Psalms 135:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For the Lord has taken Jacob for himself, and Israel for his property.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 10:15 : 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.
  • 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.
  • Deut 7:6-7 : 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:
  • Mal 3:17 : 17 And they will be mine, says the Lord, in the day when I make them my special property; and I will have mercy on them as a man has mercy on his son who is his servant.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Deut 32:9 : 9 For the Lord's wealth is his people; Jacob is the land of his heritage.
  • 1 Sam 12:22 : 22 For the Lord will not give his people up, because of the honour of his name; for it was the Lord's pleasure to make of you a people for himself.
  • Ps 33:12 : 12 Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he has taken for his heritage.
  • Ps 105:6 : 6 O you seed of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his loved ones.
  • Isa 41:8 : 8 But as for you, Israel, my servant, and you, Jacob, whom I have taken for myself, the seed of Abraham my friend:
  • Isa 43:20-21 : 20 The beasts of the field will give me honour, the jackals and the ostriches: because I send out waters in the waste land, and rivers in the dry country, to give drink to the people whom I have taken for myself: 21 Even the people whom I made to be the witnesses of my praise.
  • Zech 2:10-12 : 10 Ho, ho! go in flight from the land of the north, says the Lord: for I have sent you far and wide to the four winds of heaven, says the Lord. 11 Ho! Zion, go in flight from danger, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon. 12 For this is what the Lord of armies has said: In the way of glory he has sent me to the nations which have taken your goods: for anyone touching you is touching what is most dear to him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 14:2
    81%

    2 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.

  • Isa 44:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

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

    2 The Lord who made you, forming you in your mother's body, the Lord, your helper, says, Have no fear, O Jacob my servant, and you, Jeshurun, whom I have taken for myself.

  • Ps 47:4
    80%

    4 He will give us our heritage, the glory of Jacob who is dear to him. (Selah.)

  • Ps 132:13-14
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    80%

    13 For the Lord's heart is on Zion, desiring it for his resting-place.

    14 This is my rest for ever: here will I ever be; for this is my desire.

  • Deut 32:9
    80%

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

  • Ps 33:12
    79%

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

  • 1 Chr 16:13
    79%

    13 O you seed of Israel his servant, you children of Jacob, his loved ones.

  • Deut 7:6-7
    2 verses
    79%

    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:

  • Isa 14:1
    78%

    1 For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will again make Israel his special people, and will put them in their land; and the man from a strange country will take his place among them and be joined to the family of Jacob.

  • Ps 105:6
    77%

    6 O you seed of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his loved ones.

  • Jer 10:16
    76%

    16 The heritage of Jacob is not like these; for the maker of all things is his heritage: the Lord of armies is his name.

  • Jer 51:19
    76%

    19 The heritage of Jacob is not like these; for the maker of all things is his heritage: the Lord of armies is his name.

  • Deut 10:15
    76%

    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.

  • Isa 45:4
    76%

    4 Because of Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have taken for myself, I have sent for you by name, giving you a name of honour, though you had no knowledge of me.

  • 1 Chr 17:21-22
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

  • Exod 19:5
    75%

    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:

  • Zech 2:12
    74%

    12 For this is what the Lord of armies has said: In the way of glory he has sent me to the nations which have taken your goods: for anyone touching you is touching what is most dear to him.

  • Ps 135:5
    74%

    5 I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is greater than all other gods.

  • Deut 18:5
    74%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 6:6
    74%

    6 But now I have made selection of Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and of David, to be over my people Israel.

  • 1 Chr 28:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4 Though the Lord, the God of Israel, took me out of all my father's family, to be king over Israel for ever, marking out Judah to be chief, and, of the people of Judah, my father's family; and among the sons of my father he was pleased to make me king over all Israel;

    5 And of all my sons (for the Lord has given me a great number of sons) he has made selection of Solomon to take his place on the seat of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.

  • Isa 41:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8 But as for you, Israel, my servant, and you, Jacob, whom I have taken for myself, the seed of Abraham my friend:

    9 You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and sent for from its farthest parts, saying to you, You are my servant, whom I have taken for myself, and whom I have not given up:

  • Ps 114:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 When Israel came out of Egypt, the children of Jacob from a people whose language was strange to them;

    2 Judah became his holy place, and Israel his kingdom.

  • Isa 43:21
    73%

    21 Even the people whom I made to be the witnesses of my praise.

  • Ps 78:68
    73%

    68 But he took the tribe of Judah for himself, and the mountain of Zion, in which he had pleasure.

  • Deut 4:20
    73%

    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.

  • Ps 135:3
    73%

    3 Give praise to Jah, for he is good: make melody to his name, for it is pleasing.

  • Isa 34:17
    73%

    17 And he has given them their heritage, and by his hand it has been measured out to them: it will be theirs for ever, their resting-place from generation to generation.

  • Deut 4:37
    72%

    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;

  • Ps 78:70
    72%

    70 He took David to be his servant, taking him from the place of the flocks;

  • 1 Kgs 8:53
    72%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 8:16
    72%

    16 From the day when I took my people Israel out of Egypt, no town in all the tribes of Israel has been marked out by me for the building of a house for the resting-place of my name; but I made selection of David to be king over my people Israel.

  • Jer 31:11
    72%

    11 For the Lord has given a price for Jacob, and made him free from the hands of him who was stronger than he.

  • Deut 26:18
    72%

    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;

  • Ps 106:5
    72%

    5 So that I may see the well-being of the people of your selection, and have a part in the joy of your nation, and take pride in your heritage.

  • Isa 49:7
    72%

    7 The Lord who takes up Israel's cause, even his Holy One, says to him whom men make sport of, who is hated by the nations, a servant of rulers: Kings will see and get up from their places, and chiefs will give worship: because of the Lord who keeps faith; even the Holy One of Israel who has taken you for himself.

  • 1 Chr 16:17
    71%

    17 And he gave it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an eternal agreement;

  • Ps 105:43
    71%

    43 And he took his people out with joy, the men of his selection with glad cries:

  • Jer 2:4
    71%

    4 Give ear to the words of the Lord, O sons of Jacob and all the families of Israel:

  • 2 Sam 7:24
    71%

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

  • Ezek 20:5
    71%

    5 And say to them, This is what the Lord has said: In the day when I took Israel for myself, when I made an oath to the seed of the family of Jacob, and I gave them knowledge of myself in the land of Egypt, saying to them with an oath, I am the Lord your God;

  • Ps 135:12
    71%

    12 And gave their land for a heritage, even for a heritage to Israel his people.

  • 1 Pet 2:9
    71%

    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.