Psalm 135:4

New English Translation

Indeed, the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel to be his special possession.

Cross References

Psalm 105:6

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

Psalm 33:12

How blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen to be his special possession.

Isaiah 41:8

“You, my servant Israel, Jacob whom I have chosen, offspring of Abraham my friend,

Jeremiah 51:19

The Lord, who is the portion of the descendants of Jacob, is not like them. For he is the one who created everything, including the people of Israel whom he claims as his own. He is known as the Lord who rules over all.

Malachi 3:17

“They will belong to me,” says the Lord who rules over all, “in the day when I prepare my own special property. I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.

Deuteronomy 10:15

However, only to your ancestors did he show his loving favor, and he chose you, their descendants, from all peoples – as is apparent today.

Deuteronomy 26:18

And today the Lord has declared you to be his special people (as he already promised you) so you may keep all his commandments.

Deuteronomy 32:9

For the Lord’s allotment is his people, Jacob is his special possession.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

1 Samuel 12:22

The Lord will not abandon his people because he wants to uphold his great reputation. The Lord was pleased to make you his own people.