Bible Cross References
Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
Joshua 15:63
But the people of Judah were not able to drive out the Jebusites, who lived in Jerusalem. The Jebusites still live there with the people of Judah.
Joshua 16:10
But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites have lived among the Ephraimites to this day, but they have been forced to work as slaves.
Exodus 23:29-33
29
I will not drive them out within a year's time; if I did, the land would become deserted, and the wild animals would be too many for you.
30
Instead, I will drive them out little by little, until there are enough of you to take possession of the land.
31
I will make the borders of your land extend from the Gulf of Aqaba to the Mediterranean Sea and from the desert to the Euphrates River. I will give you power over the inhabitants of the land, and you will drive them out as you advance.
32
Do not make any agreement with them or with their gods.
33
Do not let those people live in your country; if you do, they will make you sin against me. If you worship their gods, it will be a fatal trap for you."
Numbers 33:52-56
52
you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land. Destroy all their stone and metal idols and all their places of worship.
53
Occupy the land and settle in it, because I am giving it to you.
54
Divide the land among the various tribes and clans by drawing lots, giving a large piece of property to a large clan and a small one to a small clan.
55
But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those that are left will be as troublesome as splinters in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they will fight against you.
56
If you do not drive them out, I will destroy you, as I planned to destroy them."
Judges 1:27
The tribe of Manasseh did not drive out the people living in the cities of Beth Shan, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and the nearby towns; the Canaanites continued to live there.
Judges 1:28
When the Israelites became stronger, they forced the Canaanites to work for them, but still they did not drive them all out.
Romans 6:12-14
12
Sin must no longer rule in your mortal bodies, so that you obey the desires of your natural self.
13
Nor must you surrender any part of yourselves to sin to be used for wicked purposes. Instead, give yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life, and surrender your whole being to him to be used for righteous purposes.
14
Sin must not be your master; for you do not live under law but under God's grace.