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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Deuteronomy 9:5

Neither for thy upright heart, nor holy life, which are the two things which God above all things regards, 1 Chronicles 29:17 Psalms 15:1,2; and consequently he excludes all merit. And surely they who did not deserve this earthly Canaan, could not merit the kingdom of glory. That he may perform the word which he sware; to show my faithfulness in accomplishing that promise which I graciously made and confirmed with my oath. By which words it is implied, that this land was not given to them for the righteousness of their fathers, though they were righteous and holy persons, and much less for their own righteousness, which they had not, as it follows.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Deuteronomy 9:5. _FOR THE WICKEDNESS OF THESE NATIONS_] So then it was not by any _sovereign_ act of God that these people were cast out, but for their _wickedness_; they had transgressed the l...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    5. WARNING AGAINST SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THEIR PREVIOUS FAILURES Chapter S 9:1-10:11 _ 1. The warning (Deuteronomy 9:1)_ 2. The failures of the past (Deuteronomy 9:7) 3. The intercession of Moses...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    DEUTERONOMY 9:1_ a_. Israel's victory over the Canaanites due to the wickedness of their foes and Yahweh's promise. Deuteronomy 9:6. stiffnecked: lit. hard, _i.e._ obstinate, of neck (Exodus 32:9). Th...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    NOT. Compare Titus 3:5. Rom 11:6. 2 Timothy 1:9. THY FATHERS. All three named in connection with the oath....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _dost thou go in to possess_ Characteristic of the Sg. passages. _the wickedness of these nations wickedness_the direct opposite of _righteousness_; in disputes as to justice the _wicked_is the man wh...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 198 AGAINST SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS AND SELF-CONCEIT Deuteronomy 9:4. Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the Lord thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    b. HOW TO PREVENT THE THREAT (Deuteronomy 9:1 to Deuteronomy 11:21) (1) BY A REALISTIC SELF-EVALUATION (Deuteronomy 9:1 to Deut

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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, AN...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    PRACTICAL EXHORTATIONS (CONTINUED) The rebellions and provocations of the wilderness are recalled, to show the people that it is not of their own merit that they are to inherit the promises, nor by t...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 9 V1 ‘Listen to this, *Israelites. Now you will go across the River Jordan. You will go into th...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    NOT FOR THY RIGHTEOUSNESS... DOST THOU GO. — The pronoun is emphatic. There is no reason why _thou_ of all others shouldest be thus honoured....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    לֹ֣א בְ צִדְקָתְךָ֗ וּ בְ יֹ֨שֶׁר֙ לְבָ֣בְךָ֔

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    ISRAEL'S ELECTION, AND MOTIVES FOR FAITHFULNESS Deuteronomy 9:1; Deuteronomy 10:1; Deuteronomy 11:1 THE remaining Chapter s of this special introduction to the statement of the actual laws beginni

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    OFFENDING THE RIGHTEOUS GOD Deuteronomy 9:1 Who can read this chapter without emotion and admiration for its sublime eloquence! It is one of the most striking and moving Chapter s in this book! Mose...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    It is interesting to note that as the final announcement of their approaching entrance to the land was made the difficulties which the people had faced at Kadesh\-barnea were recognized as still confr...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    It is a precious consideration, in the view of distinguishing grace, that it originates in covenant mercy in JESUS. No one cause but the real cause, the sovereign will and pleasure of GOD, can be assi...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    In examining Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers, we have found what may be called an abstract typical system. That is, we see in them a number of institutions laid down by Jehovah, the pattern of which wa...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    5._Not for thy righteousness. _First of all, he would have the punishment inflicted upon these nations awaken the Israelites to fear, and thus that they should attribute nothing to themselves; because...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 8, 9, 10, AND 11. In chapter 8, in the most instructive and touching language as to the care God had taken of them, while keeping them in dependence, and His...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    NOT FOR THY RIGHTEOUSNESS, OR FOR THE UPRIGHTNESS OF THINE HEART,.... Neither for their external righteousness before men, or their outward conformity to the law, nor for the inward sincerity of their...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Not for thy righteousness_ Neither for thy upright heart nor holy life, the two things which God, above all others, regards. Here, therefore, all merit in them is excluded: and they are given to know...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Moses disswadeth them from the opinion of their owne righteousnesse, by rehearsing their seuerall rebellions. 1 HEARE, O Israel, thou art to passe ouer Iordan this day, to goe in, to possesse natio...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Not for thy righteousness or for the uprightness of thine heart, for that imaginary personal excellence, DOST THOU GO TO POSSESS THEIR LAND, this factor, if it existed, did not enter into the Lord's c...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Self-Righteousness Denounced....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    WARNINGS BECAUSE OF PREVIOUS REBELLIONS (vs.1-29) In spite of Israel's many failures in the wilderness. God would keep His Word to bring them to the land of promise. Israel is told to go in and dispo...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-6 Moses represents the strength of the enemies they were now to encounter. This was to drive them to God, and engage their hope in him. He assures them of victory, by the presence of God with them....

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    "Hear, O Israel; thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven; a people great and tall, the children of th...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Deuteronomy 9:5 righteousness H6666 uprightness H3476 heart H3824 go H935 (H8802) possess H3423 (H8800) land H776

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    CHAPTER 9 LET THEM NOT BECOME SELF-RIGHTEOUS, FOR THEY ARE A VERY STUBBORN PEOPLE. The thought of their forgetting Yahweh and taking the credit for themselves about their possession of the land and it...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Israel reminded of their unworthiness to possess the land in themselves. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob. CONCLUSION: Our gaining of the heavenly Canaan must be attribu...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Deuteronomy 9:1. _This day;_ at this time, or in the course of a month. Day is often used in scripture for the whole of a man's life, for a season, and for a short time. Deuteronomy 9:19. _I was afrai...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Not for thy righteousness._ THAT OUTWARD SUCCESS, PROSPERITY, AND GREATNESS IN THE WORLD IS NO TRUE EVIDENCE OF GRACE I. Men are very prone to make the outward prosperity and increase which God give...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Hear, O Israel._ THE CALL TO ATTENTION I. He represents to them the formidable strength of the enemies which they were now to encounter (Deuteronomy 9:1). This representation is much the same with t...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 9:1__ Continuing the theme of Israel’s “heart” problem, this section gives examples of Israel’s stubbornness. ⇐...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 9:4 DO NOT SAY IN YOUR HEART (see Deuteronomy 7:17 and note). While victory in the

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.—Moses dissuadeth them from self-righteousness by recital of past sins and rebellion. DEUTERONOMY 9:1. This day, this time. Once before they had been at the borders of Canaan; but did n...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION DISSUASIVES FROM SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS. DEUTERONOMY 9:1 Israel might acknowledge that it was of God's free gift that they possessed the land of Canaan, and yet might flatter themselves by th...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    As we have told you the word Deuteronomy means the second law. It is really a rehearsal, sort of a capsulation by Moses of the law that was given. Deuteronomy itself, though it covers the forty years...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 13:32; Acts 13:33; Acts 3:25; Exodus 32:13; Ezekiel 20:14;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Not for thy righteousness — Neither for thy upright heart, nor holy life, which are the two things which God above all things regards. And consequently he excludes all merit. And surely they who did n...

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