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James 1:18
By his own choice, he gave us birth by the word of truth so that we would be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
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Jeremiah 50:7
Whoever found them devoured them. Their adversaries said,“ We’re not guilty; instead, they have sinned against the LORD, their righteous grazing land, the hope of their ancestors, the LORD.”
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Isaiah 41:11
Be sure that all who are enraged against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will become as nothing and will perish.
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Exodus 19:5-6
Now if you will carefully listen to me and keep my covenant, you will be my own possession out of all the peoples, although the whole earth is mine,and you will be my kingdom of priests and my holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to say to the Israelites.”
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Revelation 14:4
These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, since they remained virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were redeemed from humanity as the firstfruits for God and the Lamb.
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Deuteronomy 7:6
For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be his own possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.
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Deuteronomy 14:2
for you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be his own possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.
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Jeremiah 12:14
This is what the LORD says:“ Concerning all my evil neighbors who attack the inheritance that I bequeathed to my people, Israel, I am about to uproot them from their land, and I will uproot the house of Judah from them.
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Jeremiah 30:16
Nevertheless, all who devoured you will be devoured, and all your adversaries— all of them— will go off into exile. Those who plunder you will be plundered, and all who raid you will be raided.
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Zechariah 12:2-4
“ Look, I will make Jerusalem a cup that causes staggering for the peoples who surround the city. The siege against Jerusalem will also involve Judah.On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who try to lift it will injure themselves severely when all the nations of the earth gather against her.On that day”— this is the LORD’s declaration—“ I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness. I will keep a watchful eye on the house of Judah but strike all the horses of the nations with blindness.
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Zechariah 14:20-21
On that day, the words HOLY TO THE LORD will be on the bells of the horses. The pots in the house of the LORD will be like the sprinkling basins before the altar.Every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to the LORD of Armies. All who sacrifice will come and use the pots to cook in. And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the LORD of Armies.
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Ephesians 1:4
For he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in love before him.
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Exodus 23:16
Also observe the Festival of Harvest with the firstfruits of your produce from what you sow in the field, and observe the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.
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Isaiah 47:6
I was angry with my people; I profaned my possession, and I handed them over to you. You showed them no mercy; you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.
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Romans 11:16
Now if the firstfruits are holy, so is the whole batch. And if the root is holy, so are the branches.
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Zechariah 2:8
For the LORD of Armies says this:“ In pursuit of his glory, he sent me against the nations plundering you, for whoever touches you touches the pupil of my eye.
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1 Peter 2 9
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
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Acts 9:4-5
Falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him,“ Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”“ Who are you, Lord?” Saul said.“ I am Jesus, the one you are persecuting,” he replied.
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Romans 16:5
Greet also the church that meets in their home. Greet my dear friend Epaenetus, who is the first convert to Christ from Asia.
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Numbers 18:12
I am giving you all the best of the fresh oil, new wine, and grain, which the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits.
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Exodus 4:22-23
And you will say to Pharaoh: This is what the LORD says: Israel is my firstborn son.I told you: Let my son go so that he may worship me, but you refused to let him go. Look, I am about to kill your firstborn son!”
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Psalms 105:14-15
he allowed no one to oppress them; he rebuked kings on their behalf:“ Do not touch my anointed ones, or harm my prophets.”
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Psalms 105:25-36
whose hearts he turned to hate his people and to deal deceptively with his servants.He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.They performed his miraculous signs among them and wonders in the land of Ham.He sent darkness, and it became dark— for did they not defy his commands?He turned their water into blood and caused their fish to die.Their land was overrun with frogs, even in their royal chambers.He spoke, and insects came— gnats throughout their country.He gave them hail for rain, and lightning throughout their land.He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their territory.He spoke, and locusts came— young locusts without number.They devoured all the vegetation in their land and consumed the produce of their land.He struck all the firstborn in their land, all their first progeny.
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Joel 1:3
Tell your children about it, and let your children tell their children, and their children the next generation.
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Zechariah 1:15
I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease, for I was a little angry, but they made the destruction worse.
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Psalms 81:14-15
I would quickly subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes.”Those who hate the LORD would cower to him; their doom would last forever.
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Exodus 22:29
“ You must not hold back offerings from your harvest or your vats. Give me the firstborn of your sons.
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Joel 1:7-8
It has devastated my grapevine and splintered my fig tree. It has stripped off its bark and thrown it away; its branches have turned white.Grieve like a young woman dressed in sackcloth, mourning for the husband of her youth.
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Deuteronomy 26:19
that he will elevate you to praise, fame, and glory above all the nations he has made, and that you will be a holy people to the LORD your God as he promised.”
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Amos 6:1
Woe to those who are at ease in Zion and to those who feel secure on the hill of Samaria— the notable people in this first of the nations, those the house of Israel comes to.