Jeremiah 1:5

New Century Version

“Before I made you in your mother’s womb, I chose you. Before you were born, I set you apart for a special work. I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

Cross References

Psalm 139:16

you saw my body as it was formed. All the days planned for me were written in your book before I was one day old.

Isaiah 49:1

All of you people in faraway places, listen to me. Listen, all you nations far away. Before I was born, the Lord called me to serve him. The Lord named me while I was still in my mother’s womb.

Romans 8:29

God knew them before he made the world, and he chose them to be like his Son so that Jesus would be the firstborn of many brothers and sisters.

Isaiah 49:5

The Lord made me in the body of my mother to be his servant, to lead the people of Jacob back to him so that Israel might be gathered to him. The Lord will honor me, and I will get my strength from my God.

Isaiah 44:2

This is what the Lord says, who made you, who formed you in your mother’s body, who will help you: “People of Jacob, my servants, don’t be afraid. Israel, I chose you.

Luke 1:41

When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the unborn baby inside her jumped, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

Luke 1:76

“Now you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High God. You will go before the Lord to prepare his way.

Exodus 33:17

Then the Lord said to Moses, “I will do what you ask, because I know you very well, and I am pleased with you.”

Jeremiah 1:10

Today I have put you in charge of nations and kingdoms. You will pull up and tear down, destroy and overthrow, build up and plant.”

Exodus 33:12

Moses said to the Lord, “You have told me to lead these people, but you did not say whom you would send with me. You have said to me, ‘I know you very well, and I am pleased with you.’

Luke 1:15

John will be a great man for the Lord. He will never drink wine or beer, and even from birth, he will be filled with the Holy Spirit.

Romans 1:1

From Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus. God called me to be an apostle and chose me to tell the Good News.

Jeremiah 50:34

But God is strong and will buy them back. His name is the Lord All-Powerful. He will surely defend them with power so he can give rest to their land. But he will not give rest to those living in Babylon.”

Ephesians 1:22

God put everything under his power and made him the head over everything for the church,

John 10:36

So why do you say that I speak against God because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’? I am the one God chose and sent into the world.

1 Corinthians 8:3

But if any person loves God, that person is known by God.

Psalm 139:15

You saw my bones being formed as I took shape in my mother’s body. When I was put together there,

Jeremiah 1:4

The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:

Jeremiah 25:13

I will make happen all the terrible things I said about Babylonia—everything Jeremiah prophesied about all those foreign nations, the warnings written in this book.

Jeremiah 36:2

“Get a scroll. Write on it all the words I have spoken to you about Israel and Judah and all the nations. Write everything from when I first spoke to you, when Josiah was king, until now.

Jeremiah 20:15

Let there be a curse on the man who brought my father the news: “You have a son!” This made my father very glad.