Deuteronomy 31:27

“Do not say in your heart when Yahweh your God has driven them out before you, saying, ‘Because of my righteousness Yahweh has brought me in to possess this land,’ but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that Yahweh is dispossessing them before you.

“So you shall know it is not because of your righteousness that Yahweh your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.

“Yahweh spoke further to me, saying, ‘I have seen this people, and indeed, they are a stiff-necked people.

“You have been rebellious against Yahweh from the day I knew you.

“But they, our fathers, acted presumptuously; They became stiff-necked and would not listen to Your commandments.

And not be like their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that did not prepare its heart And whose spirit was not faithful to God.

“Because I know that you are stiff, And your neck is an iron sinew And your forehead bronze,