Exodus 19:5-6

5Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be amy treasured possession among all peoples, for ball the earth is mine; 6and you shall be to me a ckingdom of priests and da holy nation'. These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.”

Deuteronomy 26:17-18

17 eYou have declared today that the Lord is your God, and that you will walk in his ways, and keep his statutes and his commandments and his rules, and will obey his voice. 18And the Lord has declared today that you are fa people for his treasured possession, as he has promised you, and that you are to keep all his commandments,

1 Samuel 12:22-25

22 gFor the Lord will not forsake his people, hfor his great name’s sake, because iit has pleased the Lord to make you a people for himself. 23Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing jto pray for you, kand I will instruct you in the good and the right way. 24 lOnly fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider mwhat great things he has done for you. 25But if you still do wickedly, nyou shall be swept away, oboth you and your king.”

Psalms 81:10-12

10 pI am the Lord your God,
who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
qOpen your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11 “But my people did not listen to my voice;
Israel rwould not submit to me.
12So I sgave them over to their tstubborn hearts,
to follow their own ucounsels.
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