Deuteronomy 7:7
Not because ye were more than the other peoples has the LORD desired you and chosen you; for ye were the fewest of all the peoples;
Deuteronomy 10:22
Thy fathers went down into Egypt with seventy souls, and now the LORD thy God has made thee as the stars of heaven in multitude.
Psalm 115:1
Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy and for thy truth.
Isaiah 51:2
Look unto Abraham your father and unto Sarah that bore you; for I called him alone and blessed him and multiplied him.
Matthew 7:14
because narrow is the gate, and confined is the way which leads unto life, and there are few that find it.
Luke 12:32
Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
Romans 9:11-15
(for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand: not of works, but of him that calls),
Romans 9:18
Therefore he has mercy on whom he will have mercy, and he hardens whom he will.
Romans 9:21
Has not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour and another unto dishonour?
Romans 9:27-29
Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel, Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant shall be saved;
Romans 11:6
And if by grace, then is it not by works; otherwise, the grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, then it is no longer grace; otherwise, the work is no longer work.
1 John 3:1
Behold, what charity the Father has given us, that we should be called the sons of God; therefore the world does not know us, because it does not know him.
1 John 4:10
In this does the charity consist, not because we had loved God, but because he loved us and has sent his Son to be the reconciliation for our sins.