Bible Cross References
Jacob
Isaiah 41:8
"But you, Israel my servant, you are the people that I have chosen, the descendants of Abraham, my friend.
Isaiah 41:9
I brought you from the ends of the earth; I called you from its farthest corners and said to you, 'You are my servant.' I did not reject you, but chose you.
Isaiah 43:3
For I am the LORD your God, the holy God of Israel, who saves you. I will give up Egypt to set you free; I will give up Ethiopia and Seba.
Isaiah 43:4
I will give up whole nations to save your life, because you are precious to me and because I love you and give you honor.
Isaiah 43:14
Israel's holy God, the LORD who saves you, says, "To save you, I will send an army against Babylon; I will break down the city gates, and the shouts of her people will turn into crying.
Isaiah 44:1
The LORD says, "Listen now, Israel, my servant, my chosen people, the descendants of Jacob.
Exodus 19:5
Now, if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own people. The whole earth is mine, but you will be my chosen people,
Exodus 19:6
a people dedicated to me alone, and you will serve me as priests."
Jeremiah 50:17-20
17
The LORD says, "The people of Israel are like sheep, chased and scattered by lions. First, they were attacked by the emperor of Assyria, and then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia gnawed on their bones.
18
Because of this, I, the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, will punish King Nebuchadnezzar and his country, just as I punished the emperor of Assyria.
19
I will restore the people of Israel to their land. They will eat the food that grows on Mount Carmel and in the region of Bashan, and they will eat all they want of the crops that grow in the territories of Ephraim and Gilead.
20
When that time comes, no sin will be found in Israel and no wickedness in Judah, because I will forgive those people whose lives I have spared. I, the LORD, have spoken."
Matthew 24:22
But God has already reduced the number of days; had he not done so, nobody would survive. For the sake of his chosen people, however, God will reduce the days.
Mark 13:20
But the Lord has reduced the number of those days; if he had not, nobody would survive. For the sake of his chosen people, however, he has reduced those days.
Romans 9:6
I am not saying that the promise of God has failed; for not all the people of Israel are the people of God.
Romans 11:7
What then? The people of Israel did not find what they were looking for. It was only the small group that God chose who found it; the rest grew deaf to God's call.
I have even
Isaiah 45:1
The LORD has chosen Cyrus to be king. He has appointed him to conquer nations; he sends him to strip kings of their power; the LORD will open the gates of cities for him. To Cyrus the LORD says,
Isaiah 44:28
I say to Cyrus, 'You are the one who will rule for me; you will do what I want you to do: you will order that Jerusalem be rebuilt and that the foundations of the Temple be laid.' "
though
Acts 17:23
For as I walked through your city and looked at the places where you worship, I found an altar on which is written, 'To an Unknown God.' That which you worship, then, even though you do not know it, is what I now proclaim to you.
Galatians 4:8
In the past you did not know God, and so you were slaves of beings who are not gods.
Galatians 4:9
But now that you know God---or, I should say, now that God knows you---how is it that you want to turn back to those weak and pitiful ruling spirits? Why do you want to become their slaves all over again?
Ephesians 2:12
At that time you were apart from Christ. You were foreigners and did not belong to God's chosen people. You had no part in the covenants, which were based on God's promises to his people, and you lived in this world without hope and without God.
1 Thessalonians 4:5
not with a lustful desire, like the heathen who do not know God.