Deuteronomy 9:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people. ”

Deuteronomy 9:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou [art] a (e) stiffnecked people. (e) Like stubborn oxen who will not endure th...
Deuteronomy 9:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 9:1-7 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 ( Exo...
Deuteronomy 9:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 198 AGAINST SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS AND SELF-CONCEIT Deuteronomy 9:4-6 . Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the Lord thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righ...
Deuteronomy 9:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.
Deuteronomy 9:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 6. Understand, therefore, that—not—for thy righteousness — Moses repeats three times, in this and the foregoing verse, the same thing; because he well knew the heart of man so prone to vani...
Deuteronomy 9:6 - 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...
Deuteronomy 9:6 - 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 b...
Deuteronomy 9:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Understand therefore. — Literally, and thou knowest. Three times the formula occurs in these verses. “The children of Anak thou knowest; and thou knowest the Lord thy God; and (thirdly) thou know...
Deuteronomy 9:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

ISRAEL'S ELECTION, AND MOTIVES FOR FAITHFULNESS Deuteronomy 9:1-29 ; Deuteronomy 10:1-22 ; Deuteronomy 11:1-32 THE remaining Chapter s of this special introduction to the statement of the act...
Deuteronomy 9:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Offending the Righteous God Deuteronomy 9:1-14 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 bo...
Deuteronomy 9:6 - 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 conf...
Deuteronomy 9:6 - 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 ass...
Deuteronomy 9:6 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

GRACE, NOT MERIT ‘Understand therefore, that the Lord thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.’ Deuteronomy 9:6 I. The...
Deuteronomy 9:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Understand therefore that the Lord thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness ,.... This is again repeated to impress it upon their minds, that it was not for any goo...
Deuteronomy 9:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou [art] a stiffnecked people. Ver. 6. Understand therefore. ] We are wondrous...
Deuteronomy 9:6 - L. 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 d...
Deuteronomy 9:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Victory Promised. B. C. 1451. 1 Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day,...
Deuteronomy 9:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Rebellious and perverse, and so destitute of all pretence of righteousness; such were the people, but there were divers particular persons amongst them truly righteous and holy, and yet even their ri...
Deuteronomy 9:6 - 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 a...
Deuteronomy 9:6 - 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; b...
Deuteronomy 9:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Deuteronomy 9:6 I. The address of Moses is very different from the addresses of most captains of armies under similar circumstances. (1) He makes no attempt to underrate the power of the enemies w...
Deuteronomy 9:6 - 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...
Deuteronomy 9:6 - 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 9:1-2 ). This representation is much the sam...
Deuteronomy 9:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION DISSUASIVES FROM SELF - RIGHTEOUSNESS . Deuteronomy 9:1-5 Israel might acknowledge that it was of God's free gift that they possessed the land of Canaan, and yet might flat...
Deuteronomy 9:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Self-Righteousness Denounced.
Deuteronomy 9:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 30:8 ; 2 Chronicles 36:13 ; Acts 7:51 ; Deuteronomy 10:16 ; Deuteronomy 31:27 ; Deuteronomy 9:13 ; Deuteronomy 9:3 ; Deuteronomy 9:4 ; Exodus 32:9 ; Exodus 33:3 ; Exodus 34:9...
Deuteronomy 9:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Stiff — necked — Rebellious and perverse, and so destitute of all pretence of righteousness. And thus our gaining possession of the heavenly Canaan, must be ascribed to God's power, not our own mig...

Deuteronomy 9:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Deuteronomy 9:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 9:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Deuteronomy 9:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Deuteronomy 9:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Deuteronomy 9:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 9:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 9:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 9:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Deuteronomy 9:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Deuteronomy 9:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 9:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Deuteronomy 9:6 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Deuteronomy 9:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Deuteronomy 9:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Deuteronomy 9:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 9:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Deuteronomy 9:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Deuteronomy 9:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 9:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Deuteronomy 9:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Deuteronomy 9:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 9:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Deuteronomy 9:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Deuteronomy 9:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Deuteronomy 9:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 9:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes