Jeremiah 2:3

American Standard Version 2015

Israel {\i was} holiness unto Jehovah, the first-fruits of his increase: all that devour him shall be held guilty; evil shall come upon them, saith Jehovah.\par

Cross References

Revelation 14:4

These are they that were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These {\i are} they that follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were purchased from among men, {\i to be} the firstfruits unto God and unto the Lamb.

James 1:18

Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.\par

Isaiah 41:11

Behold, all they that are incensed against thee shall be put to shame and confounded: they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.

Romans 11:16

And if the firstfruit is holy, so is the lump: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

Zechariah 2:8

For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: After glory hath he sent me unto the nations which plundered you; for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

Jeremiah 50:7

All that found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Jehovah, the habitation of righteousness, even Jehovah, the hope of their fathers.

1 Peter 2:9

But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for {\i God's} own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Ephesians 1:4

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:

Jeremiah 12:14

Thus saith Jehovah against all mine evil neighbors, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit: Behold, I will pluck them up from off their land, and will pluck up the house of Judah from among them.

Deuteronomy 14:2

For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and Jehovah hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 7:6

For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

Numbers 18:12

All the best of the oil, and all the best of the vintage, and of the grain, the first-fruits of them which they give unto Jehovah, to thee have I given them.

Romans 16:5

and {\i salute} the church that is in their house. Salute Ep\'e6netus my beloved, who is the first-fruits of Asia unto Christ.

Zechariah 1:15

And I am very sore displeased with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

Joel 1:3

Tell ye your children of it, and {\i let} your children {\i tell} their children, and their children another generation.

Jeremiah 30:16

Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that despoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.

Isaiah 47:6

I was wroth with my people, I profaned mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand: thou didst show them no mercy; upon the aged hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.

Deuteronomy 26:19

and to make thee high above all nations that he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that thou mayest be a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, as he hath spoken.

Exodus 23:16

and the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labors, which thou sowest in the field: and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when thou gatherest in thy labors out of the field.

Exodus 22:29

Thou shalt not delay to offer of thy harvest, and of the outflow of thy presses. The first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

Amos 6:1

Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and to them that are secure in the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!

Jeremiah 2:4

Hear ye the word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:

Habakkuk 1:11

Then shall he sweep by {\i as} a wind, and shall pass over, and be guilty, {\i even} he whose might is his god.\par