Deuteronomy 7:7

New Century Version

The Lord did not care for you and choose you because there were many of you—you are the smallest nation of all.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 16:19

Then God’s people were few in number, and they were strangers in the land.

Psalm 105:12

Then God’s people were few in number. They were strangers in the land.

Psalm 105:6

You are descendants of his servant Abraham, the children of Jacob, his chosen people.

Psalm 115:1

It does not belong to us, Lord. The glory belongs to you because of your love and loyalty.

Psalm 44:3

It wasn’t their swords that took the land. It wasn’t their power that gave them victory. But it was your great power and strength. You were with them because you loved them.

Isaiah 51:2

Look at Abraham, your ancestor, and Sarah, who gave birth to your ancestors. Abraham had no children when I called him, but I blessed him and gave him many descendants.

Isaiah 63:9

When they suffered, he suffered also. He sent his own angel to save them. Because of his love and kindness, he saved them. Since long ago he has picked them up and carried them.

Ezekiel 20:5

Say to them: ‘This is what the Lord God says: When I chose Israel, I made a promise to the descendants of Jacob. I made myself known to them in Egypt, and I promised them, “I am the Lord your God.”

Ezekiel 36:22

“So say to the people of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord God says: Israel, I am going to act, but not for your sake. I will do something to help my holy name, which you have dishonored among the nations where you went.

Matthew 7:14

But the gate is small and the road is narrow that leads to true life. Only a few people find that road.

Luke 12:32

“Don’t fear, little flock, because your Father wants to give you the kingdom.

Romans 11:6

And if he chose them by grace, it is not for the things they have done. If they could be made God’s people by what they did, God’s gift of grace would not really be a gift.

Romans 9:18

So God shows mercy where he wants to show mercy, and he makes stubborn the people he wants to make stubborn.

Romans 9:21

The potter can make anything he wants to make. He can use the same clay to make one thing for special use and another thing for daily use.

Deuteronomy 1:10

The Lord your God has made you grow in number so that there are as many of you as there are stars in the sky.

Deuteronomy 10:22

There were only seventy of your ancestors when they went down to Egypt, and now the Lord your God has made you as many as the stars in the sky.

Deuteronomy 14:2

You are holy people, who belong to the Lord your God. He has chosen you from all the people on earth to be his very own.

Deuteronomy 4:37

Because the Lord loved your ancestors, he chose you, their descendants, and he brought you out of Egypt himself by his great strength.

1 John 3:1

The Father has loved us so much that we are called children of God. And we really are his children. The reason the people in the world do not know us is that they have not known him.

1 John 4:10

This is what real love is: It is not our love for God; it is God’s love for us. He sent his Son to die in our place to take away our sins.