Deuteronomy 14:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has taken you to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.

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  • Deut 7:6 : 6 For you are a holy people to the Lord your God: marked out by the Lord your God to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.
  • Lev 20:26 : 26 And you are to be holy to me; for I the Lord am holy and have made you separate from the nations, so that you may be my people.
  • Deut 26:18-19 : 18 And the Lord has made it clear this day that you are a special people to him, as he gave you his word; and that you are to keep all his orders; 19 And that he will make you high over all the nations he has made, in praise, in name, and in honour, and that you are to be a holy people to the Lord your God as he has said.
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.
  • Exod 19:5-6 : 5 If now you will truly give ear to my voice and keep my agreement, you will be my special property out of all the peoples: for all the earth is mine: 6 And you will be a kingdom of priests to me, and a holy nation. These are the words which you are to say to the children of Israel.
  • Lev 11:45 : 45 For I am the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God; so be you holy, for I am holy.
  • Lev 19:2 : 2 Say to all the people of Israel, You are to be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy.
  • Isa 62:12 : 12 And they will be named, The holy people, Those whose cause has been taken up by the Lord: and you will be named, Desired, A town not given up.
  • Deut 28:9 : 9 The Lord will keep you as a people holy to himself, as he has said to you in his oath, if you keep the orders of the Lord your God and go on walking in his ways.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.
  • Deut 14:21 : 21 You may not have as food anything which has come to a natural death; the man from another country who is living with you may take it for food, or you may get a price for it from one of another nation; for you are a holy people to the Lord your God. The young goat is not to be cooked in its mother's milk.
  • Ezek 21:2 : 2 Son of man, let your face be turned to Jerusalem, let your words be dropped in the direction of her holy place, and be a prophet against the land of Israel;
  • Dan 8:24 : 24 And his power will be great, and he will be purposing strange things. And all will go well for him and he will do his pleasure; and he will send destruction on the strong ones.
  • Dan 12:7 : 7 Then in my hearing the man clothed in linen, who was over the river, lifting up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, took an oath by him who is living for ever that it would be a time, times, and a half; and when the power of the crusher of the holy people comes to an end, all these things will be ended.
  • Isa 6:13 : 13 And even if there is still a tenth part in it, it will again be burned, like a tree of the woods whose broken end is still in the earth after the tree has been cut down (the holy seed is the broken end).

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 7:6-7
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    6 For you are a holy people to the Lord your God: marked out by the Lord your God to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.

    7 The Lord did not give you his love or take you for himself because you were more in number than any other people; for you were the smallest of the nations:

  • Deut 26:17-19
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    84%

    17 Today you have given witness that the Lord is your God, and that you will go in his ways and keep his laws and his orders and his decisions and give ear to his voice:

    18 And the Lord has made it clear this day that you are a special people to him, as he gave you his word; and that you are to keep all his orders;

    19 And that he will make you high over all the nations he has made, in praise, in name, and in honour, and that you are to be a holy people to the Lord your God as he has said.

  • Deut 10:15
    81%

    15 But the Lord had delight in your fathers and love for them, marking out for himself their seed after them, even you, from all peoples, as at this day.

  • Exod 19:5-6
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    81%

    5 If now you will truly give ear to my voice and keep my agreement, you will be my special property out of all the peoples: for all the earth is mine:

    6 And you will be a kingdom of priests to me, and a holy nation. These are the words which you are to say to the children of Israel.

  • Ps 135:4
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    4 For the Lord has taken Jacob for himself, and Israel for his property.

  • Lev 20:26
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    26 And you are to be holy to me; for I the Lord am holy and have made you separate from the nations, so that you may be my people.

  • 1 Pet 2:9
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    9 But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.

  • Deut 28:9-10
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    78%

    9 The Lord will keep you as a people holy to himself, as he has said to you in his oath, if you keep the orders of the Lord your God and go on walking in his ways.

    10 And all the peoples of the earth will see that the name of the Lord is on you, and they will go in fear of you.

  • Ps 33:12
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    12 Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he has taken for his heritage.

  • 1 Chr 17:21-22
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    21 And what other nation in the earth, like your people Israel, did a god go out to take for himself, to be his people, making his name great and to be feared, driving out the nations from before your people whom you made free and took out of Egypt?

    22 For your people Israel you made yours for ever; and you, Lord, became their God.

  • 1 Kgs 8:53
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    53 For you made them separate from all the peoples of the earth, to be your heritage, as you said by Moses your servant, when you took our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.

  • Deut 4:20
    76%

    20 But the Lord has taken you out of the flaming fire, out of Egypt, to be to him the people of his heritage, as you are today.

  • Lev 19:2
    75%

    2 Say to all the people of Israel, You are to be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy.

  • 2 Sam 7:23-24
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    23 And what other nation in the earth, like your people Israel, did a god go out to take for himself, to be his people, and to make a name for himself, and to do great and strange things for them, driving out a nation and its gods from before his people?

    24 But you took and made strong for yourself your people Israel, to be your people for ever; and you, Lord, became their God.

  • Lev 20:23-24
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    74%

    23 And do not keep the rules of the nations which I am driving out before you; for they did all these things, and for that reason my soul was turned against them.

    24 But I have said to you, You will take their land and I will give it to you for your heritage, a land flowing with milk and honey: I am the Lord your God who have made you separate from all other peoples.

  • Deut 18:5
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    5 For he, and his sons after him for ever, have been marked out by the Lord your God from all your tribes, to do the work of priests in the name of the Lord.

  • Lev 20:7
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    7 So make and keep yourselves holy, for I am the Lord your God.

  • 1 Chr 16:13
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    13 O you seed of Israel his servant, you children of Jacob, his loved ones.

  • Deut 28:1
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    1 Now if you give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and keep with care all these orders which I have given you today, then the Lord your God will put you high over all the nations of the earth:

  • Deut 29:12-13
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    73%

    12 With the purpose of taking part in the agreement of the Lord your God, and his oath which he makes with you today:

    13 And so that he may make you his people today, and be your God, as he has said to you, and as he made an oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

  • Deut 14:1
    73%

    1 You are the children of the Lord your God: you are not to make cuts on your bodies or take off the hair on your brows in honour of the dead;

  • Deut 12:26
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    26 But the holy things which you have, and the offerings of your oaths, you are to take to the place which will be marked out by the Lord:

  • Deut 27:9
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    9 Then Moses and the priests, the Levites, said to all Israel, Be quiet and give ear, O Israel; today you have become the people of the Lord your God.

  • Jer 30:22
    73%

    22 And you will be my people, and I will be your God.

  • Num 8:14
    73%

    14 So you are to make the Levites separate from the children of Israel, and the Levites will be mine.

  • Deut 18:13
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    13 You are to be upright in heart before the Lord your God.

  • Deut 4:37-38
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    37 And because of his love for your fathers, he took their seed and made it his, and he himself, present among you, took you out of Egypt by his great power;

    38 Driving out before you nations greater and stronger than you, to take you into their land and give it to you for your heritage, as at this day.

  • Deut 17:14
    72%

    14 When you have come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and have taken it for a heritage and are living in it, if it is your desire to have a king over you, like the other nations round about you;

  • Deut 9:6
    72%

    6 Be certain then that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land as a reward for your righteousness; for you are a stiff-necked people.

  • Lev 11:45
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    45 For I am the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God; so be you holy, for I am holy.

  • Ps 105:6
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    6 O you seed of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his loved ones.

  • Isa 44:1
    72%

    1 And now, give ear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have taken for myself:

  • Deut 7:14
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    14 You will have greater blessings than any other people: no male or female among you or among your cattle will be without offspring.

  • Deut 32:9
    71%

    9 For the Lord's wealth is his people; Jacob is the land of his heritage.

  • Deut 12:29
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    29 When the people of the land where you are going have been cut off before you by the Lord your God, and you have taken their land and are living in it;

  • Deut 14:3
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    3 No disgusting thing may be your food.

  • Mal 3:12
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    12 And you will be named happy by all nations: for you will be a land of delight, says the Lord of armies.

  • Lev 26:12
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    12 And I will be present among you and will be your God and you will be my people.

  • Exod 34:10
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    10 And the Lord said, See, this is what I will undertake: before the eyes of your people I will do wonders, such as have not been done in all the earth or in any nation: and all your people will see the work of the Lord, for what I am about to do for you is greatly to be feared.

  • Deut 4:7
    71%

    7 For what great nation has a god so near to them as the Lord our God is, whenever we are turned to him in prayer?