Him, and the Latter End Is Blessed More Than the Beginning
Psalms 22 — The Psalm from the Cross — Forsaken, Pierced, and the Praise That Reaches the Ends of the World

Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge via openbible.info (CC BY) and from this project’s own chapter essays. Read Deuteronomy 9:5 in context.