And Jesse will cause Shammah to pass by. And he will say, Also in this Jehovah chose not

And Jesse will cause seven of his sons to pass by before Samuel: and Samuel will say to Jesse, Jehovah chose not in these.

And there was a sharp dispute, so that they separated from each other; and Barnabas took Mark and sailed to Cyprus: but Paul chose Silas and departed,

For Jehovah will pity Jacob, and he yet chose in Israel, and he gave them rest upon their land: and the stranger was joined to them, and they joined themseves to the house of Jacob.

And at the feast he released to them a prisoner, whomsoever they chose.

Ye my witnesses, says Jehovah, and my servants whom I chose: so that ye shall know and trust to me, and understand that I am he: before me was no God formed, and after me shall be none.

Hear now, O Jacob and Israel, whom I chose:

Thus said Jehovah making thee, and forming thee from the belly, he will help thee; Thou shalt not be afraid, my servant Jacob, and Jeshurun whom I chose.

Behold, I purified thee and not with silver; I chose thee in the furnace of affliction.

And Hushai will say to Absalom, Nay; for whom Jehovah chose and this people, and every man of Israel, shall I not be and dwell with him?

And thou, Israel, my servant Jacob whom I chose thee, the seed of Abraham my beloved:

Whom I held thee fast from the extremities of the earth, and I called thee from its sides, and saying to thee, Thou my servant; I chose thee, and I rejected thee not

Jesus answered them, "I chose you, the Twelve, didn't I? Yet one of you is a devil."

And Jesus took the loaves; and giving thanks, gave to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sat down; and in the same manner of the fishes, as much as they chose.

He slaughtering the ox, striking a man; he sacrificing a sheep, broke a dog's neck; he bringing up a gift, swine's blood; he making remembrance of frankincense, praising vanity; also they chose their ways, and in their abominations their soul delighted.

Verily, verily I say to you, when you were young, you girded yourself, and walked whither you chose; but when you have become old, you shall stretch forth your hands, and another shall gird you, and lead you whither you would not.

[And] we were not looking for honor from people, either from you or from anyone else, even though, as apostles of Christ, we could have become a burden [to you]. [Note: The idea seems to be that the apostles could have claimed financial support, but chose not to].

You have loved what is right and hated what is wrong, therefore God, your God [i.e., the Father], has placed you above your companions when He anointed you [i.e., specially chose you] with the oil of joy [i.e., your selection as king was a joyous occasion]."

No one who wars tangles with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who chose him to be a soldier.

who previously knew me a long while ago, (if they chose to bear testimony,) that according to the most precise sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

But I say unto you, That Elias is already come, and they knew him not, but have done by him whatsoever they chose: even so also must the Son of man suffer by them.

And he will set up a carved thing of the image which he made in the house, of which Jehovah said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house and in Jerusalem which I chose from all the tribes of Israel, I will set my name forever:

He chose our inheritance for us, even the pride of Jacob whom he loved. Interlude

God has not rejected his people whom he chose long ago. Do you not know what the Scripture says in the story about Elijah, when he pleads with God against Israel?

When I chose to be bitter I was emotionally pained.

And he went up into a mountain, and called to him those whom he chose; and they came to him.

But I say unto you, that Elias is come, and they have done to him whatsoever they chose, as it is written of him.

And he said, The God of our fathers chose you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and hear the voice of his mouth,

"LORD, you are my refuge!" Because you chose the Most High as your dwelling place,

And he will say to me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my enclosures: for I chose in him to me for son, and I will be to him for father.

See now; for Jehovah chose in thee to build a house for a holy place: be strong and do.

And David the king will say to all the convocation, Solomon my son, God chose in him alone, is a youth and tender, and the work great; for the fortress not for man but for Jehovah God.

and do fire therein and put cense thereto before the LORD tomorrow: And then whomsoever the LORD doeth chose, the same is holy. Ye make enough to do, ye children of Levi."

And his rod whom I chose, shall blossom: So I will make cease from me the grudgings of the children of Israel which they grudge against you."

And Jehovah will be seen to Solomon in the night, and he will say to him, I heard thy prayer, and I chose in this place for me for a house of sacrifice.

And now I chose and I consecrated this house for my name to be there even to forever: and mine eyes and my heart were there all the days.

Instead, poured out in emptiness, a servant's form did he possess, a mortal man becoming. In human form he chose to be,

And as they chose not to have God in knowledge, God delivered them to an adulterated purpose, to do things not fitting;

"Take your wage and begone! I chose to give to this last man the same as to you.

For before the child come to knowledge, to eschew the evil and chose the good, the land that thou so abhorest shall be desolate of both her kings.

It is Jacob whom the LORD chose for himself Israel as his personal possession.

My sons, now ye shall not go astray: for in you Jehovah chose to stand before him, to serve him, to be serving to him, and burning incense.

And he will set up a carved image, the likeness which he made in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house and in Jerusalem which I chose from all the tribes of Israel, I will set my name forever.

For in him Jehovah thy God chose from all thy tribes to stand to serve in the name of Jehovah, he and his sons all the days.

They chose presbyters for them in every church, and with prayer and fasting entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

Should it be such a manner of fast that I should chose? A day that a man should hurt his soul in? Or to bow down his head like a bulrush? Or to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Shouldest thou call this a fast, and a day acceptable unto the LORD?

In that day, says Jehovah of armies, I will take thee, O Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, my servant, says Jehovah, and I set thee as a seal; for I chose in thee, says Jehovah of armies.

Yet call, say, Thus said Jehovah of armies: My cities shall be spread abroad for good; and Jehovah yet comforted Zion and yet chose Jerusalem.

And Jehovah inherited Judah his portion upon the holy land, and he yet chose Jerusalem.

"I have shown love to you," says the Lord, but you say, "How have you shown love to us?" "Esau was Jacob's brother," the Lord explains, "yet I chose Jacob

After these things the Lord chose seventy others also, and sent them out two by two before His face, into every place and city, where He was about to come.

So he went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month which he had devised in his own heart [in defiance of God’s commandments]; and he held a feast for the Israelites and he went up to the altar to burn incense [in defiance of God’s law.]

Then Abraham ran to the herd and chose a fine, tender calf, and gave it to a servant, who quickly prepared it.

Happy the nation to whom Jehovah is his God; the people he chose for an inheritance to him.

And Joshua will say to the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves, for ye chose to yourselves Jehovah to serve him. And they will say, Witnesses.

Go and cry to the gods, which ye chose among them; they shall save for you in time of your straits.

Thy hand shall be to help me, for I chose thy charges.

For Jehovah chose in Zion; for he desired it for a dwelling to himself.

I chose the way of truth: I place thy judgments.

For good a day in thine enclosures above a thousand. I chose to wait on the threshold in the house of my God, rather than to dwell in the tents of injustice.

He sent Moses his servant; Aaron whom he chose in him.

For that they hated knowledge, and chose not the fear of Jehovah:

For those whom God chose from the first he also destined from the first to be transformed into likeness to his Son, so that his Son might be the eldest among many Brothers.

"I chose your son Solomon to be the one who will construct my Temple and my courts, because I have chosen him to be a son to me, and I will be a father to him. I will establish his kingdom forever, assuming he remains strongly committed to carry out my commandments and ordinances, as he is doing today.'

So the Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them; and they did what they pleased to those who hated them.

Though I could rely on outward privilege, if I chose. Whoever thinks he can rely on that, I can outdo him.

Wherefore, when we could no longer forbear, we chose to be left at Athens alone,

who has saved us and called us to a life of consecration ??not for anything we have done but because he chose to do it himself, by the grace which he gave us ages ago in Christ Jesus

but I chose to do nothing without thy consent, that thy benefit may be not as from necessity, but willingly.

But when God, who chose me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, was pleased