24 They answered Joshua: »For the reason that it was absolutely told to your servants, how Jehovah your God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and destroy all the inhabitants of the land. Therefore we were very afraid for our lives because of you. So we did this thing.
Joshua 9:24 Cross References - NSB
Exodus 15:14-16
14 »Nations learned of this and trembled. The Philistines shook with horror.
15 »The sheiks (chiefs) of Edom were dismayed. The leaders of Moab are griped with fear. The inhabitants of Canaan are filled with fear.
16 »Terror and dread fall upon them. By the greatness of your arm they are motionless as stone. Until your people pass over, O Jehovah, until the people pass over whom you have purchased.
Exodus 23:31-33
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. You will drive them out as you advance.
32 »Do not make any agreement with them or with their gods.
33 »Do not allow them to live in your land for they will make you sin against me. If you serve their gods it will be a snare to you.«
Numbers 33:51-52
Numbers 33:55-56
Deuteronomy 7:1-2
1 »Jehovah your God will bring you into the land you are to possess. He will clear away many nations ahead of you. The nations he will clear: the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, Hivites, and the Jebusites. These seven nations are larger and mightier than you.
2 »Jehovah your God will deliver them to you. You must crush them! Completely destroy them. You should make no covenant with them. Do not show them mercy.
Deuteronomy 7:23-24
Deuteronomy 20:15-17
15 »This is what you must do to all the cities that are far away that do not belong to the nations nearby.
16 »Do not spare anyone's life in the cities of these nations Jehovah your God is giving you as your property.
17 »You must capture the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites for Jehovah and completely destroy them. Jehovah your God commands you.
Joshua 9:9
9 They said: »From a very far country, your servants came because of the name of Jehovah your God, for we have heard about him and all he did in Egypt;
Job 2:4
4 Satan answered Jehovah: »Skin for skin! Certainly, a man will give everything he has for his life.
Matthew 10:28
28 »Do not fear those who kill the body. They are not able to take away your [everlasting] life. Instead, fear him who is able to destroy both life and body in the ever-burning fires. (Greek: Gehenna: continuously burning trash fires in the valley of Hinnom.)