Verse 2

For thou art an holy{H6918} people{H5971} unto the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, and the LORD{H3068} hath chosen{H977}{(H8804)} thee to be a peculiar{H5459} people{H5971} unto himself, above all the nations{H5971} that are upon{H6440} the earth{H127}.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 7:6 : 6 For thou art an holy{H6918} people{H5971} unto the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}: the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} hath chosen{H977}{(H8804)} thee to be a special{H5459} people{H5971} unto himself, above all people{H5971} that are upon the face{H6440} of the earth{H127}.
  • Lev 20:26 : 26 And ye shall be holy{H6918} unto me: for I the LORD{H3068} am holy{H6918}, and have severed{H914}{(H8686)} you from other people{H5971}, that ye should be mine.
  • Deut 26:18-19 : 18 And the LORD{H3068} hath avouched{H559}{(H8689)} thee this day{H3117} to be his peculiar{H5459} people{H5971}, as he hath promised{H1696}{(H8765)} thee, and that thou shouldest keep{H8104}{(H8800)} all his commandments{H4687}; 19 And to make{H5414}{(H8800)} thee high{H5945} above all nations{H1471} which he hath made{H6213}{(H8804)}, in praise{H8416}, and in name{H8034}, and in honour{H8597}; and that thou mayest be an holy{H6918} people{H5971} unto the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, as he hath spoken{H1696}{(H8765)}.
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But{G1161} ye{G5210} are a chosen{G1588} generation{G1085}, a royal{G934} priesthood{G2406}, an holy{G40} nation{G1484}, a peculiar{G1519}{G4047} people{G2992}; that{G3704} ye should shew forth{G1804}{(G5661)} the praises{G703} of him who hath called{G2564}{(G5660)} you{G5209} out of{G1537} darkness{G4655} into{G1519} his{G846} marvellous{G2298} light{G5457}:
  • Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey{H8085}{(H8799)} my voice{H6963} indeed{H8085}{(H8800)}, and keep{H8104}{(H8804)} my covenant{H1285}, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure{H5459} unto me above all people{H5971}: for all the earth{H776} is mine: 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom{H4467} of priests{H3548}, and an holy{H6918} nation{H1471}. These are the words{H1697} which thou shalt speak{H1696}{(H8762)} unto the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}.
  • Lev 11:45 : 45 For I am the LORD{H3068} that bringeth{H5927}{(H8688)} you up out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, to be your God{H430}: ye shall therefore be holy{H6918}, for I am holy{H6918}.
  • Lev 19:2 : 2 Speak{H1696}{(H8761)} unto all the congregation{H5712} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, and say{H559}{(H8804)} unto them, Ye shall be holy{H6918}: for I the LORD{H3068} your God{H430} am holy{H6918}.
  • Isa 62:12 : 12 And they shall call{H7121}{(H8804)} them, The holy{H6944} people{H5971}, The redeemed{H1350}{(H8803)} of the LORD{H3068}: and thou shalt be called{H7121}{(H8735)}, Sought out{H1875}{(H8803)}, A city{H5892} not forsaken{H5800}{(H8737)}.
  • Deut 28:9 : 9 The LORD{H3068} shall establish{H6965}{(H8686)} thee an holy{H6918} people{H5971} unto himself, as he hath sworn{H7650}{(H8738)} unto thee, if thou shalt keep{H8104}{(H8799)} the commandments{H4687} of the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, and walk{H1980}{(H8804)} in his ways{H1870}.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 Who{G3739} gave{G1325}{(G5656)} himself{G1438} for{G5228} us{G2257}, that{G2443} he might redeem{G3084}{(G5672)} us{G2248} from{G575} all{G3956} iniquity{G458}, and{G2532} purify{G2511}{(G5661)} unto himself{G1438} a peculiar{G4041} people{G2992}, zealous{G2207} of good{G2570} works{G2041}.
  • Deut 14:21 : 21 Ye shall not eat{H398}{(H8799)} of any thing that dieth of itself{H5038}: thou shalt give{H5414}{(H8799)} it unto the stranger{H1616} that is in thy gates{H8179}, that he may eat{H398}{(H8804)} it; or thou mayest sell{H4376}{(H8800)} it unto an alien{H5237}: for thou art an holy{H6918} people{H5971} unto the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}. Thou shalt not seethe{H1310}{(H8762)} a kid{H1423} in his mother's{H517} milk{H2461}.
  • Ezek 21:2 : 2 Son{H1121} of man{H120}, set{H7760}{(H8798)} thy face{H6440} toward Jerusalem{H3389}, and drop{H5197}{(H8685)} thy word toward the holy places{H4720}, and prophesy{H5012}{(H8734)} against the land{H127} of Israel{H3478},
  • Dan 8:24 : 24 And his power{H3581} shall be mighty{H6105}{(H8804)}, but not by his own power{H3581}: and he shall destroy{H7843}{(H8686)} wonderfully{H6381}{(H8737)}, and shall prosper{H6743}{(H8689)}, and practise{H6213}{(H8804)}, and shall destroy{H7843}{(H8689)} the mighty{H6099} and the holy{H6918} people{H5971}.
  • Dan 12:7 : 7 And I heard{H8085}{(H8799)} the man{H376} clothed{H3847}{(H8803)} in linen{H906}, which was upon{H4605} the waters{H4325} of the river{H2975}, when he held up{H7311}{(H8686)} his right hand{H3225} and his left hand{H8040} unto heaven{H8064}, and sware{H7650}{(H8735)} by him that liveth{H2416} for ever{H5769} that it shall be for a time{H4150}, times{H4150}, and an half{H2677}; and when he shall have accomplished{H3615}{(H8763)} to scatter{H5310}{(H8763)} the power{H3027} of the holy{H6944} people{H5971}, all these things shall be finished{H3615}{(H8799)}.
  • Isa 6:13 : 13 But yet in it shall be a tenth{H6224}, and it shall return{H7725}{(H8804)}, and shall be eaten{H1197}{(H8763)}: as a teil tree{H424}, and as an oak{H437}, whose substance{H4678} is in them, when they cast{H7995} their leaves: so the holy{H6944} seed{H2233} shall be the substance{H4678} thereof.