Bible Cross References
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Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus said, "Father, Lord of heaven and earth! I thank you because you have shown to the unlearned what you have hidden from the wise and learned.
Exodus 33:19
The LORD answered, "I will make all my splendor pass before you and in your presence I will pronounce my sacred name. I am the LORD, and I show compassion and pity on those I choose.
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.
7
"The LORD did not love you and choose you because you outnumbered other peoples; you were the smallest nation on earth.
8
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.
1 Chronicles 28:4
The LORD, the God of Israel, chose me and my descendants to rule Israel forever. He chose the tribe of Judah to provide leadership, and out of Judah he chose my father's family. From all that family it was his pleasure to take me and make me king over all Israel.
1 Chronicles 28:5
He gave me many sons, and out of them all he chose Solomon to rule over Israel, the LORD's kingdom.
Jeremiah 27:5-7
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"By my great power and strength I created the world, human beings, and all the animals that live on the earth; and I give it to anyone I choose.
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I am the one who has placed all these nations under the power of my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia, and I have made even the wild animals serve him.
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All nations will serve him, and they will serve his son and his grandson until the time comes for his own nation to fall. Then his nation will serve powerful nations and great kings.
John 17:2
For you gave him authority over all people, so that he might give eternal life to all those you gave him.
Romans 9:15-24
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For he said to Moses, "I will have mercy on anyone I wish; I will take pity on anyone I wish."
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So then, everything depends, not on what we humans want or do, but only on God's mercy.
17
For the scripture says to the king of Egypt, "I made you king in order to use you to show my power and to spread my fame over the whole world."
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So then, God has mercy on anyone he wishes, and he makes stubborn anyone he wishes.
19
But one of you will say to me, "If this is so, how can God find fault with anyone? Who can resist God's will?"
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But who are you, my friend, to talk back to God? A clay pot does not ask the man who made it, "Why did you make me like this?"
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After all, the man who makes the pots has the right to use the clay as he wishes, and to make two pots from the same lump of clay, one for special occasions and the other for ordinary use.
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And the same is true of what God has done. He wanted to show his anger and to make his power known. But he was very patient in enduring those who were the objects of his anger, who were doomed to destruction.
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And he also wanted to reveal his abundant glory, which was poured out on us who are the objects of his mercy, those of us whom he has prepared to receive his glory.
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For we are the people he called, not only from among the Jews but also from among the Gentiles.
Romans 11:5
It is the same way now: there is a small number left of those whom God has chosen because of his grace.
Romans 11:6
His choice is based on his grace, not on what they have done. For if God's choice were based on what people do, then his grace would not be real grace.
1 Corinthians 4:7
Who made you superior to others? Didn't God give you everything you have? Well, then, how can you boast, as if what you have were not a gift?
Ephesians 1:11
All things are done according to God's plan and decision; and God chose us to be his own people in union with Christ because of his own purpose, based on what he had decided from the very beginning.
Ephesians 2:1
In the past you were spiritually dead because of your disobedience and sins.
Ephesians 2:5
that while we were spiritually dead in our disobedience he brought us to life with Christ. It is by God's grace that you have been saved.
James 1:18
By his own will he brought us into being through the word of truth, so that we should have first place among all his creatures.
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Matthew 6:23
but if your eyes are no good, your body will be in darkness. So if the light in you is darkness, how terribly dark it will be!
Deuteronomy 15:9
Do not refuse to lend them something, just because the year when debts are canceled is near. Do not let such an evil thought enter your mind. If you refuse to make the loan, they will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be held guilty.
Deuteronomy 28:54
Even the most refined man of noble birth will become so desperate during the siege that he will eat some of his own children because he has no other food. He will not even give any to his brother or to the wife he loves or to any of his children who are left.
Proverbs 23:6
Don't eat at the table of a stingy person or be greedy for the fine food he serves.
Proverbs 28:22
Selfish people are in such a hurry to get rich that they do not know when poverty is about to strike.
Mark 7:22
commit adultery, be greedy, and do all sorts of evil things; deceit, indecency, jealousy, slander, pride, and folly---
James 5:9
Do not complain against one another, my friends, so that God will not judge you. The Judge is near, ready to appear.
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Jonah 4:1-4
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Jonah was very unhappy about this and became angry.
2
So he prayed, " LORD, didn't I say before I left home that this is just what you would do? That's why I did my best to run away to Spain! I knew that you are a loving and merciful God, always patient, always kind, and always ready to change your mind and not punish.
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Now then, LORD, let me die. I am better off dead than alive."
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The LORD answered, "What right do you have to be angry?"
Acts 13:45
When the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy; they disputed what Paul was saying and insulted him.