Psalms 33:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 144:15 : 15 Happy is the nation whose ways are so ordered: yes, happy is the nation whose God is the Lord.
  • Ps 65:4 : 4 Happy is the man of your selection, to whom you give a resting-place in your house; we will be full of the good things out of your holy place.
  • Deut 33:29 : 29 Happy are you, O Israel: who is like you, a people whose saviour is the Lord, whose help is your cover, whose sword is your strength! All those who are against you will put themselves under your rule, and your feet will be planted on their high places.
  • 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.
  • John 15:16 : 16 You did not take me for yourselves, but I took you for myself; and I gave you the work of going about and producing fruit which will be for ever; so that whatever request you make to the Father in my name he may give it to you.
  • Eph 1:4 : 4 Even as he made selection of us in him from the first, so that we might be holy and free from all evil before him in love:
  • 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.
  • Ps 28:9 : 9 Be a saviour to your people, and send a blessing on your heritage: be their guide, and let them be lifted up for ever.
  • 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 7:6-8 : 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: 8 But because of his love for you, and in order to keep his oath to your fathers, the Lord took you out with the strength of his hand, making you free from the prison-house and from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.
  • Ps 135:4 : 4 For the Lord has taken Jacob for himself, and Israel for his property.
  • Ps 147:19-20 : 19 He makes his word clear to Jacob, teaching Israel his laws and his decisions. 20 He has not done these things for any other nation: and as for his laws, they have no knowledge of them. Let the Lord be praised.
  • Jer 10:16 : 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Ps 144:15
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    15 Happy is the nation whose ways are so ordered: yes, happy is the nation whose God is the Lord.

  • Deut 14:2
    77%

    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.

  • Deut 32:9
    77%

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

  • Ps 33:13
    77%

    13 The Lord is looking down from heaven; he sees all the sons of men;

  • Deut 7:6
    77%

    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.

  • Ps 106:5
    77%

    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.

  • Ps 132:13
    76%

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

  • Deut 4:7
    76%

    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?

  • Mal 3:12
    75%

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

  • Deut 10:15
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    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.

  • Ps 37:22
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    22 Those who have his blessing will have the earth for their heritage; but those who are cursed by him will be cut off.

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

  • Ps 47:4
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    4 He will give us our heritage, the glory of Jacob who is dear to him. (Selah.)

  • Ps 115:12
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    12 The Lord has kept us in mind and will give us his blessing; he will send blessings on the house of Israel and on the house of Aaron.

  • Ps 115:15
    74%

    15 May you have the blessing of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

  • Deut 33:29
    74%

    29 Happy are you, O Israel: who is like you, a people whose saviour is the Lord, whose help is your cover, whose sword is your strength! All those who are against you will put themselves under your rule, and your feet will be planted on their high places.

  • Isa 34:17
    74%

    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.

  • Ps 135:12
    74%

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

  • Deut 26:19
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    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.

  • Ps 89:15
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    15 Happy are the people who have knowledge of the holy cry: the light of your face, O Lord, will be shining on their way.

  • Ps 84:12
    74%

    12 O Lord of armies, happy is the man whose hope is in you.

  • Ps 112:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 Let the Lord be praised. Happy is the man who gives honour to the Lord, and has great delight in his laws.

    2 His seed will be strong on the earth; blessings will be on the generation of the upright.

  • Ps 111:6
    73%

    6 He has made clear to his people the power of his works, giving them the heritage of the nations.

  • Ps 28:9
    73%

    9 Be a saviour to your people, and send a blessing on your heritage: be their guide, and let them be lifted up for ever.

  • Ps 29:11
    73%

    11 The Lord will give strength to his people; the Lord will give his people the blessing of peace.

  • 2 Sam 7:23
    73%

    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?

  • 1 Kgs 8:53
    73%

    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.

  • Ps 65:4
    73%

    4 Happy is the man of your selection, to whom you give a resting-place in your house; we will be full of the good things out of your holy place.

  • Ps 33:11
    73%

    11 The Lord's purpose is eternal, the designs of his heart go on through all the generations of man.

  • Ps 146:5
    73%

    5 Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

  • Ps 28:6
    72%

    6 May the Lord be praised, because he has given ear to the voice of my prayer.

  • Ps 134:3
    72%

    3 May the Lord, who made heaven and earth, send you blessing out of Zion,

  • Zech 2:12
    72%

    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 10:16
    72%

    16 The Lord is King for ever and ever; the nations are gone from his land.

  • 1 Chr 29:10
    72%

    10 So David gave praise to the Lord before all the people; and David said, Praise be to you, O Lord the God of Israel, our father for ever and ever.

  • Ps 22:28
    72%

    28 For the kingdom is the Lord's; he is the ruler among the nations.

  • Ps 3:8
    72%

    8 Salvation comes from the Lord; your blessing is on your people. (Selah.)

  • Ps 135:19
    72%

    19 Give praise to the Lord, O children of Israel: give praise to the Lord, O sons of Aaron:

  • Ps 16:5
    72%

    5 The Lord is my heritage and the wine of my cup; you are the supporter of my right.

  • Isa 19:25
    72%

    25 Because of the blessing of the Lord of armies which he has given them, saying, A blessing on Egypt my people, and on Assyria the work of my hands, and on Israel my heritage.

  • Ps 40:4
    72%

    4 Happy is the man who has faith in the Lord, and does not give honour to the men of pride or to those who are turned away to deceit.

  • Ps 66:8
    72%

    8 Give blessings to our God, O you peoples, let the voice of his praise be loud;

  • Ps 106:48
    72%

    48 Praise be to the Lord God of Israel for ever and for ever; and let all the people say, So be it. Give praise to the Lord.

  • Prov 14:34
    72%

    34 By righteousness a nation is lifted up, but sin is a cause of shame to the peoples.

  • Jer 17:7
    72%

    7 A blessing is on the man who puts his faith in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.

  • Ps 85:9
    72%

    9 Truly, his salvation is near to his worshippers; so that glory may be in our land.