'Choosing' in the Bible

then the offspring of Jacob and David my servant I would reject, from choosing rulers from his offspring over the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; for I will restore their fortunes and I will have compassion on them.'"

And you must say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "On the day of my choosing Israel {I swore} to the offspring of the house of Jacob, and I made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, and {I swore} to them, {saying}, 'I [am] Yahweh your God.'

Now he told a parable to those who had been invited [when he] noticed how they were choosing for themselves the places of honor, saying to them,

choosing instead to be mistreated with the people of God [rather] than to experience the transitory enjoyment of sin,