Psalm 135:4

Contemporary English Version 1995

He chose the family of Jacob and the people of Israel for his very own.

Cross References

1 Peter 2:9

But you are God's chosen and special people. You are a group of royal priests and a holy nation. God has brought you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Now you must tell all the wonderful things he has done. The Scriptures say,

Deuteronomy 10:15

Yet the Lord loved your ancestors and wanted them to belong to him. So he chose them and their descendants rather than any other nation, and today you are still his people.

Malachi 3:17

Then the Lord All-Powerful said: You people are precious to me, and when I come to bring justice, I will protect you, just as parents protect an obedient child.

Isaiah 41:8

Israel, you are my servant. I chose you, the family of my friend Abraham.

Psalm 105:6

You belong to the family of Abraham, his servant; you are his chosen ones, the descendants of Jacob.

Psalm 33:12

The Lord blesses each nation that worships only him. He blesses his chosen ones.

1 Samuel 12:22

But the Lord has chosen you to be his own people. He will always take care of you so that everyone will know how great he is.

Deuteronomy 32:9

but the Lord himself takes care of Israel.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself to rescue us from everything evil and to make our hearts pure. He wanted us to be his own people and to be eager to do right.

Deuteronomy 26:18

Since you have agreed to obey the Lord, he has agreed that you will be his people and that you will belong to him, just as he promised.

Jeremiah 51:19

But the Lord, Israel's God, is all-powerful. He created everything, and he chose Israel to be his very own.