Jeremiah 2:3
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3 (A)Israel was holy to the Lord,
(B)the firstfruits of his harvest.
(C)All who ate of it incurred guilt;
disaster came upon them,
declares the Lord.”
James 1:18
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18 (A)Of his own will he (B)brought us forth by the word of truth, (C)that we should be a kind of (D)firstfruits of his creatures.
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Revelation 14:4
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4 It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for (A)they are virgins. It is these (B)who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as (C)firstfruits for God and the Lamb,
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Jeremiah 50:7
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7 All who found them have devoured them, (A)and their enemies have said, ‘We are not guilty, for (B)they have sinned against the Lord, (C)their habitation of righteousness, the Lord, (D)the hope of their fathers.’
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Isaiah 41:11
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11 (A)Behold, all who are incensed against you
shall be put to shame and confounded;
those who strive against you
shall be as nothing and shall perish.
Deuteronomy 7:6
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6 “For (A)you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be (B)a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
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Exodus 19:5-6
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5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be (A)my treasured possession among all peoples, for (B)all the earth is mine; 6 and you shall be to me a (C)kingdom of priests and (D)a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.”
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Romans 11:16
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16 (A)If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, so is the whole lump, and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
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Zechariah 2:8
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8 For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me[a] to the nations who plundered you, (A)for he who touches you touches (B)the apple of his eye:
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- Zechariah 2:8 Or he sent me after glory
Jeremiah 12:14
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14 Thus says the Lord concerning all (A)my evil neighbors (B)who touch the heritage that (C)I have given my people Israel to inherit: “Behold, I will pluck them up from their land, and I will pluck up the house of Judah from among them.
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Deuteronomy 14:2
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2 For (A)you are a people holy to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
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Numbers 18:12
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12 (A)All the best of the oil and all the best of the wine and of the grain, (B)the firstfruits of what they give to the Lord, I give to you.
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Ephesians 1:4
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4 (A)even as he (B)chose us in him (C)before the foundation of the world, that we should be (D)holy and blameless before him. In love
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Romans 16:5
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5 Greet also (A)the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was (B)the first convert[a] to Christ in Asia.
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- Romans 16:5 Greek firstfruit
Acts 9:4-5
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4 And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting (A)me?” 5 And he said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he said, “I am Jesus, (B)whom you are persecuting.
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Zechariah 14:20-21
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20 And (A)on that day there shall be inscribed on the bells of the horses, (B)“Holy to the Lord.” And the pots in the house of the Lord shall be as the bowls before the altar. 21 And every pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be (C)holy to the Lord of hosts, so that all who sacrifice may come and take of them and boil the meat of the sacrifice in them. And (D)there shall no longer be (E)a trader[a] in the house of the Lord of hosts (F)on that day.
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- Zechariah 14:21 Or Canaanite
Zechariah 12:2-4
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2 “Behold, I am about to make Jerusalem (A)a cup of staggering to (B)all the surrounding peoples. The siege of Jerusalem (C)will also be against Judah. 3 (D)On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. (E)All who lift it will surely hurt themselves. And (F)all the nations of the earth will gather against it. 4 (G)On that day, declares the Lord, (H)I will strike every horse (I)with panic, and its rider (J)with madness. But for the sake of the house of Judah I will keep my eyes open, when I strike every horse of the peoples (K)with blindness.
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Zechariah 1:15
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15 (A)And I am exceedingly angry with the nations that are (B)at ease; (C)for while I was angry but a little, (D)they furthered the disaster.
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Joel 1:7-8
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7 It has laid waste my vine
and splintered my (A)fig tree;
it has stripped off their bark and thrown it down;
their branches are made white.
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- Joel 1:8 Or young woman
Joel 1:3
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3 (A)Tell your children of it,
and let your children tell their children,
and their children to another generation.
Jeremiah 30:16
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16 (A)Therefore all who devour you shall be devoured,
and (B)all your foes, every one of them, shall go into captivity;
(C)those who plunder you shall be plundered,
(D)and all who prey on you I will make a prey.
Isaiah 47:6
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6 (A)I was angry with my people;
I profaned my heritage;
I gave them into your hand;
(B)you showed them no mercy;
on the aged you made your yoke exceedingly heavy.
Psalm 105:25-36
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26 He (C)sent Moses, his servant,
and Aaron, (D)whom he had chosen.
27 (E)They performed his signs among them
and miracles in (F)the land of Ham.
28 He (G)sent darkness, and made the land dark;
they (H)did not rebel[a] against his words.
29 He turned their waters into blood
and (I)caused their fish to die.
30 Their land swarmed with frogs,
even in (J)the chambers of their kings.
31 He spoke, and there came (K)swarms of flies,
(L)and gnats throughout their country.
32 He gave them hail for rain,
and fiery (M)lightning bolts through their land.
33 He struck down their vines and fig trees,
and (N)shattered the trees of their country.
34 He spoke, and the (O)locusts came,
young locusts without number,
35 which devoured all the vegetation in their land
and ate up the fruit of their ground.
36 He (P)struck down all the firstborn in their land,
(Q)the firstfruits of all their strength.
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- Psalm 105:28 Septuagint, Syriac omit not
Psalm 105:14-15
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14 he (A)allowed no one to oppress them;
he (B)rebuked kings on their account,
15 saying, (C)“Touch not my anointed ones,
do my prophets no harm!”
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