Bible Cross References
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Deuteronomy 7:6-8
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Do this because you belong to the LORD your God. From all the peoples on earth he chose you to be his own special people.
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"The LORD did not love you and choose you because you outnumbered other peoples; you were the smallest nation on earth.
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But the LORD loved you and wanted to keep the promise that he made to your ancestors. That is why he saved you by his great might and set you free from slavery to the king of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 10:15
But the LORD's love for your ancestors was so strong that he chose you instead of any other people, and you are still his chosen people.
Deuteronomy 32:8-14
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The Most High assigned nations their lands; he determined where peoples should live. He assigned to each nation a heavenly being,
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but Jacob's descendants he chose for himself.
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"He found them wandering through the desert, a desolate, wind-swept wilderness. He protected them and cared for them, as he would protect himself.
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Like an eagle teaching its young to fly, catching them safely on its spreading wings, the LORD kept Israel from falling.
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The LORD alone led his people without the help of a foreign god.
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"He let them rule the highlands, and they ate what grew in the fields. They found wild honey among the rocks; their olive trees flourished in stony ground.
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Their cows and goats gave plenty of milk; they had the best sheep, goats, and cattle, the finest wheat, and the choicest wine.
Isaiah 41:8
"But you, Israel my servant, you are the people that I have chosen, the descendants of Abraham, my friend.
Isaiah 41:9
I brought you from the ends of the earth; I called you from its farthest corners and said to you, 'You are my servant.' I did not reject you, but chose you.
Isaiah 43:4
I will give up whole nations to save your life, because you are precious to me and because I love you and give you honor.
Jeremiah 31:3
I appeared to them from far away. People of Israel, I have always loved you, so I continue to show you my constant love.
Romans 11:28
Because they reject the Good News, the Jews are God's enemies for the sake of you Gentiles. But because of God's choice, they are his friends because of their ancestors.
Romans 11:29
For God does not change his mind about whom he chooses and blesses.
Wherein
Malachi 1:6
The LORD Almighty says to the priests, "Children honor their parents, and servants honor their masters. I am your father---why don't you honor me? I am your master---why don't you respect me? You despise me, and yet you ask, 'How have we despised you?'
Malachi 1:7
This is how---by offering worthless food on my altar. Then you ask, 'How have we failed to respect you?' I will tell you---by showing contempt for my altar.
Malachi 2:17
You have tired the LORD out with your talk. But you ask, "How have we tired him?" By saying, "The LORD Almighty thinks all evildoers are good; in fact he likes them." Or by asking, "Where is the God who is supposed to be just?"
Malachi 3:7
You, like your ancestors before you, have turned away from my laws and have not kept them. Turn back to me, and I will turn to you. But you ask, 'What must we do to turn back to you?'
Malachi 3:8
I ask you, is it right for a person to cheat God? Of course not, yet you are cheating me. 'How?' you ask. In the matter of tithes and offerings.
Malachi 3:13
"You have said terrible things about me," says the LORD. "But you ask, 'What have we said about you?'
Malachi 3:14
You have said, 'It's useless to serve God. What's the use of doing what he says or of trying to show the LORD Almighty that we are sorry for what we have done?
Jeremiah 2:5
The LORD says: "What accusation did your ancestors bring against me? What made them turn away from me? They worshiped worthless idols and became worthless themselves.
Jeremiah 2:31
People of Israel, listen to what I am saying. Have I been like a desert to you, like a dark and dangerous land? Why, then, do you say that you will do as you please, that you will never come back to me?
Luke 10:29
But the teacher of the Law wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, "Who is my neighbor?"
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Genesis 25:23
The LORD said to her, "Two nations are within you; You will give birth to two rival peoples. One will be stronger than the other; The older will serve the younger."
Genesis 27:27-30
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As he came up to kiss him, Isaac smelled his clothes---so he gave him his blessing. He said, "The pleasant smell of my son is like the smell of a field which the LORD has blessed.
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May God give you dew from heaven and make your fields fertile! May he give you plenty of grain and wine!
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May nations be your servants, and may peoples bow down before you. May you rule over all your relatives, and may your mother's descendants bow down before you. May those who curse you be cursed, and may those who bless you be blessed."
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Isaac finished giving his blessing, and as soon as Jacob left, his brother Esau came in from hunting.
Genesis 27:33-30
Genesis 28:3
May Almighty God bless your marriage and give you many children, so that you will become the father of many nations!
Genesis 28:4
May he bless you and your descendants as he blessed Abraham, and may you take possession of this land, in which you have lived and which God gave to Abraham!"
Genesis 28:13
And there was the LORD standing beside him. "I am the LORD, the God of Abraham and Isaac," he said. "I will give to you and to your descendants this land on which you are lying.
Genesis 28:14
They will be as numerous as the specks of dust on the earth. They will extend their territory in all directions, and through you and your descendants I will bless all the nations.
Genesis 32:28-30
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The man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob. You have struggled with God and with men, and you have won; so your name will be Israel."
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Jacob said, "Now tell me your name." But he answered, "Why do you want to know my name?" Then he blessed Jacob.
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Jacob said, "I have seen God face-to-face, and I am still alive"; so he named the place Peniel.
Genesis 48:4
He said to me, 'I will give you many children, so that your descendants will become many nations; I will give this land to your descendants as their possession forever.' "
Romans 9:10-13
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And this is not all. For Rebecca's two sons had the same father, our ancestor Isaac.
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But in order that the choice of one son might be completely the result of God's own purpose, God said to her, "The older will serve the younger." He said this before they were born, before they had done anything either good or bad; so God's choice was based on his call, and not on anything they had done.
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As the scripture says, "I loved Jacob, but I hated Esau."