Romans 9:25
He says also in Hosea: Those who are not my people I will call my people. And she who is not loved I will call loved.
Hosea 2:23
And I will sow her to me in the earth! I will have mercy (compassion) on her who had not obtained mercy. I will say to those who were not my people: 'You are my people!' They will answer: 'You are my God!'
1 Peter 2:10
In time past you were no people, but now you are the people of God. You had not then received, but now have received mercy (compassion) (divine kindness).
Ezekiel 16:8
Then I passed by you and saw that you were at the time for love. So I spread my skirt over you and covered your nakedness. I also swore to you and entered into a covenant with you so that you became mine, declares the Lord Jehovah.
Hosea 1:1-2
The word of Jehovah (YHWH) that came to Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
John 16:27
The Father loves you, because you loved me, and believed that I came from the Father.
Romans 1:7
To all who are in Rome, beloved of God and called to be holy ones: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.