Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

General references

Bible References

People

Psalm 65:4
How blessed is the one whom You choose and bring near to You
To dwell in Your courts.
We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your house,
Your holy temple.
Psalm 135:4
For the Lord has chosen Jacob for Himself,
Israel for His own possession.
Deuteronomy 7:6
For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
John 15:16
You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.
Ephesians 1:4
just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

His own

Psalm 28:9
Save Your people and bless Your inheritance;
Be their shepherd also, and carry them forever.
Jeremiah 10:16
The portion of Jacob is not like these;
For the Maker of all is He,
And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance;
The Lord of hosts is His name.
Titus 2:14
who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

General references

Leviticus 18:2
“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘I am the Lord your God.