Exodus 19:5

New Century Version

So now if you obey me and keep my agreement, you will be my own possession, chosen from all nations. Even though the whole earth is mine,

Cross References

Genesis 17:9

Then God said to Abraham, “You and your descendants must keep this agreement from now on.

1 Kings 8:53

You chose them from all the nations on earth to be your very own people. This is what you promised through Moses your servant when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt, Lord God.”

1 Chronicles 17:22

You made the people of Israel your very own people forever, and, Lord, you are their God.

Job 41:11

No one has ever given me anything that I must pay back, because everything under the sky belongs to me.

Job 41:3

Will it keep begging you for mercy and speak to you with gentle words?

Psalm 135:4

The Lord has chosen the people of Jacob for himself; he has chosen the people of Israel for his very own.

Psalm 24:1

The earth belongs to the Lord, and everything in it— the world and all its people.

Psalm 25:10

All the Lord’s ways are loving and true for those who follow the demands of his agreement.

Exodus 15:26

He said, “You must obey the Lord your God and do what he says is right. If you obey all his commands and keep his rules, I will not bring on you any of the sicknesses I brought on the Egyptians. I am the Lord who heals you.”

Exodus 23:22

If you listen carefully to all he says and do everything that I tell you, I will be an enemy to your enemies. I will fight all who fight against you.

Exodus 24:7

Then he took the Book of the Agreement and read it so the people could hear him. And they said, “We will do everything that the Lord has said; we will obey.”

Exodus 34:9

He said, “Lord, if you are pleased with me, please go with us. I know that these are stubborn people, but forgive our evil and our sin. Take us as your own people.”

Exodus 6:7

I will make you my own people, and I will be your God. You will know that I am the Lord your God, the One who saves you from the hard work the Egyptians force you to do.

Exodus 8:22

But I will not treat the Israelites the same as the Egyptian people. There will not be any flies in the land of Goshen, where my people live. By this you will know that I, the Lord, am in this land.

Exodus 9:29

Moses told the king, “When I leave the city, I will raise my hands to the Lord in prayer, and the thunder and hail will stop. Then you will know that the earth belongs to the Lord.

Song of Solomon 8:12

But my own vineyard is mine to give. Solomon, the twenty-five pounds of silver are for you, and five pounds are for those who tend the fruit.

Isaiah 1:19

If you become willing and obey me, you will eat good crops from the land.

Isaiah 41:8

The Lord says, “People of Israel, you are my servants. People of Jacob, I chose you. You are from the family of my friend Abraham.

Isaiah 43:1

Now this is what the Lord says. He created you, people of Jacob; he formed you, people of Israel. He says, “Don’t be afraid, because I have saved you. I have called you by name, and you are mine.

Isaiah 56:4

This is what the Lord says: “The eunuchs should obey the law about the Sabbath and do what I want and keep my agreement.

Jeremiah 10:16

But God, who is Jacob’s Portion, is not like the idols. He made everything, and he chose Israel to be his special people. The Lord All-Powerful is his name.

Jeremiah 13:11

As a belt is wrapped tightly around a person’s waist, I wrapped the families of Israel and Judah around me,” says the Lord. “I did that so they would be my people and bring fame, praise, and honor to me. But my people would not listen.

Jeremiah 7:23

I also gave them this command: Obey me, and I will be your God and you will be my people. Do all that I command so that good things will happen to you.

Ezekiel 16:8

“ ‘Later when I passed by you and looked at you, I saw that you were old enough for love. So I spread my robe over you and covered your nakedness. I also made a promise to you and entered into an agreement with you so that you became mine, says the Lord God.

Leviticus 20:24

“ ‘I have told you that you will get their land, which I will give to you as your very own; it is a fertile land. I am the Lord your God, and I have set you apart from other people and made you my own.

Amos 3:2

“I have chosen only you out of all the families of the earth, so I will punish you for all your sins.”

Amos 6:1

How terrible it will be for those who have an easy life in Jerusalem, for those who feel safe living on Mount Samaria. You think you are the important people of the best nation in the world; the Israelites come to you for help.

Malachi 3:17

The Lord All-Powerful says, “They belong to me; on that day they will be my very own. As a parent shows mercy to his child who serves him, I will show mercy to my people.

1 Corinthians 10:26

You may eat it, “because the earth belongs to the Lord, and everything in it.”

1 Corinthians 10:28

But if anyone says to you, “That food was offered to idols,” do not eat it. Do not eat it because of that person who told you and because eating it might be thought to be wrong.

Deuteronomy 10:14

The Lord owns the world and everything in it—the heavens, even the highest heavens, are his.

Deuteronomy 11:27

You will be blessed if you obey the commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today.

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 14:21

Do not eat anything you find that is already dead. You may give it to a foreigner living in your town, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. But you are holy people, who belong to the Lord your God. Do not cook a baby goat in its mother’s milk.

Deuteronomy 26:18

And today the Lord has said that you are his very own people, as he has promised you. But you must obey his commands.

Deuteronomy 26:19

He will make you greater than all the other nations he made. He will give you praise, fame, and honor, and you will be a holy people to the Lord your God, as he has said.

Deuteronomy 28:1

You must completely obey the Lord your God, and you must carefully follow all his commands I am giving you today. Then the Lord your God will make you greater than any other nation on earth.

Deuteronomy 28:9

The Lord will make you his holy people, as he promised. But you must obey his commands and do what he wants you to do.

Deuteronomy 4:20

But the Lord brought you out of Egypt, which tested you like a furnace for melting iron, and he made you his very own people, as you are now.

Deuteronomy 5:2

The Lord our God made an Agreement with us at Mount Sinai.

Deuteronomy 7:6

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 9:29

But they are your people, Lord, your own people, whom you brought out of Egypt with your great power and strength.”

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us so he might pay the price to free us from all evil and to make us pure people who belong only to him—people who are always wanting to do good deeds.

Hebrews 11:8

It was by faith Abraham obeyed God’s call to go to another place God promised to give him. He left his own country, not knowing where he was to go.

Hebrews 8:9

It will not be like the agreement I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to bring them out of Egypt. But they broke that agreement, and I turned away from them, says the Lord.

Joshua 24:24

Then the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God, and we will obey him.”

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen people, royal priests, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession. You were chosen to tell about the wonderful acts of God, who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

1 Samuel 15:22

But Samuel answered, “What pleases the Lord more: burnt offerings and sacrifices or obedience to his voice? It is better to obey than to sacrifice. It is better to listen to God than to offer the fat of sheep.