Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:

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Ye were

Deuteronomy 10:22
Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons. And now Jehovah your God has made you as the stars of the heavens for multitude.
Isaiah 51:2
Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
Matthew 7:14
Because narrow is the gate and constricted is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
Luke 12:32
Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
Romans 9:27
Isaiah also cries concerning Israel, "Though the number of the sons of Israel is as the sands of the sea, a remnant shall be saved.

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Deuteronomy 10:15
Only Jehovah had a delight in your fathers to love them, and He chose their seed after them, you above all people, as it is today.
Ezekiel 36:22
Therefore say to the house of Israel, So says the Lord Jehovah: I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy name's sake, which you have profaned among the nations where you went.