Isaiah 41:8
New Living Translation
8 “But as for you, Israel my servant,
Jacob my chosen one,
descended from Abraham my friend,
James 2:23
New Living Translation
23 And so it happened just as the Scriptures say: “Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith.”[a] He was even called the friend of God.[b]
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Deuteronomy 14:2
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2 You have been set apart as holy to the Lord your God, and he has chosen you from all the nations of the earth to be his own special treasure.
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Exodus 19:5-6
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5 Now if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure from among all the peoples on earth; for all the earth belongs to me. 6 And you will be my kingdom of priests, my holy nation.’ This is the message you must give to the people of Israel.”
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2 Chronicles 20:7
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7 O our God, did you not drive out those who lived in this land when your people Israel arrived? And did you not give this land forever to the descendants of your friend Abraham?
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John 15:14-15
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14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me.
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Isaiah 51:2
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2 Yes, think about Abraham, your ancestor,
and Sarah, who gave birth to your nation.
Abraham was only one man when I called him.
But when I blessed him, he became a great nation.”
Isaiah 44:21
New Living Translation
Restoration for Jerusalem
21 “Pay attention, O Jacob,
for you are my servant, O Israel.
I, the Lord, made you,
and I will not forget you.
Isaiah 44:1-2
New Living Translation
44 “But now, listen to me, Jacob my servant,
Israel my chosen one.
2 The Lord who made you and helps you says:
Do not be afraid, O Jacob, my servant,
O dear Israel,[a] my chosen one.
Footnotes
- 44:2 Hebrew Jeshurun, a term of endearment for Israel.
Isaiah 29:22
New Living Translation
22 That is why the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, says to the people of Israel,[a]
“My people will no longer be ashamed
or turn pale with fear.
Psalm 33:12
New Living Translation
12 What joy for the nation whose God is the Lord,
whose people he has chosen as his inheritance.
Isaiah 43:1
New Living Translation
The Savior of Israel
43 But now, O Jacob, listen to the Lord who created you.
O Israel, the one who formed you says,
“Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you.
I have called you by name; you are mine.
Psalm 135:4
New Living Translation
4 For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself,
Israel for his own special treasure.
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