Psalm 44:3
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3 for not by their own sword did they win the land,
nor did their own arm give them victory,
but your right hand, and your arm,
and the light of your countenance,
for you delighted in them.(A)
Deuteronomy 7:7-8
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7 “It was not because you were more numerous than any other people that the Lord set his heart on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples.(A) 8 It was because the Lord loved you and kept the oath that he swore to your ancestors that the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.(B)
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Deuteronomy 8:17-18
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17 Do not say to yourself, ‘My power and the might of my own hand have gotten me this wealth.’ 18 But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, so that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your ancestors, as he is doing today.(A)
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Joshua 24:12
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12 I sent swarms of hornets[a] ahead of you that drove out before you the two kings of the Amorites; it was not by your sword or by your bow.(A)
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- 24.12 Meaning of Heb uncertain
2 Corinthians 4:7
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7 But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.(A)
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Zechariah 4:6
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6 He said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of hosts.(A)
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Psalm 77:15
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15 With your strong arm you redeemed your people,
the descendants of Jacob and Joseph. Selah(A)
Psalm 20:6
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6 Now I know that the Lord will help his anointed;
he will answer him from his holy heaven
with mighty victories by his right hand.(A)
Deuteronomy 10:15
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15 yet the Lord set his heart in love on your ancestors alone and chose you, their descendants after them, out of all the peoples, as it is today.(A)
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Deuteronomy 4:37-38
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37 And because he loved your ancestors, he chose their descendants after them. He brought you out of Egypt with his own presence, by his great power,(A) 38 driving out before you nations greater and mightier than yourselves, to bring you in, giving you their land for a possession, as it is still today.(B)
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Psalm 42:11
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11 Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise him,
my help and my God.(A)
Psalm 42:5
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5 Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise him,
my help(A)
1 Samuel 12:22
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22 For the Lord will not cast away his people, for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased the Lord to make you a people for himself.(A)
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Exodus 15:16
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16 Terror and dread fell upon them;
by the might of your arm, they became still as a stone
until your people, O Lord, passed by,
until the people whom you acquired passed by.(A)
Romans 9:10-15
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10 Nor is that all; something similar happened to Rebecca when she had conceived children by one husband, our ancestor Isaac:(A) 11 even before they had been born or had done anything good or bad (so that God’s purpose of election might continue, 12 not by works but by his call) she was told, “The elder shall serve the younger.”(B) 13 As it is written,
“I have loved Jacob,
but I have hated Esau.”(C)
14 What then are we to say? Is there injustice on God’s part? By no means!(D) 15 For he says to Moses,
“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy,
and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”(E)
Psalm 74:11
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- 74.11 Cn: Heb do you consume your right hand from
Psalm 17:7
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7 Wondrously show your steadfast love,
O savior of those who seek refuge
from their adversaries at your right hand.(A)
Psalm 4:6
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6 There are many who say, “O that we might see some good!
Let the light of your face shine on us, O Lord!”(A)
Numbers 14:8
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8 If the Lord is pleased with us, he will bring us into this land and give it to us, a land that flows with milk and honey.(A)
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Malachi 1:2-3
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Israel Preferred to Edom
2 “I have loved you,” says the Lord. But you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is not Esau Jacob’s brother?” says the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob,(A) 3 but I have hated Esau; I have made his hill country a desolation and his heritage a desert for jackals.(B)
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Isaiah 63:12
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12 who caused his glorious arm
to march at the right hand of Moses,
who divided the waters before them
to make for himself an everlasting name,(A)
Psalm 80:16
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16 It has been burned with fire; it has been cut down;
may they perish at the rebuke of your countenance.(A)
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