Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

Bible References

Were

Hosea 1:9
Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for you are not my people, and I will not be your God.
Romans 9:25
As he says also in Hosea, I will call them my people, who were not my people; and her beloved, who was not beloved.

Obtained

Hosea 2:23
And I will sow her for myself in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them who were not my people, you are my people; and they shall say, you are my God.
Romans 11:6
And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
1 Corinthians 7:25
Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that has obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
1 Timothy 1:13
Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and insolent: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
Hebrews 4:16
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

General references

Leviticus 14:14
And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot:
Numbers 15:41
I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God.
Psalm 118:2
Let Israel now say, that his mercy endures forever.
Isaiah 32:16
Then justice shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
Romans 9:16
So then it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shows mercy.