Deuteronomy 14:2

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

This is because you are different from other people. You belong to the Lord your God. From all the people in the world, the Lord chose you to be his own special people.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:6

Do this because you are the Lord’s own people. From all the people on earth, the Lord your God chose you to be his special people—people who belong only to him.

Leviticus 20:26

I have separated you from other nations to be my own special people. So you must be holy because I am the Lord, and I am holy.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are his chosen people, the King’s priests. You are a holy nation, people who belong to God. He chose you to tell about the wonderful things he has done. He brought you out of the darkness of sin into his wonderful light.

Leviticus 19:2

“Tell all the Israelites: I am the Lord your God. I am holy, so you must be holy.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us. He died to free us from all evil. He died to make us pure—people who belong only to him and who always want to do good.

Deuteronomy 28:9

If you follow the Lord your God and obey his commands, he will do what he promised. The Lord will make you his own special people.

Leviticus 11:45

I, the Lord, brought you out of Egypt so that you could be my special people and I could be your God. I am holy, so you must be holy too.”

Isaiah 62:12

His people will be called “The Holy People,” “The Saved People of the Lord.” And you, Jerusalem, will be called “The City God Wants,” “The City God Is With.”

Daniel 8:24

This king will be very powerful, but his power does not come from himself. This king will cause terrible destruction. He will be successful in everything he does. He will destroy powerful people—even God’s holy people.

Deuteronomy 14:21

“Don’t eat any animal that has died by itself. You may give the dead animal to the foreigner in your town, and he can eat it. Or you may sell the dead animal to a foreigner. But you yourselves must not eat the dead animal, because you belong to the Lord your God. You are his special people. “Don’t cook a baby goat in its mother’s milk.

Daniel 12:7

The man dressed in linen and standing over the water lifted his right and left hands toward heaven. And I heard him make a promise using the name of God who lives forever. He said, “It will be for three and one-half years. The power of the holy people will be broken, and then all these things will finally come true.”

Ezekiel 21:2

“Son of man, look toward Jerusalem and speak against their holy places. Speak against the land of Israel for me.

Isaiah 6:13

A tenth of the people will be allowed to stay in the land, but it will be destroyed again. They will be like an oak tree. When the tree is chopped down, a stump is left. This stump will be a very special seed that will grow again.

Romans 12:1

So I beg you, brothers and sisters, because of the great mercy God has shown us, offer your lives as a living sacrifice to him—an offering that is only for God and pleasing to him. Considering what he has done, it is only right that you should worship him in this way.

Deuteronomy 4:20

But the Lord brought you out of Egypt to make you his own special people. He saved you from Egypt. It was as if he pulled you from a hot furnace. And now you are his people.

Deuteronomy 33:3

Yes, the Lord loves his people. All his holy people are in his hand. They sit at his feet and learn his teachings!

Ezra 9:2

The Israelites have married the people living around us. The Israelites are supposed to be special, but now they are mixed with the other people living around them. The leaders and important officials of the Israelites have set a bad example in this thing.”

Isaiah 41:9

You were in a faraway country, but I reached out to you. I called you from that faraway place. I said, ‘You are my servant.’ I chose you, and I have not rejected you.

Jeremiah 2:3

The people of Israel were a holy gift to the Lord. They were the first fruit he gathered. Any people who tried to hurt them were judged guilty. Bad things happened to those wicked people.’” This message is from the Lord.

Leviticus 20:24

But I have told you that you will get their land. I will give their land to you. It will be your land! It is a land filled with many good things. I am the Lord your God. “I have treated you differently from other people.

Deuteronomy 7:7

Why did the Lord love and choose you? It was not because you are such a large nation. You had the fewest of all people!