Deuteronomy, 9
6. Understand this, therefore: it is not because of your merits that the LORD, your God, is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.
6. Understand this, therefore: it is not because of your merits that the LORD, your God, is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.
Deuteronomy 9 highlights God's faithfulness to fulfill their promises to the people of Israel, even if they were rebellious and disobedient. The chapter also recalls the episode in which Moses interceded for the people, asking for God's mercy and his decision to destroy them. Below are five verses from other Bible books that relate to the topics addressed in Deuteronomy 9.
Psalm 106:6: "We sin, like our parents; we commit iniquities, we walk wickedly." This psalm recognizes the human tendency to sin and disobedience to God, which was the cause of the difficulties faced by the people of Israel.
Psalm 130:3-4: "If you, Lord, observe the iniquities, Lord, who will subsist? But forgiving is forgiveness, that you may be feared." This psalm highlights God's grace and mercy on forgiving those who repent and trust in Him, as was the case of Israel when Moses interceded for them.
Proverbs 28:13: "Which covers your transgressions will never prosper, but what confesses them and will reach mercy." This verse shows the importance of recognizing and confessing the sins to God to receive His mercy and forgiveness, as Moses did in the name of the people of Israel.
Jeremiah 31:33: "But this is the concert that I will do with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord, I shall put my law inside, and write it into His heart; and I will be your God and they will be my people. " This verse highlights God's promise to transform the hearts of His people and write their law into their hearts, that they may obey and be faithful to him.
Romans 3:23-24: "For all have sinned and deprived are of the glory of God; being justified free of charge by His grace, by redemption in Christ Jesus." This verse reinforces the idea that all have sinned and need God's grace and mercy to be justified and saved, as was the case with the people of Israel.
“O Anjo de Deus não nos abandona jamais.” São Padre Pio de Pietrelcina