Psalms 135:4

Geneva Bible (1560)

For the Lord hath chosen Iaakob to himselfe, and Israel for his chiefe treasure.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 10:15 : 15 Notwithstanding, the Lord set his delite in thy fathers to loue them, and did choose their seede after them, euen you aboue all people, as appeareth this day.
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But yee are a chosen generation, a royall Priesthoode, an holy nation, a people set at libertie, that yee shoulde shewe foorth the vertues of him that hath called you out of darkenesse into his marueilous light,
  • Deut 7:6-7 : 6 For thou art an holy people vnto the Lord thy God, the Lorde thy God hath chosen thee, to be a precious people vnto himselfe, aboue all people that are vpon the earth. 7 The Lord did not set his loue vpon you, nor chose you, because ye were mo in number then any people: for ye were the fewest of all people:
  • Mal 3:17 : 17 And they shall be to me, sayeth the Lord of hostes, in that day that I shal do this, for a flocke, and I will spare them, as a man spareth his owne sonne that serueth him.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gaue him selfe for vs, that hee might redeeme vs from all iniquitie, and purge vs to bee a peculiar people vnto himselfe, zealous of good woorkes.
  • Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore if ye wil heare my voyce in deede, and keepe my couenant, then ye shalbe my chiefe treasure aboue all people, though all the earth be mine. 6 Yee shall be vnto mee also a kingdome of Priestes, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speake vnto the children of Israel.
  • Deut 32:9 : 9 For the Lordes portion is his people: Iaakob is the lot of his inheritance.
  • 1 Sam 12:22 : 22 For the Lorde will not forsake his people for his great Names sake: because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people.
  • Ps 33:12 : 12 Blessed is that nation, whose God is the Lord: euen the people that he hath chosen for his inheritance.
  • Ps 105:6 : 6 Ye seede of Abraham his seruant, ye children of Iaakob, which are his elect.
  • Isa 41:8 : 8 But thou, Israel, art my seruant, and thou Iaakob, whom I haue chosen, the seede of Abraham my friend.
  • Isa 43:20-21 : 20 The wilde beastes shall honour mee, the dragons and the ostriches, because I gaue water in the desert, and floods in the wildernesse to giue drinke to my people, euen to mine elect. 21 This people haue I formed for my selfe: they shall shewe foorth my praise.
  • Zech 2:10-12 : 10 Reioyce, and be glad, O daughter Zion: for loe, I come, and will dwell in the middes of thee, saith the Lord. 11 And many nations shall be ioyned to the Lord in that day, and shalbe my people: and I will dwell in the middes of thee, and thou shalt knowe that the Lord of hostes hath sent me vnto thee. 12 And the Lord shall inherite Iudah his portion in the holy lande, and shall chuse Ierusalem againe.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 14:2
    81%

    2 For thou art an holy people vnto ye Lorde thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a precious people vnto himselfe, aboue all the people that are vpon the earth.

  • Isa 44:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1 Yet nowe heare, O Iaakob my seruant, and Israel, whom I haue chosen.

    2 Thus sayeth the Lorde, that made thee, and formed thee from the wombe: he wil helpe thee. Feare not, O Iaakob, my seruaunt, and thou righteous, whome I haue chosen.

  • Ps 47:4
    80%

    4 Hee hath chosen our inheritance for vs: euen the glory of Iaakob whom he loued. Selah.

  • Ps 132:13-14
    2 verses
    80%

    13 For the Lord hath chosen Zion, and loued to dwell in it, saying,

    14 This is my rest for euer: here will I dwell, for I haue a delite therein.

  • Deut 32:9
    80%

    9 For the Lordes portion is his people: Iaakob is the lot of his inheritance.

  • Ps 33:12
    79%

    12 Blessed is that nation, whose God is the Lord: euen the people that he hath chosen for his inheritance.

  • 1 Chr 16:13
    79%

    13 O seede of Israel his seruant, O the children of Iaakob his chosen.

  • Deut 7:6-7
    2 verses
    79%

    6 For thou art an holy people vnto the Lord thy God, the Lorde thy God hath chosen thee, to be a precious people vnto himselfe, aboue all people that are vpon the earth.

    7 The Lord did not set his loue vpon you, nor chose you, because ye were mo in number then any people: for ye were the fewest of all people:

  • Isa 14:1
    78%

    1 For the Lord wil haue compassion of Iaakob, and wil yet chuse Israel, and cause them to rest in their owne lande: and the stranger shall ioyne him selfe vnto them, and they shall cleaue to the house of Iaakob.

  • Ps 105:6
    77%

    6 Ye seede of Abraham his seruant, ye children of Iaakob, which are his elect.

  • Jer 10:16
    76%

    16 The portion of Iaakob is not like them: for he is the maker of all things, and Israel is the rodde of his inheritance: the Lorde of hostes is his Name.

  • Jer 51:19
    76%

    19 The portion of Iaakob is not like them: for he is the maker of all things, and Israel is the rodde of his inheritance: the Lorde of hostes is his Name.

  • Deut 10:15
    76%

    15 Notwithstanding, the Lord set his delite in thy fathers to loue them, and did choose their seede after them, euen you aboue all people, as appeareth this day.

  • Isa 45:4
    76%

    4 For Iaakob my seruants sake, and Israel mine elect, I will euen call thee by thy name and name thee, though thou hast not knowen me.

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

    21 Moreouer what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whose God went to redeeme them to be his people, and to make thy selfe a Name, and to doe great and terrible things by casting out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast deliuered out of Egypt?

    22 For thou hast ordeined thy people Israel to be thine owne people for euer, and thou Lord art become their God.

  • Exod 19:5
    75%

    5 Now therefore if ye wil heare my voyce in deede, and keepe my couenant, then ye shalbe my chiefe treasure aboue all people, though all the earth be mine.

  • Zech 2:12
    74%

    12 And the Lord shall inherite Iudah his portion in the holy lande, and shall chuse Ierusalem againe.

  • Ps 135:5
    74%

    5 For I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is aboue all gods.

  • Deut 18:5
    74%

    5 For the Lorde thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stande and minister in the Name of the Lord, him, and his sonnes for euer.

  • 2 Chr 6:6
    74%

    6 But I haue chosen Ierusalem, that my Name might be there, & haue chosen Dauid to be ouer my people Israel.

  • 1 Chr 28:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4 Yet as the Lord God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father, to be King ouer Israel for euer (for in Iudah woulde he chuse a prince, & of the house of Iudah is the house of my father, & among the sonnes of my father he delited in me to make me King ouer all Israel)

    5 So of all my sonnes (for the Lord hath giuen me many sonnes) he hath euen chosen Salomon my sonne to sit vpo the throne of the kingdome of the Lord ouer Israel.

  • Isa 41:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8 But thou, Israel, art my seruant, and thou Iaakob, whom I haue chosen, the seede of Abraham my friend.

    9 For I haue taken thee from the endes of the earth, and called thee before the chiefe thereof, and saide vnto thee, Thou art my seruant: I haue chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

  • Ps 114:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 When Israel went out of Egypt, and the house of Iaakob from the barbarous people,

    2 Iudah was his sanctification, and Israel his dominion.

  • Isa 43:21
    73%

    21 This people haue I formed for my selfe: they shall shewe foorth my praise.

  • Ps 78:68
    73%

    68 But chose the tribe of Iudah, and mount Zion which he loued.

  • Deut 4:20
    73%

    20 But the Lorde hath taken you and brought you out of the yron fornace: out of Egypt to be vnto him a people and inheritance, as appeareth this day.

  • Ps 135:3
    73%

    3 Praise ye the Lord: for the Lorde is good: sing praises vnto his Name: for it is a comely thing.

  • Isa 34:17
    73%

    17 And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath deuided it vnto them by line: they shal possesse it for euer: from generation to generation shall they dwell in it.

  • Deut 4:37
    72%

    37 And because hee loued thy fathers, therefore hee chose their seede after them, and hath brought thee out of Egypt in his sight by his mightie power,

  • Ps 78:70
    72%

    70 He chose Dauid also his seruant, and tooke him from the shepefolds.

  • 1 Kgs 8:53
    72%

    53 For thou diddest separate them to thee from among all people of the earth for an inheritance, as thou saidest by the hand of Moses thy seruant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.

  • 1 Kgs 8:16
    72%

    16 Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no citie of all the tribes of Israel, to builde an house that my name might be there: but I haue chosen Dauid to be ouer my people Israel.

  • Jer 31:11
    72%

    11 For the Lorde hath redeemed Iaakob, and ransomed him from the hande of him, that was stronger then he.

  • Deut 26:18
    72%

    18 And the Lorde hath set thee vp this day, to be a precious people vnto him (as hee hath promised thee) and that thou shouldest keepe all his commandements,

  • Ps 106:5
    72%

    5 That I may see the felicitie of thy chosen, and reioyce in the ioy of thy people, and glorie with thine inheritance.

  • Isa 49:7
    72%

    7 Thus sayeth the Lorde the redeemer of Israel, and his Holie one, to him that is despised in soule, to a nation that is abhorred, to a seruaunt of rulers, Kinges shall see, and arise, and princes shall worship, because of the Lord, that is faithfull: and ye Holy one of Israel, which hath chosen thee.

  • 1 Chr 16:17
    71%

    17 And hath confirmed it to Iaakob for a Law, & to Israel for an euerlasting couenant,

  • Ps 105:43
    71%

    43 And he brought forth his people with ioy, and his chosen with gladnesse,

  • Jer 2:4
    71%

    4 Heare ye the word of the Lord, O house of Iaakob, and all the families of the house of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 7:24
    71%

    24 For thou hast ordeyned to thy selfe thy people Israel to be thy people for euer: and thou Lord art become their God.

  • Ezek 20:5
    71%

    5 And say vnto them, Thus saith the Lorde God, In the day when I chose Israel, and lift vp mine hand vnto the seede of the house of Iaakob, and made my selfe knowen vnto them in the land of Egypt, when I lift vp mine hand vnto them, and sayd, I am the Lord your God,

  • Ps 135:12
    71%

    12 And gaue their lande for an inheritance, euen an inheritance vnto Israel his people.

  • 1 Pet 2:9
    71%

    9 But yee are a chosen generation, a royall Priesthoode, an holy nation, a people set at libertie, that yee shoulde shewe foorth the vertues of him that hath called you out of darkenesse into his marueilous light,