Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name.

The former

Bible References

Portion

Jeremiah 10:16
The portion of Jacob is not like these;
For the Maker of all is He,
And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance;
The Lord of hosts is His name.
Psalm 16:5
The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and my cup;
You support my lot.
Psalm 73:26
My flesh and my heart may fail,
But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 115:3
But our God is in the heavens;
He does whatever He pleases.
Lamentations 3:24
“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“Therefore I have hope in Him.”

The former

Jeremiah 51:15
It is He who made the earth by His power,
Who established the world by His wisdom,
And by His understanding He stretched out the heavens.

The rod

Jeremiah 12:7
“I have forsaken My house,
I have abandoned My inheritance;
I have given the beloved of My soul
Into the hand of her enemies.
Jeremiah 50:11
“Because you are glad, because you are jubilant,
O you who pillage My heritage,
Because you skip about like a threshing heifer
And neigh like stallions,
Exodus 19:5
Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine;
Deuteronomy 32:9
For the Lord’s portion is His people;
Jacob is the allotment of His inheritance.
Psalm 33:12
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
The people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance.
Psalm 74:2
Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old,
Which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your inheritance;
And this Mount Zion, where You have dwelt.
Psalm 135:4
For the Lord has chosen Jacob for Himself,
Israel for His own possession.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;