Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.

Bible References

The lord

Psalm 33:12
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
The people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance.
Deuteronomy 7:6
For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 10:15
Yet on your fathers did the Lord set His affection to love them, and He chose their descendants after them, even you above all peoples, as it is this day.
1 Samuel 12:22
For the Lord will not abandon His people on account of His great name, because the Lord has been pleased to make you a people for Himself.
Isaiah 41:8
“But you, Israel, My servant,
Jacob whom I have chosen,
Descendant of Abraham My friend,
Isaiah 43:20
“The beasts of the field will glorify Me,
The jackals and the ostriches,
Because I have given waters in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert,
To give drink to My chosen people.
Zechariah 2:10
Sing for joy and be glad, O daughter of Zion; for behold I am coming and I will dwell in your midst,” declares the Lord.
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;

His peculiar

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.
Malachi 3:17
“They will be Mine,” says the Lord of hosts, “on the day that I prepare My own possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.”
Titus 2:14
who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.