why gaze in envy, you rugged mountain, at the mountain where God chooses to reign, where the Lord himself will dwell forever?

You say, “I choose the appointed time; it is I who judge with equity.

Then he rejected the tents of Joseph, he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;

since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the Lord.

Do not envy the violent or choose any of their ways.

Choose my instruction instead of silver, knowledge rather than choice gold,

The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

He will be eating curds and honey when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right,

for before the boy knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.

The Lord will have compassion on Jacob; once again he will choose Israel and will settle them in their own land. Foreigners will join them and unite with the descendants of Jacob.

But you are less than nothing and your works are utterly worthless; whoever chooses you is detestable.

For this is what the Lord says: “To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose what pleases me and hold fast to my covenant—

so I also will choose harsh treatment for them and will bring on them what they dread. For when I called, no one answered, when I spoke, no one listened. They did evil in my sight and chose what displeases me.”

“Return, faithless people,” declares the Lord, “for I am your husband. I will choose you—one from a town and two from a clan—and bring you to Zion.

then I will reject the descendants of Jacob and David my servant and will not choose one of his sons to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. For I will restore their fortunes and have compassion on them.’”

“Son of man, speak to your people and say to them: ‘When I bring the sword against a land, and the people of the land choose one of their men and make him their watchman,

They set up kings without my consent; they choose princes without my approval. With their silver and gold they make idols for themselves to their own destruction.

“Proclaim further: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘My towns will again overflow with prosperity, and the Lord will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.’”

The Lord will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land and will again choose Jerusalem.

“All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

For there are eunuchs who were born that way, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others—and there are those who choose to live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”

“All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.

Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have been with us the whole time the Lord Jesus was living among us,

Brothers and sisters, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them

Simon has described to us how God first intervened to choose a people for his name from the Gentiles.

The Council’s Letter to Gentile Believers

Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to choose some of their own men and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas (called Barsabbas) and Silas, men who were leaders among the believers.

So we all agreed to choose some men and send them to you with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul—

Even if I should choose to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say,

If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know!

You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.

For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do—living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry.