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1 Peter 2 9
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
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Isaiah 62:4
You will no longer be called,“ Abandoned,” and your land will no longer be called“ Desolate.” Indeed, you will be called“ My Delight is in Her,” and your land“ Married.” For the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be married to him.
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Deuteronomy 26:19
Then he will elevate you above all the nations he has made and you will receive praise, fame, and honor. You will be a people holy to the LORD your God, as he has said.
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Isaiah 35:9
No lions will be there, no ferocious wild animals will be on it– they will not be found there. Those delivered from bondage will travel on it,
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Deuteronomy 7:6
For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.
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Hebrews 13:5
Your conduct must be free from the love of money and you must be content with what you have, for he has said,“ I will never leave you and I will never abandon you.”
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Isaiah 42:16
I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. I will turn the darkness in front of them into light, and level out the rough ground. This is what I will do for them. I will not abandon them.
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Matthew 16:18
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.
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Deuteronomy 28:9
The LORD will designate you as his holy people just as he promised you, if you keep his commandments and obey him.
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Psalms 107:2
Let those delivered by the LORD speak out, those whom he delivered from the power of the enemy,
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Luke 19:10
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
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John 4:23
But a time is coming– and now is here– when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such people to be his worshipers.
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Ezekiel 34:11-16
“‘ For this is what the sovereign LORD says: Look, I myself will search for my sheep and seek them out.As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will seek out my flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered on a cloudy, dark day.I will bring them out from among the peoples and gather them from foreign countries; I will bring them to their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the streams and all the inhabited places of the land.In a good pasture I will feed them; the mountain heights of Israel will be their pasture. There they will lie down in a lush pasture, and they will feed on rich grass on the mountains of Israel.I myself will feed my sheep and I myself will make them lie down, declares the sovereign LORD.I will seek the lost and bring back the strays; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them– with judgment!
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Matthew 28:20
teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
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Matthew 18:10-13
“ See that you do not disdain one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.
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Luke 15:4-5
“ Which one of you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety- nine in the open pasture and go look for the one that is lost until he finds it?Then when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
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1 Peter 1 18-1 Peter 1 19
You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed– not by perishable things like silver or gold,but by precious blood like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb, namely Christ.
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Revelation 5:9
They were singing a new song:“ You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals because you were killed, and at the cost of your own blood you have purchased for God persons from every tribe, language, people, and nation.
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Isaiah 65:1
“ I made myself available to those who did not ask for me; I appeared to those who did not look for me. I said,‘ Here I am! Here I am!’ to a nation that did not invoke my name.
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Isaiah 60:21
All of your people will be godly; they will possess the land permanently. I will plant them like a shoot; they will be the product of my labor, through whom I reveal my splendor.
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John 10:16
I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, so that there will be one flock and one shepherd.