Jeremiah 2:3
Israel was dedicated (consecrated) to Jehovah. It was the best part of the harvest. All who consumed it became guilty, and disaster struck them,' says Jehovah.
James 1:18
Using his own will, he gave us birth through the word of truth. This way we would be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
Exodus 19:5-6
If you will obey me and are faithful to the terms of my covenant, then out of all the nations you will be my own special possession, for all the earth is mine.
Deuteronomy 7:6
You are a holy people to Jehovah your God. Jehovah your God has chosen you to be his own special people out of all the nations of the earth.
Isaiah 41:11
All who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced. Those who oppose you will be as nothing and perish.
Jeremiah 50:7
All who came upon them have devoured them. Their adversaries said: 'We are not guilty. They have sinned against Jehovah who is the habitation of righteousness, Even Jehovah, the hope of their fathers.'
Revelation 14:4
These are they who were not defiled with women. They are virgins. These are they who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed (bought) from among mankind. They are the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.
Deuteronomy 14:2
You are a holy people to Jehovah your God. Out of all the people on the face of the earth Jehovah has chosen you to be a people for His own possession.
Jeremiah 12:14
Jehovah says: I have something to say about Israel's neighbors who have ruined the land I gave to my people Israel. I will take those wicked people away from their countries like an uprooted plant, and I will rescue Judah from them.
Exodus 4:22-23
Say to Pharaoh: 'Thus says Jehovah, Israel is my son, my firstborn.
Exodus 22:29
Do not delay the offering from your harvest and your vintage. Give the firstborn of your sons to me.
Exodus 23:16
Celebrate the Harvest Festival when you begin to harvest your crops. Celebrate the Festival of Shelters in the autumn, when you gather the fruit from your vineyards and orchards.
Numbers 18:12
I also give you the first of the produce they give Jehovah. It is the best of all the olive oil and the best of the new wine and fresh grain.
Deuteronomy 26:19
He will set you high above all nations that he has made, for praise, fame, and honor. You will be a consecrated people to Jehovah your God, as he has spoken.
Psalm 81:14-15
I would quickly subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their adversaries.
Psalm 105:14-15
He permitted no man to do them wrong and he reproved kings for their sakes.
Psalm 105:25-36
He changed their minds so that they hated his people, and they dealt treacherously with his servants.
Isaiah 47:6
I was angry with my people. I profaned my heritage and gave them into your hand. You did not show mercy to them. You made your yoke very heavy on the aged.
Jeremiah 30:16
That is why everyone who devours you will be devoured, and all your enemies will be taken away as captives. Those who looted you will be looted. Those who stole from you in war will have things stolen from them.
Joel 1:3
Tell your children about it, and let your children tell their children, and their children to each new generation.
Joel 1:7-8
He has laid my vine waste and stripped off the bark of my fig tree. He stripped its branches white and clean and threw it away.
Amos 6:1
Those who are at ease in Zion and are secure in the mountain of Samaria will have trouble. You are the notable men of the foremost nations to whom the house of Israel comes!
Zechariah 1:15
And I am very angry with the nations that are at ease (secure). I was but a little angered and they caused my anger to grow into fury.'
Zechariah 2:8
Jehovah of Hosts proclaims: 'He sent me after glory! He sent me to the nations that plundered you. For he that touches you touches the pupil of his eye.'
Zechariah 12:2-4
I will make Jerusalem a cup that causes trembling to the people in the nations nearby. Judah will also be attacked when they attack Jerusalem.
Zechariah 14:20-21
In that day it will be on the bells of the horses, HOLY UNTO JEHOVAH. And the pots in Jehovah's house will be like the bowls before the altar.
Acts 9:4-5
He fell to the earth and heard a voice saying: Saul, Saul! Why do you persecute me?
Romans 11:16
If the first piece is holy, the lump is also holy. If the root is holy, so are the branches.
Romans 16:5
Likewise greet the congregation that is in their house. Salute my well-beloved Epaenetus, who is of the first fruits (converts) of Asia to Christ.
Ephesians 1:4
He chose us through him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love.
1 Peter 2:9
You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, and a people for God's own possession, that you may show the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.