ach. 10:15; Isa. 43:4; 63:9; Jer. 31:3; Hos. 11:1; Mal. 1:2
bEx. 32:13; Ps. 105:9-11; Luke 1:72, 73
cIsa. 49:7; 1 Cor. 1:9; 10:13; 2 Cor. 1:18; 1 Thess. 5:24; 2 Thess. 3:3; 2 Tim. 2:13; Heb. 10:23; 1 John 1:9
dch. 5:10; Ex. 20:6; 2 Chr. 6:14; Neh. 1:5; 9:32; Dan. 9:4
ech. 4:37; [ch. 7:7]
fch. 7:7, 8; 10:15; Hos. 11:1
h[John 10:27-29; Rom. 8:35, 38, 39]
j[Luke 10:39; Acts 22:3]
lSee Ex. 15:11
mSee ch. 32:15
nPs. 68:33, 34; 104:3; Isa. 19:1; Hab. 3:8
o[ch. 2:15]
pDeut. 7:8; [ch. 14:4]
qCited Matt. 2:15
rEx. 4:22; [Mal. 1:6]
sDeut. 7:8; Jer. 31:3
t[ch. 2:14, 17; 3:7, 8, 13]
u[Amos 1:11; Obad. 10]
vCited Rom. 9:13
wCited from Mal. 1:2, 3
xver. 10

Deuteronomy 7:7-9

7It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples, 8but ait is because the Lord loves you and is keeping bthe oath that he swore to your fathers, that the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 9Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, cthe faithful God dwho keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,

Deuteronomy 10:15

15Yet ethe Lord set his heart in love on your fathers and chose their offspring after them, you above all peoples, as you are this day.

Deuteronomy 33:3

3Yes, fhe loved his people, ▼
▼Septuagint; Hebrew peoples

hall his holy ones were in his ▼
▼Hebrew your
 hand;
jso they followed ▼
▼The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
 in your steps,
receiving direction from you,

Deuteronomy 33:26

26 l“There is none like God, O mJeshurun,
nwho rides through the heavens to your help,
through the skies in his majesty.

Hosea 11:1

The Lord’s Love for Israel

1 oWhen Israel was a child, pI loved him,
and out of Egypt I qcalled rmy son.

Malachi 1:2

The Lord’s Love for Israel

2 s“I have loved you,” says the Lord. tBut you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is not Esau uJacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet vI have loved Jacob

Romans 9:13

13As it is written, w“Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

1 John 4:19

19 xWe love because he first loved us.
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