Psalm 135:4

Bible in Basic English 1965

For the Lord has taken Jacob for himself, and Israel for his property.

Cross References

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.

Deuteronomy 10:15

But the Lord had delight in your fathers and love for them, marking out for himself their seed after them, even you, from all peoples, as at this day.

Malachi 3:17

And they will be mine, says the Lord, in the day when I make them my special property; and I will have mercy on them as a man has mercy on his son who is his servant.

Isaiah 41:8

But as for you, Israel, my servant, and you, Jacob, whom I have taken for myself, the seed of Abraham my friend:

Psalm 105:6

O you seed of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his loved ones.

Psalm 33:12

Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he has taken for his heritage.

1 Samuel 12:22

For the Lord will not give his people up, because of the honour of his name; for it was the Lord's pleasure to make of you a people for himself.

Deuteronomy 32:9

For the Lord's wealth is his people; Jacob is the land of his heritage.

Titus 2:14

Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.

Deuteronomy 26:18

And the Lord has made it clear this day that you are a special people to him, as he gave you his word; and that you are to keep all his orders;

Jeremiah 51:19

The heritage of Jacob is not like these; for the maker of all things is his heritage: the Lord of armies is his name.