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Deuteronomy 7:6 — ~"For you are a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
1 Kings 11:34 — ~`Nevertheless I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him ruler all the days of his life, for the sake of My servant David whom I chose, who observed My commandments and My statutes;
1 Chronicles 28:6 — ~"He said to me, `Your son Solomon is the one who shall build My house and My courts; for I have chosen him to be a son to Me, and I will be a father to him.
Psalms 33:15 — He who fashions the hearts of them all, He who understands all their works.
Psalms 53:1-3 — The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God," They are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice; There is no one who does good.
God has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men To see if there is anyone who understands, Who seeks after God.
Every one of them has turned aside; together they have become corrupt; There is no one who does good, not even one.
Psalms 65:4 — How blessed is the one whom You choose and bring near {to You} To dwell in Your courts. We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Your holy temple.
Psalms 105:26 — He sent Moses His servant, {And} Aaron, whom He had chosen.
Isaiah 64:6-7 — For all of us have become like one who is unclean, And all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment; And all of us wither like a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
There is no one who calls on Your name, Who arouses himself to take hold of You; For You have hidden Your face from us And have delivered us into the power of our iniquities.
Matthew 22:14 — ~"For many are called, but few {are} chosen."
Mark 13:20 — ~"Unless the Lord had shortened {those} days, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom He chose, He shortened the days.
Luke 6:13 — And when day came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also named as apostles:
John 3:18 — ~"He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
John 5:30 — "I can do nothing on My own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
John 13:18 — ~"I do not speak of all of you. I know the ones I have chosen; but {it is} that the Scripture may be fulfilled, `HE WHO EATS MY BREAD HAS LIFTED UP HIS HEEL AGAINST ME.'
John 15:16 — ~"You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and {that} your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.
Acts 16:14 — A woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple fabrics, a worshiper of God, was listening; and the Lord opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul.
Romans 8:29-30 — For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined {to become} conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren;
and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified.
Romans 9:11 — for though {the twins} were not yet born and had not done anything good or bad, so that God's purpose according to {His} choice would stand, not because of works but because of Him who calls,
Romans 9:15-16 — For He says to Moses, "I WILL HAVE MERCY ON WHOM I HAVE MERCY, AND I WILL HAVE COMPASSION ON WHOM I HAVE COMPASSION."
So then it {does} not {depend} on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy.
Romans 11:7 — What then? What Israel is seeking, it has not obtained, but those who were chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened;
2 Thessalonians 2:13 — But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you (One early ms reads {first fruits}) from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.
1 Peter 1:2 — according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace be yours in the fullest measure.
1 Peter 2:8-9 — and, "A STONE OF STUMBLING AND A ROCK OF OFFENSE"; for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this {doom} they were also appointed.
But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR {God's} OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
2 Peter 1:10 — Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble;
This topic is from the BibleSteak Team.
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