Psalms 78:68

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

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  • Ps 87:2 : 2 The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
  • Ps 132:12-14 : 12 If your sons keep My covenant and My testimony that I shall teach them, their sons also will sit upon your throne forever. 13 For 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.'
  • Gen 49:8-9 : 8 'Judah, your brothers will praise you; your hand will be on the neck of your enemies, and your father's sons will bow down to you.' 9 'Judah is a lion's cub; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stoops down, he crouches like a lion, and like a lioness—who dares to rouse him? 10 'The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he to whom it belongs shall come, and the obedience of the peoples shall be his.'
  • Ruth 4:17-22 : 17 The women living there said, 'Naomi has a son!' And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David. 18 Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez fathered Hezron, 19 Hezron fathered Ram, and Ram fathered Amminadab, 20 Amminadab fathered Nahshon, and Nahshon fathered Salmon, 21 Salmon fathered Boaz, and Boaz fathered Obed, 22 Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David.
  • 1 Sam 16:1 : 1 The LORD said to Samuel, "How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have chosen a king for myself among his sons."
  • 2 Chr 6:6 : 6 But I have chosen Jerusalem for My name to be there, and I have chosen David to rule over My people Israel.'

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  • Ps 78:67
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    67He rejected the tent of Joseph and did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.

  • Ps 132:13-14
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    78%

    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.'

  • Ps 78:69-71
    3 verses
    76%

    69He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth that He established forever.

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

    71From tending the nursing ewes, He brought him to shepherd Jacob, His people, and Israel, His inheritance.

  • 2 Chr 6:5-6
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    75%

    5'From the day I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city from any of the tribes of Israel to build a house for My name to be there, nor did I choose any man to be a ruler over My people Israel.

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

  • Ps 47:4
    74%

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

  • 1 Chr 28:4-5
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    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.

  • 1 Kgs 8:16
    74%

    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.'

  • Ps 135:4
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    4For the LORD has chosen Jacob for Himself, Israel as His treasured possession.

  • Zech 2:12
    73%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 11:32
    73%

    32'But one tribe will remain for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.'

  • Ps 87:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1A psalm, a song of the sons of Korah: His foundation is on the holy mountains.

    2The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

  • Ps 114:2
    70%

    2Judah became His sanctuary, Israel His dominion.

  • Ps 68:16
    70%

    16The mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; a mountain of many peaks is Mount Bashan.

  • Deut 10:15
    69%

    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.

  • Ps 69:35
    69%

    35Let the heavens and the earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them.

  • Ps 97:8
    69%

    8Zion hears and is glad, and the daughters of Judah rejoice because of Your judgments, O Lord.

  • Ps 48:11
    69%

    11As Your name, O God, so is Your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is filled with righteousness.

  • Deut 7:6-7
    2 verses
    69%

    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.

  • Deut 18:5
    69%

    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 Sam 5:7
    68%

    7But David captured the stronghold of Zion, which is now the City of David.

  • 1 Chr 16:13
    68%

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

  • Ps 33:12
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    12Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He has chosen as His inheritance.

  • Ps 105:6
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    6Descendants of Abraham, His servant, children of Jacob, His chosen ones.

  • Ps 2:6
    67%

    6I have installed My King on Zion, My holy mountain.

  • Isa 65:9
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    9I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and from Judah those who will inherit my mountains. My chosen ones will inherit it, and my servants will dwell there.

  • Ps 74:2
    67%

    2Remember Your congregation, which You purchased of old, the tribe of Your inheritance, which You redeemed—Mount Zion, where You have dwelled.

  • Ps 78:54-55
    2 verses
    67%

    54He brought them to His holy border, to the mountain His right hand had acquired.

    55He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance with a measuring line; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

  • 1 Kgs 11:13
    67%

    13'However, I will not tear away the entire kingdom. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of David My servant and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.'

  • 1 Kgs 11:36
    67%

    36'But to his son, I will give one tribe, so that My servant David may always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen for Myself to put My name there.'

  • Isa 44:1
    67%

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

  • Ps 48:2
    67%

    2Great is the LORD and highly praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.

  • Ps 76:1-2
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    1For the director, with stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph, a song.

    2God is known in Judah; His name is great in Israel.

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  • Ps 65:4
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    4Though our sins overwhelm us, you forgive our transgressions.

  • Ps 26:8
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    8Lord, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.

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

  • Ps 60:7
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    7That your beloved ones may be delivered, save with your right hand and answer me.

  • Acts 7:46
    66%

    46David found favor in God’s sight and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.

  • Ps 78:60
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    60He abandoned the tabernacle at Shiloh, the tent where He had dwelled among humanity.

  • Josh 7:16
    66%

    16Early the next morning, Joshua had Israel come forward by tribes, and the tribe of Judah was taken.

  • Neh 9:8
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    8You found his heart faithful before You, and You made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites, and Girgashites to his descendants. And You have kept Your promise because You are righteous.