Psalm 47:4

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Psalm 47:4

He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

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1 Peter 1:4

Excellency

Nahum 2:2

Whom

General references

Psalm 136:22

Bible References

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A land cared for by the Lord your God: the eyes of the Lord your God are on it at all times from one end of the year to the other.

But I said, How am I to put you among the children, and give you a desired land, a heritage of glory among the armies of the nations? and I said, You are to say to me, My father; and not be turned away from me.

In that day I gave my oath to take them out of the land of Egypt into a land which I had been searching out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands:

Then will the King say to those on his right, Come, you who have the blessing of my Father, into the kingdom made ready for you before the world was:

Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

And that having the eyes of your heart full of light, you may have knowledge of what is the hope of his purpose, what is the wealth of the glory of his heritage in the saints,

And a heritage fair, holy and for ever new, waiting in heaven for you,

Excellency

As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the noble in whom is all my delight.

And though you were turned away from, and hated, and had no helper, I will make you a pride for ever, a joy from generation to generation.

The Lord God has taken an oath by himself, says the Lord, the God of armies: the pride of Jacob is disgusting to me, and I have hate for his great houses: so I will give up the town with everything in it.

The Lord has taken an oath by the pride of Jacob, Truly I will ever keep in mind all their works.

For the Lord will make good the vine of Jacob, as well as the vine of Israel: for the wasters have made them waste and sent destruction on the branches of their vine.

Whom

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God: marked out by the Lord your God to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.

All his holy ones are at his hand; they go at his feet; they are lifted up on his wings.

I will put right their errors; freely will my love be given to them, for my wrath is turned away from him.

You have been loved by me, says the Lord. But you say, Where was your love for us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the Lord: but Jacob was loved by me,

But God, being full of mercy, through the great love which he had for us,

And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.

General references

Even a heritage for his servant Israel: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.