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;

Revelation 1:6

and He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Exodus 19:5-6

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 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.

Revelation 5:10

“You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God; and they will reign upon the earth.”

Isaiah 61:6

But you will be called the priests of the Lord;
You will be spoken of as ministers of our God.
You will eat the wealth of nations,
And in their riches you will boast.

Isaiah 66:21

I will also take some of them for priests and for Levites,” says the Lord.

Deuteronomy 4:20

But the Lord has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, from Egypt, to be a people for His own possession, as today.

Deuteronomy 14:2

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

Isaiah 9:2

The people who walk in darkness
Will see a great light;
Those who live in a dark land,
The light will shine on them.

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.’

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.

Deuteronomy 26:18-19

The Lord has today declared you to be His people, a treasured possession, as He promised you, and that you should keep all His commandments;

Psalm 22:30

Posterity will serve Him;
It will be told of the Lord to the coming generation.

Psalm 33:12

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
The people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance.

Psalm 73:15

If I had said, “I will speak thus,”
Behold, I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.

Psalm 106:5

That I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones,
That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation,
That I may glory with Your inheritance.

Isaiah 26:2

“Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter,
The one that remains faithful.

Isaiah 41:8

“But you, Israel, My servant,
Jacob whom I have chosen,
Descendant of Abraham My friend,

Isaiah 42:16

“I will lead the blind by a way they do not know,
In paths they do not know I will guide them.
I will make darkness into light before them
And rugged places into plains.
These are the things I will do,
And I will not leave them undone.”

Isaiah 43:20-21

“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.

Isaiah 44:1

“But now listen, O Jacob, My servant,
And Israel, whom I have chosen:

Isaiah 60:1-3

Arise, shine; for your light has come,
And the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.

Matthew 4:16

The people who were sitting in darkness saw a great Light,
And those who were sitting in the land and shadow of death,
Upon them a Light dawned.”

Matthew 5:16

Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Luke 1:79

To shine upon those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death,
To guide our feet into the way of peace.”

John 17:19

For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.

Acts 20:28

Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.

Acts 26:28

Agrippa replied to Paul, “In a short time you will persuade me to become a Christian.”

Romans 9:24

even us, whom He also called, not from among Jews only, but also from among Gentiles.

1 Corinthians 3:17

If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are.

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.

Ephesians 1:14

who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory.

Ephesians 3:21

to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.

Ephesians 5:8-11

for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light

Philippians 2:15-16

so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world,

Philippians 3:14

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Colossians 1:13

For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,

1 Thessalonians 5:4-8

But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day would overtake you like a thief;

2 Timothy 1:9

who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity,

1 Peter 1:2

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace be yours in the fullest measure.

1 Peter 2:5

you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 4:11

Whoever speaks, is to do so as one who is speaking the utterances of God; whoever serves is to do so as one who is serving by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Revelation 20:6

Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

A chosen

1 Peter 1:2
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace be yours in the fullest measure.
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.
Psalm 22:30
Posterity will serve Him;
It will be told of the Lord to the coming generation.
Psalm 33:12
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
The people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance.
Psalm 73:15
If I had said, “I will speak thus,”
Behold, I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.
Isaiah 41:8
“But you, Israel, My servant,
Jacob whom I have chosen,
Descendant of Abraham My friend,
Isaiah 44:1
“But now listen, O Jacob, My servant,
And Israel, whom I have chosen:

A royal

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;
Isaiah 61:6
But you will be called the priests of the Lord;
You will be spoken of as ministers of our God.
You will eat the wealth of nations,
And in their riches you will boast.
Isaiah 66:21
I will also take some of them for priests and for Levites,” says the Lord.
Revelation 1:6
and He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Revelation 5:10
“You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God; and they will reign upon the earth.”
Revelation 20:6
Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.

Peculiar

Deuteronomy 4:20
But the Lord has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, from Egypt, to be a people for His own possession, as today.
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 14:2
For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord 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 26:18
The Lord has today declared you to be His people, a treasured possession, as He promised you, and that you should keep all His commandments;
Acts 20:28
Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.
Ephesians 1:14
who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory.
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.

Shew

1 Peter 4:11
Whoever speaks, is to do so as one who is speaking the utterances of God; whoever serves is to do so as one who is serving by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Isaiah 43:21
“The people whom I formed for Myself
Will declare My praise.
Isaiah 60:1
Arise, shine; for your light has come,
And the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
Matthew 5:16
Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Ephesians 1:6
to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.
Ephesians 3:21
to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
Philippians 2:15
so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world,

General references

Leviticus 14:14
The priest shall then take some of the blood of the guilt offering, and the priest shall put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.
Numbers 15:41
I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt to be your God; I am the Lord your God.”
Deuteronomy 14:2
For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
1 Samuel 8:20
that we also may be like all the nations, that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.”
Psalm 102:21
That men may tell of the name of the Lord in Zion
And His praise in Jerusalem,
Psalm 118:2
Oh let Israel say,
“His lovingkindness is everlasting.”
Isaiah 32:16
Then justice will dwell in the wilderness
And righteousness will abide in the fertile field.
Isaiah 43:21
“The people whom I formed for Myself
Will declare My praise.
Isaiah 49:3
He said to Me, “You are My Servant, Israel,
In Whom I will show My glory.”
Isaiah 66:21
I will also take some of them for priests and for Levites,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 33:18
and the Levitical priests shall never lack a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings and to prepare sacrifices continually.’”
Romans 9:16
So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy.