Malachi 3:17
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17 “They(A) shall be Mine,” says the Lord of hosts,
“On the day that I make them My (B)jewels.[a]
And (C)I will spare them
As a man spares his own son who serves him.”
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- Malachi 3:17 Lit. special treasure
Exodus 19:5
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5 Now (A)therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and (B)keep My covenant, then (C)you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is (D)Mine.
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Deuteronomy 7:6
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6 “For you are a [a]holy people to the Lord your God; (A)the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth.
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- Deuteronomy 7:6 set-apart
Isaiah 62:3-4
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3 You shall also be (A)a crown of glory
In the hand of the Lord,
And a royal diadem
In the hand of your God.
4 (B)You shall no longer be termed (C)Forsaken,[a]
Nor shall your land any more be termed (D)Desolate;[b]
But you shall be called [c]Hephzibah, and your land [d]Beulah;
For the Lord delights in you,
And your land shall be married.
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- Isaiah 62:4 Heb. Azubah
- Isaiah 62:4 Heb. Shemamah
- Isaiah 62:4 Lit. My Delight Is in Her
- Isaiah 62:4 Lit. Married
2 Corinthians 6:18
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1 Peter 2:9
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9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of (A)darkness into His marvelous light;
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Jeremiah 32:38-39
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38 They shall be (A)My people, and I will be their God; 39 then I will (B)give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them.
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Deuteronomy 26:17-18
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17 Today you have (A)proclaimed the Lord to be your God, and that you will walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments, and His judgments, and that you will (B)obey His voice. 18 Also today (C)the Lord has proclaimed you to be His special people, just as He promised you, that you should keep all His commandments,
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Romans 8:32
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32 (A)He who did not spare His own Son, but (B)delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?
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Malachi 1:6
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Polluted Offerings
6 “A son (A)honors his father,
And a servant his master.
(B)If then I am the Father,
Where is My honor?
And if I am a Master,
Where is My reverence?
Says the Lord of hosts
To you priests who despise My name.
(C)Yet you say, ‘In what way have we despised Your name?’
Ezekiel 36:27-28
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27 I will put My (A)Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them. 28 (B)Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; (C)you shall be My people, and I will be your God.
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Jeremiah 31:33
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33 (A)But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: (B)I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their [a]hearts; (C)and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
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- Jeremiah 31:33 Lit. inward parts
Psalm 135:4
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- Psalm 135:4 precious possession
Deuteronomy 14:2
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2 (A)For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
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Revelation 20:12-15
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12 And I saw the dead, (A)small and great, standing before [a]God, (B)and books were opened. And another (C)book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged (D)according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it, (E)and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. (F)And they were judged, each one according to his works. 14 Then (G)Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. (H)This is the second [b]death. 15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life (I)was cast into the lake of fire.
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- Revelation 20:12 NU, M the throne
- Revelation 20:14 NU, M death, the lake of fire.
John 10:27-30
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27 (A)My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. 28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. 29 (B)My Father, (C)who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. 30 (D)I and My Father are one.”
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1 Corinthians 6:20
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20 For (A)you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body [a]and in your spirit, which are God’s.
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- 1 Corinthians 6:20 NU omits the rest of v. 20.
1 Corinthians 3:22-23
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22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come—all are yours. 23 And (A)you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.
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Matthew 25:34
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34 Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, (A)inherit the kingdom (B)prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
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Ezekiel 16:8
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8 “When I passed by you again and looked upon you, indeed your time was the time of love; (A)so I spread [a]My wing over you and covered your nakedness. Yes, I (B)swore an oath to you and entered into a (C)covenant with you, and (D)you became Mine,” says the Lord God.
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- Ezekiel 16:8 Or the corner of My garment
1 Peter 1:13-16
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Living Before God Our Father
13 Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 as obedient children, not (A)conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; 15 (B)but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 because it is written, (C)“Be holy, for I am holy.”
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2 Thessalonians 1:7-10
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7 and to give you who are troubled (A)rest with us when (B)the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, 8 in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 (C)These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and (D)from the glory of His power, 10 when He comes, in that Day, (E)to be (F)glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who [a]believe, because our testimony among you was believed.
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- 2 Thessalonians 1:10 NU, M have believed
Jeremiah 31:20
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20 Is Ephraim My dear son?
Is he a pleasant child?
For though I spoke against him,
I earnestly remember him still;
(A)Therefore My [a]heart yearns for him;
(B)I will surely have mercy on him, says the Lord.
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- Jeremiah 31:20 Lit. inward parts
Isaiah 26:20-21
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Take Refuge from the Coming Judgment
20 Come, my people, (A)enter your chambers,
And shut your doors behind you;
Hide yourself, as it were, (B)for a little moment,
Until the indignation is past.
21 For behold, the Lord (C)comes out of His place
To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity;
The earth will also disclose her [a]blood,
And will no more cover her slain.
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- Isaiah 26:21 Or bloodshed
Nehemiah 13:22
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22 And I commanded the Levites that (A)they should cleanse themselves, and that they should go and guard the gates, to sanctify the Sabbath day.
Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of Your mercy!
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