Psalm 135:4

Bible in Basic English 1965

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

Cross References

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.

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:

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.

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.

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.

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;

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.

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.

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.