Malachi 3:17
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17 “They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, (A)in the day when I make up (B)my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.
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Exodus 19:5
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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;
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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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Isaiah 62:3-4
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3 You shall be (A)a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,
and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
4 (B)You shall no more be termed (C)Forsaken,[a]
and your land shall no more be termed Desolate,[b]
(D)but you shall be called (E)My Delight Is in Her,[c]
and your land Married;[d]
for the Lord delights in you,
and your land shall be married.
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- Isaiah 62:4 Hebrew Azubah
- Isaiah 62:4 Hebrew Shemamah
- Isaiah 62:4 Hebrew Hephzibah
- Isaiah 62:4 Hebrew Beulah
2 Corinthians 6:18
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18 (A)and I will be a father to you,
and you shall be sons and daughters to me,
says the Lord Almighty.”
Jeremiah 32:38-39
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38 (A)And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. 39 (B)I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, (C)for their own good and the good of their children after them.
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Deuteronomy 26:17-18
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17 (A)You have declared today that the Lord is your God, and that you will walk in his ways, and keep his statutes and his commandments and his rules, and will obey his voice. 18 And the Lord has declared today that you are (B)a people for his treasured possession, as he has promised you, and that you are to keep all his commandments,
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Malachi 1:6
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The Priests' Polluted Offerings
6 (A)“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am (B)a father, where is my honor? And if I am (C)a master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. (D)But you say, ‘How have we despised your name?’
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Psalm 135:4
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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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Revelation 20:12-15
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12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and (A)books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is (B)the book of life. And (C)the dead were judged by what was written in the books, (D)according to what they had done. 13 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, (E)Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, (F)according to what they had done. 14 Then (G)Death and Hades (H)were thrown into the lake of fire. This is (I)the second death, the lake of fire. 15 And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, (J)he was thrown into the lake of fire.
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John 10:27-30
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27 (A)My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 (B)I give them eternal life, and (C)they will never perish, and (D)no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, (E)who has given them to me,[a] (F)is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of (G)the Father's hand. 30 (H)I and the Father are one.”
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- John 10:29 Some manuscripts What my Father has given to me
Ezekiel 36:27-28
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27 (A)And I will put my Spirit within you, (B)and cause you to walk in my statutes and (C)be careful to obey my rules.[a] 28 (D)You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and (E)you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
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- Ezekiel 36:27 Or my just decrees
Jeremiah 31:33
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33 (A)For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: (B)I will put my law within them, and I will write it (C)on their hearts. (D)And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
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1 Peter 1:13-16
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Called to Be Holy
13 Therefore, (A)preparing your minds for action,[a] and (B)being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 14 As obedient children, (C)do not be conformed to the passions (D)of your former ignorance, 15 but (E)as he who called you is holy, you also be holy (F)in all your conduct, 16 since it is written, (G)“You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
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- 1 Peter 1:13 Greek girding up the loins of your mind
2 Thessalonians 1:7-10
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7 and to grant (A)relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when (B)the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven (C)with his mighty angels 8 (D)in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those (E)who do not know God and on those who (F)do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 They will suffer the punishment of (G)eternal destruction, (H)away from[a] the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, 10 (I)when he comes on (J)that day (K)to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our (L)testimony to you (M)was believed.
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- 2 Thessalonians 1:9 Or destruction that comes from
1 Corinthians 6:20
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20 (A)for you were bought with a price. (B)So glorify God in your body.
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1 Corinthians 3:22-23
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22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours, 23 and (A)you are Christ's, and (B)Christ is God's.
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Romans 8:32
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32 (A)He who did not spare his own Son but (B)gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
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Ezekiel 16:8
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8 “When I passed by you again and saw you, behold, you were at the age for love, and (A)I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness; I made my vow to you (B)and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Lord God, (C)and you became mine.
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Jeremiah 31:20
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20 (A)Is Ephraim my dear son?
(B)Is he my darling child?
For as often as I speak against him,
I do remember him still.
(C)Therefore my heart[a] yearns for him;
I will surely have mercy on him,
declares the Lord.
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- Jeremiah 31:20 Hebrew bowels
Isaiah 26:20-21
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20 Come, my people, enter your chambers,
and shut your doors behind you;
hide yourselves (A)for a little while
until the fury has passed by.
21 (B)For behold, the Lord is coming out from his place
to punish the inhabitants of (C)the earth for their iniquity,
and the earth will disclose the blood shed on it,
and will no more cover its slain.
Nehemiah 13:22
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22 Then I commanded the Levites (A)that they should purify themselves and come and guard the gates, to keep the Sabbath day holy. (B)Remember this also in my favor, O my God, and spare me according to the greatness of your steadfast love.
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