Psalm 135:4

New American Bible - revised edition

For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his treasured possession.

Cross References

1 Peter 2:9

But you are “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may announce the praises” of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

Deuteronomy 10:15

Yet only on your ancestors did the Lord set his heart to love them. He chose you, their descendants, from all the peoples, as it is today.

Malachi 3:17

They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, my own special possession, on the day when I take action. And I will have compassion on them, as a man has compassion on his son who serves him.

Isaiah 41:8

But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, offspring of Abraham my friend—

Psalm 105:6

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

Psalm 33:12

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people chosen as his inheritance.

1 Samuel 12:22

For the sake of his own great name the Lord will not abandon his people, since the Lord has decided to make you his people.

Deuteronomy 32:9

But the Lord’s portion was his people; his allotted share was Jacob.

Titus 2:14

who gave himself for us to deliver us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for himself a people as his own, eager to do what is good.

Deuteronomy 26:18

And today the Lord has accepted your agreement: you will be a people specially his own, as he promised you, you will keep all his commandments,

Jeremiah 51:19

Jacob’s portion is nothing like them: he is the creator of all things. Israel is his very own tribe; Lord of hosts is his name.