Romans 9:4

New Century Version

They are the people of Israel, God’s chosen children. They have seen the glory of God, and they have the agreements that God made between himself and his people. God gave them the law of Moses and the right way of worship and his promises.

Cross References

Genesis 15:18

So on that day the Lord made an agreement with Abram and said, “I will give to your descendants the land between the river of Egypt and the great river Euphrates.

Genesis 17:10

This is my agreement with you and all your descendants, which you must obey: Every male among you must be circumcised.

Genesis 17:2

I will make an agreement between us, and I will make you the ancestor of many people.”

Genesis 17:7

And I will make an agreement between me and you and all your descendants from now on: I will be your God and the God of all your descendants.

Genesis 32:28

Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. Your name will now be Israel, because you have wrestled with God and with people, and you have won.”

1 Kings 8:11

The priests could not continue their work, because the Temple was filled with the glory of the Lord.

Nehemiah 13:29

Remember them, my God, because they made the priesthood unclean and the agreement of the priests and Levites unclean.

Psalm 147:19

He gave his word to Jacob, his laws and demands to Israel.

Psalm 63:2

I have seen you in the Temple and have seen your strength and glory.

Psalm 73:1

God is truly good to Israel, to those who have pure hearts.

Psalm 78:61

He let the Ark, his power, be captured; he let the Ark, his glory, be taken by enemies.

Psalm 89:3

You said, “I made an agreement with the man of my choice; I made a promise to my servant David.

Psalm 89:34

I will not break my agreement nor change what I have said.

Psalm 90:16

Show your servants the wonderful things you do; show your greatness to their children.

Exodus 12:25

Do this when you go to the land the Lord has promised to give you.

Exodus 34:27

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write down these words, because with these words I have made an agreement with you and Israel.”

Exodus 4:22

Then say to the king, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son.

Exodus 40:34

Then the cloud covered the Meeting Tent, and the glory of the Lord filled the Holy Tent.

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 46:3

“Family of Jacob, listen to me! All you people from Israel who are still alive, listen! I have carried you since you were born; I have taken care of you from your birth.

Isaiah 5:2

He dug and cleared the field of stones and planted the best grapevines there. He built a tower in the middle of it and cut out a winepress as well. He hoped good grapes would grow there, but only bad ones grew.

Isaiah 60:19

The sun will no longer be your light during the day nor will the brightness from the moon be your light, because the Lord will be your light forever, and your God will be your glory.

Jeremiah 31:20

“You know that Israel is my dear son, The child I love. Yes, I often speak against Israel, but I still remember him. I love him very much, and I want to comfort him,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 31:33

“This is the agreement I will make with the people of Israel at that time,” says the Lord: “I will put my teachings in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Jeremiah 31:9

They will be crying as they come, but they will pray as I bring them back. I will lead those people by streams of water on an even road where they will not stumble. I am Israel’s father, and Israel is my firstborn son.

Ezekiel 1:28

The surrounding glow looked like the rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day. It seemed to look like the glory of the Lord. So when I saw it, I bowed facedown on the ground and heard a voice speaking.

Hosea 11:1

“When Israel was a child, I loved him, and I called my son out of Egypt.

Numbers 7:89

When Moses went into the Meeting Tent to speak with the Lord, he heard the Lord speaking to him. The voice was coming from between the two gold creatures with wings that were above the lid of the Ark of the Agreement. In this way the Lord spoke with him.

Matthew 21:33

“Listen to this story: There was a man who owned a vineyard. He put a wall around it and dug a hole for a winepress and built a tower. Then he leased the land to some farmers and left for a trip.

John 1:17

The law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

John 1:47

As Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, he said, “Here is truly an Israelite. There is nothing false in him.”

Acts 2:39

This promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are far away. It is for everyone the Lord our God calls to himself.”

Romans 3:2

Yes, of course, there is in every way. The most important thing is this: God trusted the Jews with his teachings.

Romans 8:15

The Spirit we received does not make us slaves again to fear; it makes us children of God. With that Spirit we cry out, “Father.”

Romans 9:6

It is not that God failed to keep his promise to them. But only some of the people of Israel are truly God’s people,

2 Corinthians 11:22

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they from Abraham’s family? So am I.

Galatians 3:16

God made promises both to Abraham and to his descendant. God did not say, “and to your descendants.” That would mean many people. But God said, “and to your descendant.” That means only one person; that person is Christ.

Ephesians 2:12

Remember that in the past you were without Christ. You were not citizens of Israel, and you had no part in the agreements with the promise that God made to his people. You had no hope, and you did not know God.

Deuteronomy 14:1

You are the children of the Lord your God. When someone dies, do not cut yourselves or shave your heads to show your sadness.

Deuteronomy 29:1

The Lord commanded Moses to make an agreement with the Israelites in Moab in addition to the agreement he had made with them at Mount Sinai. These are the words of that agreement.

Deuteronomy 29:14

But I am not just making this agreement and its promises with you

Deuteronomy 31:16

And the Lord said to Moses, “You will soon die. Then these people will not be loyal to me but will worship the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will leave me, breaking the Agreement I made with them.

Deuteronomy 4:13

The Lord told you about his Agreement, the Ten Commandments. He told you to obey them, and he wrote them on two stone tablets.

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.

Hebrews 9:1

The first agreement had rules for worship and a place on earth for worship.

Hebrews 9:10

These gifts and sacrifices were only about food and drink and special washings. They were rules for the body, to be followed until the time of God’s new way.

Hebrews 9:3

Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place.

Hebrews 9:5

Above the Ark were the creatures that showed God’s glory, whose wings reached over the lid. But we cannot tell everything about these things now.

Hebrews 9:6

When everything in the Tent was made ready in this way, the priests went into the first room every day to worship.