Deuteronomy 7:7

New American Bible - revised edition

It was not because you are more numerous than all the peoples that the Lord set his heart on you and chose you; for you are really the smallest of all peoples.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 16:19

When they were few in number, a handful, and strangers there,

Psalm 105:12

When they were few in number, a handful, and strangers there,

Psalm 105:6

You descendants of Abraham his servant, offspring of Jacob the chosen one!

Psalm 115:1

Not to us, Lord, not to us but to your name give glory because of your mercy and faithfulness.

Psalm 44:3

You rooted out nations to plant them, crushed peoples and expelled them.

Isaiah 51:2

Look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth; Though he was but one when I called him, I blessed him and made him many.

Isaiah 63:9

in their every affliction. It was not an envoy or a messenger, but his presence that saved them. Because of his love and pity the Lord redeemed them, Lifting them up and carrying them all the days of old.

Ezekiel 20:5

and say to them: Thus says the Lord God: The day I chose Israel, I swore to the descendants of the house of Jacob; I revealed myself to them in the land of Egypt and swore to them, saying: I am the Lord, your God.

Ezekiel 36:22

Therefore say to the house of Israel: Thus says the Lord God: Not for your sake do I act, house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy name, which you desecrated among the nations to which you came.

Matthew 7:14

How narrow the gate and constricted the road that leads to life. And those who find it are few. False Prophets.

Luke 12:32

Do not be afraid any longer, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.

Romans 11:6

But if by grace, it is no longer because of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

Romans 9:18

Consequently, he has mercy upon whom he wills, and he hardens whom he wills.

Romans 9:21

Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for a noble purpose and another for an ignoble one?

Deuteronomy 1:10

The Lord, your God, has made you numerous, and now you are as numerous as the stars of the heavens.

Deuteronomy 10:22

Seventy strong your ancestors went down to Egypt, and now the Lord, your God, has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.

Deuteronomy 14:2

For you are a people holy to the Lord, your God; the Lord, your God, has chosen you from all the peoples on the face of the earth to be a people specially his own. Clean and Unclean Animals.

Deuteronomy 4:37

For love of your ancestors he chose their descendants after them and by his presence and great power led you out of Egypt,

1 John 3:1

See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

1 John 4:10

In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as expiation for our sins.