Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.
The iron
A people
General references
Bible References
The iron
1 Kings 8:51
(for they are Your people and Your heritage, whom You brought out of Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace [of slavery and oppression]),
Jeremiah 11:4
which I commanded your fathers at the time that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, ‘Listen to My voice and do according to all that I command you. So you shall be My people, and I will be your God,’
A people
Deuteronomy 9:26
Then I prayed to the Lord and said, ‘O Lord God, do not destroy Your people, even Your inheritance, whom You have redeemed through Your greatness, whom You have brought from Egypt with a mighty hand.
Deuteronomy 32:9
“For the Lord’s portion and chosen share is His people;
Jacob (Israel) is the allotment of His inheritance.
“For the Lord’s portion and chosen share is His people;
Jacob (Israel) is the allotment of His inheritance.
Exodus 19:5
Now therefore, if you will in fact obey My voice and keep My covenant (agreement), then you shall be My own special possession and treasure from among all peoples [of the world], for all the earth is Mine;
Psalm 28:9
Save Your people and bless Your inheritance;
Be their shepherd also, and carry them forever.
Save Your people and bless Your inheritance;
Be their shepherd also, and carry them forever.
Psalm 33:12
Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the nation whose God is the Lord,
The people whom He has chosen as His own inheritance.
Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the nation whose God is the Lord,
The people whom He has chosen as His own inheritance.
Psalm 135:4
For the Lord has chosen [the descendants of] Jacob for Himself,
Israel for His own special treasure and possession.
For the Lord has chosen [the descendants of] Jacob for Himself,
Israel for His own special treasure and possession.
Isaiah 63:17
O Lord, why do You cause us to stray from Your ways
And harden our heart from fearing You [with reverence and awe]?
Return for Your servants’ sake, the tribes of Your heritage.
O Lord, why do You cause us to stray from Your ways
And harden our heart from fearing You [with reverence and awe]?
Return for Your servants’ sake, the tribes of Your heritage.
Ephesians 1:18
And [I pray] that the eyes of your heart [the very center and core of your being] may be enlightened [flooded with light by the Holy Spirit], so that you will know and cherish the hope [the divine guarantee, the confident expectation] to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints (God’s people),
Titus 2:14
who [willingly] gave Himself [to be crucified] on our behalf to redeem us and purchase our freedom from all wickedness, and to purify for Himself a chosen and very special people to be His own possession, who are enthusiastic for doing what is good.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, a [special] people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies [the wonderful deeds and virtues and perfections] of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
General references
Deuteronomy 26:6
And the Egyptians treated us badly and oppressed us, and imposed hard labor on us.