Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.

General references

Bible References

Portion

Jeremiah 51:19
The Portion of Jacob is not like these. He made everything, including the tribe of his inheritance. The LORD of the Heavenly Armies is his name.
Psalm 16:5
The LORD is my inheritance and my cup; you support my lot.
Psalm 73:26
My body and mind may fail, but God is my strength and my portion forever.
Psalm 119:57
The LORD is my inheritance; I have given my promise to keep your word.
Psalm 142:5
So I cry to you, Lord, declaring, "You are my refuge, my only possession while I am on this earth."
Lamentations 3:24
"The LORD is all I have," says my soul, "Therefore I will trust in him."

Former

Jeremiah 10:12
The LORD is the one who made the world by his power, who established the earth by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
Proverbs 16:4
The LORD made everything answerable to him, including the wicked at the time of trouble.
Isaiah 45:7
"I form light and create darkness, I make goodness and create disaster. I am the LORD, who does all these things.

Israel

Exodus 19:5
And now if you carefully obey me and keep my covenant, you are to be my special possession out of all the nations, because the whole earth belongs to me,
Deuteronomy 32:9
For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is his allotted portion.
Psalm 74:2
Remember your community, whom you purchased long ago, the tribe whom you redeemed for your possession. Remember Mount Zion, where you live.
Psalm 135:4
It is Jacob whom the LORD chose for himself Israel as his personal possession.
Isaiah 47:6
I was angry with my people, and I desecrated my heritage, and gave them into your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the aged you laid your yoke most heavily.

General references

Exodus 20:4
"You are not to craft for yourselves an idol or anything resembling what is in the skies above, or on earth beneath, or in the water sources under the earth.
Isaiah 40:18
"To whom, then, will you compare me, the One who is God? Or to what image will you liken me?
Isaiah 46:5
"To whom will you compare me, count me equal, or liken me, so that I may be compared?

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