Exodus 19:5

NET

Exodus 19:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

If ye

Keep

Jeremiah 31:31

A peculiar

All the earth

1 Corinthians 10:26

General references

1 Corinthians 10:26

Bible References

If ye

But if you diligently obey him and do all that I command, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and I will be an adversary to your adversaries.

He took the Book of the Covenant and read it aloud to the people, and they said, "We are willing to do and obey all that the Lord has spoken."

the blessing if you take to heart the commandments of the Lord your God that I am giving you today,

"If you indeed obey the Lord your God and are careful to observe all his commandments I am giving you today, the Lord your God will elevate you above all the nations of the earth.

The people said to Joshua, "We will worship the Lord our God and obey him."

Then Samuel said, "Does the Lord take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as he does in obedience? Certainly, obedience is better than sacrifice; paying attention is better than the fat of rams.

If you have a willing attitude and obey, then you will again eat the good crops of the land.

I also explicitly commanded them: "Obey me. If you do, I will be your God and you will be my people. Live exactly the way I tell you and things will go well with you."

Those are the terms that I charged your ancestors to keep when I brought them out of Egypt, that place which was like an iron-smelting furnace. I said at that time, "Obey me and carry out the terms of the agreement exactly as I commanded you. If you do, you will be my people and I will be your God.

By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, and he went out without understanding where he was going.

Keep

The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.

The Lord always proves faithful and reliable to those who follow the demands of his covenant.

But the Lord continually shows loyal love to his faithful followers, and is faithful to their descendants,

For this is what the Lord says: "For the eunuchs who observe my Sabbaths and choose what pleases me and are faithful to my covenant,

"Indeed, a time is coming," says the Lord, "when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah.

A peculiar

You, however, the Lord has selected and brought from Egypt, that iron-smelting furnace, to be his special people as you are today.

For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.

And today the Lord has declared you to be his special people (as he already promised you) so you may keep all his commandments.

When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided up humankind, he set the boundaries of the peoples, according to the number of the heavenly assembly.

After all, you picked them out of all the nations of the earth to be your special possession, just as you, O sovereign Lord, announced through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt."

Indeed, the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel to be his special possession.

My vineyard, which belongs to me, is at my disposal alone. The thousand shekels belong to you, O Solomon, and two hundred shekels belong to those who maintain it for its fruit.

"You, my servant Israel, Jacob whom I have chosen, offspring of Abraham my friend,

Now, this is what the Lord says, the one who created you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel: "Don't be afraid, for I will protect you. I call you by name, you are mine.

The Lord, who is the inheritance of Jacob's descendants, is not like them. He is the one who created everything. And the people of Israel are those he claims as his own. He is known as the Lord who rules over all."

"They will belong to me," says the Lord who rules over all, "in the day when I prepare my own special property. I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.

He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.

All the earth

Moses said to him, "When I leave the city I will spread my hands to the Lord, the thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth belongs to the Lord.

The heavens -- indeed the highest heavens -- belong to the Lord your God, as does the earth and everything in it.

(Who has confronted me that I should repay? Everything under heaven belongs to me!)

A psalm of David. The Lord owns the earth and all it contains, the world and all who live in it.

I keep track of every bird in the hills, and the insects of the field are mine.

But at the end of the appointed time I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up toward heaven, and my sanity returned to me. I extolled the Most High, and I praised and glorified the one who lives forever. For his authority is an everlasting authority, and his kingdom extends from one generation to the next.

for the earth and its abundance are the Lord's.

General references

The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.

For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.

Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his kingdom.

"Hear the terms of the covenant I made with Israel and pass them on to the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem.

for the earth and its abundance are the Lord's.