Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power, Cross References Exodus 33:14 And the LORD answered, "My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest." Deuteronomy 7:7 The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. Deuteronomy 7:8 But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Deuteronomy 10:15 Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day. Deuteronomy 23:5 Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you. Deuteronomy 33:3 Surely You love the people; all the holy ones are in Your hand, and they sit down at Your feet; each receives Your words-- Deuteronomy 33:12 Concerning Benjamin he said: "May the beloved of the LORD rest secure in Him; God shields him all day long, and upon His shoulders he rests." Psalm 44:3 For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them. Isaiah 63:9 In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old. Jeremiah 31:3 The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: "I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion. Malachi 1:2 "I have loved you," says the LORD. But you ask, "How have You loved us?" "Was not Esau Jacob's brother?" declares the LORD. "Yet Jacob I have loved, Treasury of Scripture And because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought you out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt; because Deuteronomy 7:7-9 Deuteronomy 9:5 Deuteronomy 10:15 and brought Exodus 13:3,9,14 in his sight 2 Chronicles 16:9 Psalm 32:8 Psalm 34:15 with his Deuteronomy 4:34 Psalm 114:1-6 Psalm 136:10-15 |