Psalms 135:4

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For the LORD has chosen Jacob for Himself, Israel as His treasured possession.

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  • Deut 10:15 : 15 Yet the LORD set His affection on your ancestors and loved them, and He chose their descendants after them, you above all peoples, as it is this day.
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
  • Deut 7:6-7 : 6 For you are a holy people to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be His treasured possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth. 7 The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
  • Mal 3:17 : 17 They will be mine, says the Lord of Hosts, on the day when I act. I will spare them as a father spares his son who serves him.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify a people for His own possession, who are eager to do good works.
  • Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now, if you will carefully listen to My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations, for the whole earth is Mine. 6 You will be for Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.
  • Deut 32:9 : 9 For the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.
  • 1 Sam 12:22 : 22 For the LORD will not abandon His people for the sake of His great name, because it has pleased the LORD to make you His people.
  • Ps 33:12 : 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He has chosen as His inheritance.
  • Ps 105:6 : 6 Descendants of Abraham, His servant, children of Jacob, His chosen ones.
  • Isa 41:8 : 8 But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham, my friend,
  • Isa 43:20-21 : 20 The animals of the field will honor Me— jackals and ostriches—because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people, 21 the people I formed for Myself, so they might proclaim My praise.
  • Zech 2:10-12 : 10 “Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD. 11 Ho! Zion, escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon. 12 For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: 'Afterglory—He has sent me against the nations that have plundered, hit His affect on marked prey which defines Exter.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 14:2
    81%

    2For you are a holy people set apart for the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be His treasured possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

  • Isa 44:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1But now listen, Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have chosen.

    2This is what the LORD says—your Maker and the One who formed you from the womb, who helps you: 'Do not fear, my servant Jacob, and Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.'

  • Ps 47:4
    80%

    4He subdues peoples under us and nations beneath our feet.

  • Ps 132:13-14
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    80%

    13For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place:

    14'This is My resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.'

  • Deut 32:9
    80%

    9For the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.

  • Ps 33:12
    79%

    12Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He has chosen as His inheritance.

  • 1 Chr 16:13
    79%

    13You descendants of Israel, his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

  • Deut 7:6-7
    2 verses
    79%

    6For you are a holy people to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be His treasured possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

    7The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.

  • Isa 14:1
    78%

    1For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob, and will again choose Israel, and He will settle them in their own land. Foreigners will join them and be united with the house of Jacob.

  • Ps 105:6
    77%

    6Descendants of Abraham, His servant, children of Jacob, His chosen ones.

  • Jer 10:16
    76%

    16The portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance—the Lord Almighty is His name.

  • Jer 51:19
    76%

    19The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Creator of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance; the Lord of Hosts is His name.

  • Deut 10:15
    76%

    15Yet the LORD set His affection on your ancestors and loved them, and He chose their descendants after them, you above all peoples, as it is this day.

  • Isa 45:4
    76%

    4For the sake of my servant Jacob and Israel, my chosen one, I have called you by name and given you a title of honor, though you do not know me.

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

    21And who is like your people Israel, the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as his own people, to make a name for yourself through great and awesome deeds, driving out nations before your people, whom you redeemed from Egypt?

    22You have made your people Israel your very own forever, and you, LORD, have become their God.

  • Exod 19:5
    75%

    5Now, if you will carefully listen to My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations, for the whole earth is Mine.

  • Zech 2:12
    74%

    12For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: 'Afterglory—He has sent me against the nations that have plundered, hit His affect on marked prey which defines Exter.

  • Ps 135:5
    74%

    5Indeed, I know that the LORD is great; our Lord is above all gods.

  • Deut 18:5
    74%

    5For the LORD your God has chosen him and his sons out of all your tribes to stand and minister in the name of the LORD forever.

  • 2 Chr 6:6
    74%

    6But I have chosen Jerusalem for My name to be there, and I have chosen David to rule over My people Israel.'

  • 1 Chr 28:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father's house to be king over Israel forever. He chose Judah as leader, and within the house of Judah, He was pleased to choose my father's family. And among the sons of my father, He was pleased with me to make me king over all Israel.

    5Of all my sons—for the LORD has given me many sons—He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the LORD’s kingdom over Israel.

  • Isa 41:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham, my friend,

    9I took you from the ends of the earth, from its farthest corners I called you. I said, 'You are my servant; I have chosen you and have not rejected you.'

  • Ps 114:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1When Israel came out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,

    2Judah became His sanctuary, Israel His dominion.

  • Isa 43:21
    73%

    21the people I formed for Myself, so they might proclaim My praise.

  • Ps 78:68
    73%

    68But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.

  • Deut 4:20
    73%

    20But the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be a people of His inheritance, as you are today.

  • Ps 135:3
    73%

    3Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; sing praises to His name, for it is pleasant.

  • Isa 34:17
    73%

    17He has cast the lot for them, and His hand has divided it among them with the measuring line. They will possess it forever; from generation to generation, they will dwell there.

  • Deut 4:37
    72%

    37Because He loved your ancestors, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt with His great power and presence.

  • Ps 78:70
    72%

    70He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds.

  • 1 Kgs 8:53
    72%

    53For You set them apart from all the peoples of the earth to be Your inheritance, as You spoke through Your servant Moses when You brought our ancestors out of Egypt, O LORD God.

  • 1 Kgs 8:16
    72%

    16'Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a house where My name might be, but I chose David to rule My people Israel.'

  • Jer 31:11
    72%

    11For the LORD has ransomed Jacob and redeemed him from the hand of one stronger than he.

  • Deut 26:18
    72%

    18And the LORD has declared today that you are His treasured people as He promised, and that you are to keep all His commandments.

  • Ps 106:5
    72%

    5That I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, rejoice in the joy of Your nation, and glory with Your inheritance.

  • Isa 49:7
    72%

    7This is what the Lord, the Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, says: To the one despised and abhorred by the nations, to the servant of rulers: Kings will see you and stand to attention, and princes will bow down because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.

  • 1 Chr 16:17
    71%

    17He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant.

  • Ps 105:43
    71%

    43He brought out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with joyful singing.

  • Jer 2:4
    71%

    4Hear the word of the LORD, house of Jacob, and all the clans of the house of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 7:24
    71%

    24And you established your people Israel as your own people forever, and you, O LORD, became their God.

  • Ezek 20:5
    71%

    5Say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: On the day I chose Israel and lifted up my hand in an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob, I made myself known to them in the land of Egypt and lifted up my hand to say, "I am the LORD your God."'

  • Ps 135:12
    71%

    12He gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance to His people Israel.

  • 1 Pet 2:9
    71%

    9But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.