Deuteronomy 14:2

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.

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  • Deut 7:6 : 6 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
  • Lev 20:26 : 26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other peop, that ye should be mine.
  • Deut 26:18-19 : 18 And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shoulst keep all his commandments; 19 And to make thee high above all nations which he hath ma, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
  • Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
  • Lev 11:45 : 45 For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
  • Lev 19:2 : 2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.
  • Isa 62:12 : 12 And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
  • Deut 28:9 : 9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
  • Deut 14:21 : 21 Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
  • Ezek 21:2 : 2 Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
  • Dan 8:24 : 24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
  • Dan 12:7 : 7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
  • Isa 6:13 : 13 But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 7:6-7
    2 verses
    94%

    6 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

    7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:

  • Deut 26:17-19
    3 verses
    84%

    17 Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:

    18 And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shoulst keep all his commandments;

    19 And to make thee high above all nations which he hath ma, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.

  • Deut 10:15
    81%

    15 Only the LORD had a light in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.

  • Exod 19:5-6
    2 verses
    81%

    5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

    6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

  • Ps 135:4
    81%

    4 For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.

  • Lev 20:26
    80%

    26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other peop, that ye should be mine.

  • 1 Pet 2:9
    80%

    9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

  • Deut 28:9-10
    2 verses
    78%

    9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.

    10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.

  • Ps 33:12
    77%

    12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

  • 1 Chr 17:21-22
    2 verses
    77%

    21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?

    22 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.

  • 1 Kgs 8:53
    77%

    53 For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.

  • Deut 4:20
    76%

    20 But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.

  • Lev 19:2
    75%

    2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.

  • 2 Sam 7:23-24
    2 verses
    75%

    23 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?

    24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.

  • Lev 20:23-24
    2 verses
    74%

    23 And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

    24 But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other peop.

  • Deut 18:5
    74%

    5 For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.

  • Lev 20:7
    74%

    7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.

  • 1 Chr 16:13
    74%

    13 O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

  • Deut 28:1
    74%

    1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

  • Deut 29:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12 That thou shoulst enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:

    13 That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

  • Deut 14:1
    73%

    1 Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the ad.

  • Deut 12:26
    73%

    26 Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose:

  • Deut 27:9
    73%

    9 And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the LORD thy God.

  • Jer 30:22
    73%

    22 And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

  • Num 8:14
    73%

    14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.

  • Deut 18:13
    73%

    13 Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.

  • Deut 4:37-38
    2 verses
    73%

    37 And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;

    38 To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.

  • Deut 17:14
    72%

    14 When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;

  • Deut 9:6
    72%

    6 Unrstand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.

  • Lev 11:45
    72%

    45 For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

  • Ps 105:6
    72%

    6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.

  • Isa 44:1
    72%

    1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:

  • Deut 7:14
    72%

    14 Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.

  • Deut 32:9
    71%

    9 For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

  • Deut 12:29
    71%

    29 When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeest them, and dwellest in their land;

  • Deut 14:3
    71%

    3 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

  • Mal 3:12
    71%

    12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.

  • Lev 26:12
    71%

    12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my peop.

  • Exod 34:10
    71%

    10 And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.

  • Deut 4:7
    71%

    7 For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?