Verse 2

For thou art a holy{H6918} people{H5971} unto Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} and Jehovah{H3068} hath chosen{H977} thee to be a people{H5971} for his own possession,{H5459} above all peoples{H5971} that are upon{H6440} the face of the earth.{H127}

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 7:6 : 6 For thou art a holy{H6918} people{H5971} unto Jehovah{H3068} thy God:{H430} Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} hath chosen{H977} thee to be a people{H5971} for his own possession,{H5459} above all peoples{H5971} that are upon the face{H6440} of the earth.{H127}
  • Lev 20:26 : 26 And ye shall be holy{H6918} unto me: for I, Jehovah,{H3068} am holy,{H6918} and have set{H914} you apart from the peoples,{H5971} that ye should be mine.
  • Deut 26:18-19 : 18 and Jehovah{H3068} hath avouched{H559} thee this day{H3117} to be a people{H5971} for his own possession,{H5459} as he hath promised{H1696} thee, and that thou shouldest keep{H8104} all his commandments;{H4687} 19 and to make{H5414} thee high{H5945} above all nations{H1471} that he hath made,{H6213} in praise,{H8416} and in name,{H8034} and in honor;{H8597} and that thou mayest be a holy{H6918} people{H5971} unto Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} as he hath spoken.{H1696}
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But{G1161} ye{G5210} are an elect{G1588} race,{G1085} a royal{G934} priesthood,{G2406} a holy{G40} nation,{G1484} a {G1519} people{G2992} for [God's] own possession,{G4047} that{G3704} ye may show forth{G1804} the excellencies{G703} of him who called{G2564} you{G5209} out of{G1537} darkness{G4655} into{G1519} his{G846} marvellous{G2298} light:{G5457}
  • Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey{H8085} my voice{H6963} indeed,{H8085} and keep{H8104} my covenant,{H1285} then ye shall be mine own possession{H5459} from among all peoples:{H5971} for all the earth{H776} is mine: 6 and ye shall be unto me a kingdom{H4467} of priests,{H3548} and a holy{H6918} nation.{H1471} These are the words{H1697} which thou shalt speak{H1696} unto the children{H1121} of Israel.{H3478}
  • Lev 11:45 : 45 For I am Jehovah{H3068} that brought{H5927} you up out of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} to be your God:{H430} ye shall therefore be holy,{H6918} for I am holy.{H6918}
  • Lev 19:2 : 2 Speak{H1696} unto all the congregation{H5712} of the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} and say{H559} unto them, Ye shall be holy;{H6918} for I Jehovah{H3068} your God{H430} am holy.{H6918}
  • Isa 62:12 : 12 And they shall call{H7121} them The holy{H6944} people,{H5971} The redeemed{H1350} of Jehovah:{H3068} and thou shalt be called{H7121} Sought out,{H1875} A city{H5892} not forsaken.{H5800}
  • Deut 28:9 : 9 Jehovah{H3068} will establish{H6965} thee for a holy{H6918} people{H5971} unto himself, as he hath sworn{H7650} unto thee; if thou shalt keep{H8104} the commandments{H4687} of Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} and walk{H1980} in his ways.{H1870}
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 who{G3739} gave{G1325} himself{G1438} for{G5228} us,{G2257} that{G2443} he might redeem{G3084} us{G2248} from{G575} all{G3956} iniquity,{G458} and{G2532} purify{G2511} unto himself{G1438} a people{G2992} for his own possession,{G4041} zealous{G2207} of good{G2570} works.{G2041}
  • Deut 14:21 : 21 Ye shall not eat{H398} of anything that dieth of itself:{H5038} thou mayest give{H5414} it unto the sojourner{H1616} that is within thy gates,{H8179} that he may eat{H398} it; or thou mayest sell{H4376} it unto a foreigner:{H5237} for thou art a holy{H6918} people{H5971} unto Jehovah{H3068} thy God.{H430} Thou shalt not boil{H1310} a kid{H1423} in its mother's{H517} milk.{H2461}
  • Ezek 21:2 : 2 Son{H1121} of man,{H120} set{H7760} thy face{H6440} toward Jerusalem,{H3389} and drop{H5197} [thy word] toward the sanctuaries,{H4720} and prophesy{H5012} against the land{H127} of Israel;{H3478}
  • Dan 8:24 : 24 And his power{H3581} shall be mighty,{H6105} but not by his own power;{H3581} and he shall destroy{H7843} wonderfully,{H6381} and shall prosper{H6743} and do [his pleasure];{H6213} and he shall destroy{H7843} the mighty{H6099} ones and the holy{H6918} people.{H5971}
  • Dan 12:7 : 7 And I heard{H8085} the man{H376} clothed{H3847} in linen,{H906} who was above{H4605} the waters{H4325} of the river,{H2975} when he held up{H7311} his right hand{H3225} and his left hand{H8040} unto heaven,{H8064} and sware{H7650} by him that liveth{H2416} for ever{H5769} that it shall be for a time,{H4150} times,{H4150} and a half;{H2677} and when they have made{H3615} an end of breaking in pieces{H5310} the power{H3027} of the holy{H6944} people,{H5971} all these things shall be finished.{H3615}
  • Isa 6:13 : 13 And if there be yet a tenth{H6224} in it, it also shall in turn{H7725} be eaten{H1197} up: as a terebinth,{H424} and as an oak,{H437} whose stock{H4678} remaineth, when they are felled;{H7995} so the holy{H6944} seed{H2233} is the stock{H4678} thereof.