Psalm 106:23

Praise To Yahweh For His Faithfulness In Israel's History

²² wonderful works in the land of Ham,
awe-inspiring acts at the Red Sea.
²³ So He said He would have destroyed them—
if Moses His chosen one
had not stood before Him in the breach
to turn His wrath away from destroying them. ²⁴ They despised the pleasant land
and did not believe His promise.

Chosen One

Moses

Deuteronomy 9:25

“I fell down in the presence of the Lord 40 days and 40 nights because the Lord had threatened to destroy you.

Psalm 105:6

you offspring of Abraham His servant,
Jacob’s descendants—His chosen ones.

Ezekiel 22:30

I searched for a man among them who would repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land so that I might not destroy it, but I found no one.

Exodus 32:10-14

Now leave Me alone, so that My anger can burn against them and I can destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”

Exodus 32:32

Now if You would only forgive their sin. But if not, please erase me from the book You have written.”

Numbers 16:5

Then he said to Korah and all his followers, “Tomorrow morning the Lord will reveal who belongs to Him, who is set apart, and the one He will let come near Him. He will let the one He chooses come near Him.

Deuteronomy 9:13-14

The Lord also said to me, ‘I have seen this people, and indeed, they are a stiff-necked people.

Deuteronomy 9:19

I was afraid of the fierce anger the Lord had directed against you, because He was about to destroy you. But again the Lord listened to me on that occasion.

Deuteronomy 10:10

“I stayed on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights like the first time. The Lord also listened to me on this occasion; He agreed not to annihilate you.

Psalm 105:26

He sent Moses His servant,
and Aaron, whom He had chosen.

Jeremiah 5:1

Roam through the streets of Jerusalem.
Look and take note;
search in her squares.
If you find one person,
any who acts justly,
who seeks to be faithful,
then I will forgive her.

Ezekiel 13:5

You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it might stand in battle on the day of the Lord.

Ezekiel 20:8

“But they rebelled against Me and were unwilling to listen to Me. None of them threw away the detestable things that were before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I considered pouring out My wrath on them, exhausting My anger against them within the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 20:13-14

“But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—the person who does them will live by them. They also completely profaned My Sabbaths. So I considered pouring out My wrath on them in the wilderness to put an end to them.

Matthew 12:18

Here is My Servant whom I have chosen,
My beloved in whom My soul delights;
I will put My Spirit on Him,
and He will proclaim justice to the nations.

John 15:16

You did not choose Me, but I chose you. I appointed you that you should go out and produce fruit and that your fruit should remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

John 15:19

If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of it, the world hates you.

James 5:16

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The urgent request of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.