Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
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Ye were
Deuteronomy 10:22 Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons in all, and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.
Isaiah 51:2 “Look to Abraham your father
And to Sarah who gave birth to you in pain;
When hewas but one I called him,
Then I blessed him and multiplied him.”
And to Sarah who gave birth to you in pain;
When he
Then I blessed him and multiplied him.”
Matthew 7:14 For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
Luke 12:32 Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has chosen gladly to give you the kingdom.
Romans 9:27
Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, “Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that will be saved;
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Deuteronomy 10:15 Yet on your fathers did the Lord set His affection to love them, and He chose their descendants after them, even you above all peoples, as it is this day.
Ezekiel 36:22
“Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went.