Jeremiah 1:5

Good News Translation

“I chose you before I gave you life, and before you were born I selected you to be a prophet to the nations.”

Cross References

Psalm 139:15

When my bones were being formed, carefully put together in my mother's womb, when I was growing there in secret, you knew that I was there—

Psalm 139:16

you saw me before I was born. The days allotted to me had all been recorded in your book, before any of them ever began.

Exodus 33:12

Moses said to the Lord, “It is true that you have told me to lead these people to that land, but you did not tell me whom you would send with me. You have said that you know me well and are pleased with me.

Exodus 33:17

The Lord said to Moses, “I will do just as you have asked, because I know you very well and I am pleased with you.”

Isaiah 44:2

I am the Lord who created you; from the time you were born, I have helped you. Do not be afraid; you are my servant, my chosen people whom I love.

Isaiah 49:1

Listen to me, distant nations, you people who live far away! Before I was born, the Lord chose me and appointed me to be his servant.

Isaiah 49:5

Before I was born, the Lord appointed me; he made me his servant to bring back his people, to bring back the scattered people of Israel. The Lord gives me honor; he is the source of my strength.

Jeremiah 1:10

Today I give you authority over nations and kingdoms to uproot and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”

Jeremiah 1:4

The Lord said to me,

Jeremiah 20:15

Curse the one who made my father glad by bringing him the news, “It's a boy! You have a son!”

Jeremiah 25:13

I will punish Babylonia with all the disasters that I threatened to bring on the nations when I spoke through Jeremiah—all the disasters recorded in this book.

Jeremiah 36:2

“Get a scroll and write on it everything that I have told you about Israel and Judah and all the nations. Write everything that I have told you from the time I first spoke to you, when Josiah was king, up to the present.

Jeremiah 50:34

But the one who will rescue them is strong—his name is the Lord Almighty. He himself will take up their cause and will bring peace to the earth, but trouble to the people of Babylonia.”

Luke 1:15

John will be great in the Lord's sight. He must not drink any wine or strong drink. From his very birth he will be filled with the Holy Spirit,

Luke 1:41

When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby moved within her. Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit

Luke 1:76

“You, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High God. You will go ahead of the Lord to prepare his road for him,

John 10:36

As for me, the Father chose me and sent me into the world. How, then, can you say that I blaspheme because I said that I am the Son of God?

Romans 1:1

From Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus and an apostle chosen and called by God to preach his Good News.

Romans 8:29

Those whom God had already chosen he also set apart to become like his Son, so that the Son would be the first among many believers.

1 Corinthians 8:3

But the person who loves God is known by him.

Ephesians 1:22

God put all things under Christ's feet and gave him to the church as supreme Lord over all things.