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 98:4

Psalm 136:22

Bible References

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a land which the LORD thy God procures; the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.

But I said, How shall I place thee as sons and give thee the desirable land, the heritage that the hosts of Gentiles desire? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father, and shalt not turn away from following me.

in the day that I lifted up my hand unto them with an oath that I would bring them forth from the land of Egypt into a land that I had prepared for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the most beautiful of all lands,

Then shall the King say unto those on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

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

illuminating the eyes of your understanding, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints

unto the incorruptible inheritance that cannot be defiled and that does not fade away, conserved in the heavens for you,

Excellency

to the saints that are in the earth and to the excellent: all my delight is towards them.

Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will place thee in eternal glory, in joy from generation to generation.

The Lord GOD has sworn by himself, the LORD God of the hosts said, I abhor the grandeur of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore I will give the city with all that is therein over to the enemy.

The LORD has sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

For the LORD shall restore the glory of Jacob as the glory of Israel; for the emptiers have emptied them out and marred their vine branches.

Whom

For thou art a holy people unto the LORD thy God; the LORD thy God has chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, different from all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

Yea, he loved the peoples; all his saints are in thy hand; they also united at thy feet; they received thy words.

I will heal their rebellion; I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from them.

I have loved you, said the LORD. Yet ye say, In what hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? said the LORD; yet I loved Jacob,

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great charity with which he loved us,

In this was the charity of God demonstrated in us, in that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

General references

Sing with joy unto the LORD, all the earth; lift up thy voice and rejoice and sing praises.

Even an inheritance unto Israel his slave: for his mercy endures for ever.