Deuteronomy 7:7

New English Translation

It is not because you were more numerous than all the other peoples that the Lord favored and chose you – for in fact you were the least numerous of all peoples.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 16:19

When they were few in number, just a very few, and foreign residents within it,

Psalm 105:12

When they were few in number, just a very few, and resident aliens within it,

Psalm 105:6

O children of Abraham, God’s servant, you descendants of Jacob, God’s chosen ones!

Psalm 115:1

Not to us, O Lord, not to us! But to your name bring honor, for the sake of your loyal love and faithfulness.

Psalm 44:3

For they did not conquer the land by their swords, and they did not prevail by their strength, but rather by your power, strength and good favor, for you were partial to them.

Isaiah 51:2

Look at Abraham, your father, and Sarah, who gave you birth. When I summoned him, he was a lone individual, but I blessed him and gave him numerous descendants.

Isaiah 63:9

Through all that they suffered, he suffered too. The messenger sent from his very presence delivered them. In his love and mercy he protected them; he lifted them up and carried them throughout ancient times.

Ezekiel 20:5

and say to them: “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: On the day I chose Israel I swore to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt. I swore to them, “I am the Lord your God.”

Ezekiel 36:22

“Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: It is not for your sake that I am about to act, O house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy reputation which you profaned among the nations where you went.

Matthew 7:14

But the gate is narrow and the way is difficult that leads to life, and there are few who find it.

Luke 12:32

“Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom.

Romans 11:6

And if it is by grace, it is no longer by works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

Romans 9:18

So then, God has mercy on whom he chooses to have mercy, and he hardens whom he chooses to harden.

Romans 9:21

Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use?

Deuteronomy 1:10

The Lord your God has increased your population to the point that you are now as numerous as the very stars of the sky.

Deuteronomy 10:22

When your ancestors went down to Egypt, they numbered only seventy, but now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of the sky.

Deuteronomy 14:2

For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 4:37

Moreover, because he loved your ancestors, he chose their descendants who followed them and personally brought you out of Egypt with his great power

1 John 3:1

(See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called God’s children – and indeed we are! For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know him.

1 John 4:10

In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.