Deuteronomy 7:7

Modern English Version

The Lord did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any of the peoples, for you were the fewest of all the peoples.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 16:19

When you were few in number, few indeed, and strangers there,

Psalm 105:12

When they were few in number, very few, and strangers in it,

Psalm 105:6

O seed of Abraham, His servant, you sons of Jacob, His chosen ones!

Psalm 115:1

Not unto us, O  Lord, not unto us, but unto Your name give glory, for the sake of Your mercy, for the sake of Your truth.

Psalm 44:3

For they did not take possession of the land by their own sword, nor did their own arm save them; but it was Your right hand, and Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, because You favored them.

Isaiah 51:2

Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who bore you; for I called him alone, and blessed him, and multiplied him.

Isaiah 63:9

In all their affliction He was afflicted, and the angel of His presence saved them; in His love and in His mercy He redeemed them; and He lifted them and carried them all the days of old.

Ezekiel 20:5

And say to them: Thus says the Lord God: On the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up My hand to the seed of the house of Jacob, and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up My hand to them, saying, I am the Lord your God,

Ezekiel 36:22

Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy name’s sake which you have profaned among the nations where you went.

Matthew 7:14

because small is the gate and narrow is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

Luke 12:32

“Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Romans 11:6

And if by grace, then it is no longer by works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace. But if it is by works, then is it no longer by grace; otherwise work would no longer be work.

Romans 9:18

Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and He hardens whom He wills.

Romans 9:21

Does the potter not have power over the clay to make from the same lump one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?

Deuteronomy 1:10

The Lord your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day as numerous as the stars of heaven.

Deuteronomy 10:22

Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy people, and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.

Deuteronomy 14:2

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a peculiar people to Himself, treasured above all the nations that are on the earth.

Deuteronomy 4:37

Because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their descendants after them and personally brought you out of Egypt with His mighty power

1 John 3:1

Consider how much love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.

1 John 4:10

In this is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.