Isaiah 6:13
Even if only a tenth of the people remain in the land, it will again be destroyed, like one of the large sacred trees or an Asherah pole, when a sacred pillar on a high place is thrown down. That sacred pillar symbolizes the special chosen family."
Ezra 9:2
Indeed, they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy race has become intermingled with the local residents. Worse still, the leaders and the officials have been at the forefront of all of this!"
Job 14:7-9
"But there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.
Isaiah 1:9
If the Lord who commands armies had not left us a few survivors, we would have quickly become like Sodom, we would have become like Gomorrah.
Romans 11:5-6
So in the same way at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
Genesis 22:18
Because you have obeyed me, all the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.'"
Isaiah 4:3
Those remaining in Zion, those left in Jerusalem, will be called "holy," all in Jerusalem who are destined to live.
Isaiah 10:20-22
At that time those left in Israel, those who remain of the family of Jacob, will no longer rely on a foreign leader that abuses them. Instead they will truly rely on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 65:8-9
This is what the Lord says: "When juice is discovered in a cluster of grapes, someone says, 'Don't destroy it, for it contains juice.' So I will do for the sake of my servants -- I will not destroy everyone.
Malachi 2:15
No one who has even a small portion of the Spirit in him does this. What did our ancestor do when seeking a child from God? Be attentive, then, to your own spirit, for one should not be disloyal to the wife he took in his youth.
Matthew 24:22
And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.
Mark 13:20
And if the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would be saved. But because of the elect, whom he chose, he has cut them short.
John 15:1-3
"I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener.
Romans 9:5
To them belong the patriarchs, and from them, by human descent, came the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever! Amen.
Romans 11:16-29
If the first portion of the dough offered is holy, then the whole batch is holy, and if the root is holy, so too are the branches.
Galatians 3:16-19
Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his descendant. Scripture does not say, "and to the descendants," referring to many, but "and to your descendant," referring to one, who is Christ.
Galatians 3:28-29
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female -- for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.