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.
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.
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.
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."
Zechariah 13:8-9
It will happen in all the land, says the Lord, that two-thirds of the people in it will be cut off and die, but one-third will be left in it.
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.
Romans 11:5-7
So in the same way at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
Romans 11:23-24
And even they -- if they do not continue in their unbelief -- will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
Romans 11:28-32
In regard to the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but in regard to election they are dearly loved for the sake of the fathers.