Bible Cross References
Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.
Deuteronomy 4:37
Because he loved your ancestors, he chose you, and by his great power he himself brought you out of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 7:7
"The LORD did not love you and choose you because you outnumbered other peoples; you were the smallest nation on earth.
Deuteronomy 7:8
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.
Numbers 14:8
If the LORD is pleased with us, he will take us there and give us that rich and fertile land.
Romans 9:13-23
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As the scripture says, "I loved Jacob, but I hated Esau."
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Shall we say, then, that God is unjust? Not at all.
15
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.
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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.