Psalm 47:4

Modern English Version

He chose our heritage for us, the excellency of Jacob whom He loves.    Selah

Cross References

Psalm 136:22

a heritage to Israel His servant, for His mercy endures forever.

Psalm 16:3

For the holy ones in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.

Isaiah 60:15

Whereas you have been forsaken and hated so that no man went through you, I will make you an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.

Jeremiah 3:19

But I said: How can I put you among My sons and give you a pleasant land, the most beautiful inheritance of the nations? And I said: You shall call Me, My Father, and shall not turn away from Me.

Ezekiel 20:6

on that day that I lifted up My hand to them to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had selected for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands,

Hosea 14:4

I will heal their backsliding; I will love them freely, for My anger has turned away from him.

Amos 6:8

The Lord God hath sworn by Himself, an oracle of the Lord the God of Hosts: I abhor the pride of Jacob and hate his palaces, so I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.

Amos 8:7

The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob: Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.

Nahum 2:2

For the Lord is restoring the prominence of Jacob, even the prominence of Israel, for others have certainly laid waste their vines.

Malachi 1:2

I have loved you, says the Lord. But you say, “How have You loved us?” Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? says the Lord. Yet I have loved Jacob;

Matthew 25:34

“Then the King will say to those at His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you since the foundation of the world.

Ephesians 1:18

that the eyes of your understanding may be enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of His calling and what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance among the saints,

Deuteronomy 11:12

a land for which the Lord your God cares. The eyes of the Lord your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year even to the end of the year.

Deuteronomy 33:3

Surely, He loved the people; all His holy ones are in Your hand, and they sit down at Your feet; everyone receives Your words.

1 Peter 1:4

to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that does not fade away, kept in heaven for you,