Psalms 135:4
Indeed, the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel to be his special possession.
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- Deut 10:15 : 15 However, only to your ancestors did he show his loving favor, and he chose you, their descendants, from all peoples– as is apparent today.
- 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
- Deut 7:6-7 : 6 For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth. 7 The Basis of Israel’s Election It is not because you were more numerous than all the other peoples that the LORD favored and chose you– for in fact you were the least numerous of all peoples.
- Mal 3:17 : 17 “They will belong to me,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“in the day when I prepare my own special property. I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.
- Titus 2:14 : 14 He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.
- Exod 19:5-6 : 5 And now, if you will diligently listen to me and keep my covenant, then you will be my special possession out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine, 6 and you will be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you will speak to the Israelites.”
- Deut 32:9 : 9 For the LORD’s allotment is his people, Jacob is his special possession.
- 1 Sam 12:22 : 22 The LORD will not abandon his people because he wants to uphold his great reputation. The LORD was pleased to make you his own people.
- Ps 33:12 : 12 How blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom he has chosen to be his special possession.
- Ps 105:6 : 6 O children of Abraham, God’s servant, you descendants of Jacob, God’s chosen ones!
- Isa 41:8 : 8 The Lord Encourages His People“You, my servant Israel, Jacob whom I have chosen, offspring of Abraham my friend,
- Isa 43:20-21 : 20 The wild animals honor me, the jackals and ostriches, because I put water in the wilderness and streams in the wastelands, to quench the thirst of my chosen people, 21 the people whom I formed for myself, so they might praise me.”
- Zech 2:10-12 : 10 “Sing out and be happy, Zion my daughter! For look, I have come; I will settle in your midst,” says the LORD. 11 “Many nations will join themselves to the LORD on the day of salvation, and they will also be my people. Indeed, I will settle in the midst of you all.” Then you will know that the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has sent me to you. 12 The LORD will take possession of Judah as his portion in the holy land and he will choose Jerusalem once again.
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2For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.
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1The Lord Will Renew Israel“Now, listen, Jacob my servant, Israel whom I have chosen!”
2This is what the LORD, the one who made you, says– the one who formed you in the womb and helps you:“Don’t be afraid, my servant Jacob, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen!
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13Certainly the LORD has chosen Zion; he decided to make it his home.
14He said,“This will be my resting place forever; I will live here, for I have chosen it.
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6For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.
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1The LORD will certainly have compassion on Jacob; he will again choose Israel as his special people and restore them to their land. Resident foreigners will join them and unite with the family of Jacob.
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5And now, if you will diligently listen to me and keep my covenant, then you will be my special possession out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine,
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12The LORD will take possession of Judah as his portion in the holy land and he will choose Jerusalem once again.
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5Yes, I know the LORD is great, and our Lord is superior to all gods.
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5For the LORD your God has chosen them and their sons from all your tribes to stand and serve in his name permanently.
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5From all the many sons the LORD has given me, he chose Solomon my son to rule on his behalf over Israel.
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1When Israel left Egypt, when the family of Jacob left a foreign nation behind,
2Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his kingdom.
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21the people whom I formed for myself, so they might praise me.”
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68He chose the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loves.
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3Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good! Sing praises to his name, for it is pleasant!
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17He assigns them their allotment; he measures out their assigned place. They will live there permanently; they will settle in it through successive generations.
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37Moreover, because he loved your ancestors, he chose their descendants who followed them and personally brought you out of Egypt with his great power
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70He chose David, his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds.
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11For the LORD will rescue the descendants of Jacob. He will secure their release from those who had overpowered them.
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18And today the LORD has declared you to be his special people(as he already promised you) so you may keep all his commandments.
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5so I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones, rejoice along with your nation, and boast along with the people who belong to you.
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7This is what the LORD, the protector of Israel, their Holy One, says to the one who is despised and rejected by nations, a servant of rulers:“Kings will see and rise in respect, princes will bow down, because of the faithful LORD, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.”
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17He gave it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as a lasting promise,
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43When he led his people out, they rejoiced; his chosen ones shouted with joy.
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5and say to them:“‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: On the day I chose Israel I swore to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt. I swore to them,“I am the LORD your God.”
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12He gave their land as an inheritance, as an inheritance to Israel his people.
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9But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.