Exo 19:5-6, Deu 7:7-8, 9:5, 14:2, Mal 1:2, Mat 11:26, Joh 15:16 | ESV | STEP | Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant , you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples , for all the earth is mine;

Exodus 19:5-6

5 Now 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; 6 and 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 7:7-8

7 It 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, 8 but ^eit is because the Lord loves you and is keeping ^fthe 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.

Deuteronomy 9:5

5 ^gNot because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart are you going in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out from before you, and that he may confirm ^hthe word that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

Deuteronomy 14:2

2 For ⁱyou are a people holy to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

Malachi 1:2

The Lord’s Love for Israel

2 ^j“I have loved you,” says the Lord. ^kBut you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is not Esau ^lJacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet ^mI have loved Jacob

Matthew 11:26

26 yes, Father, for such was your ⁿgracious will. ^{▼▼Or for so it pleased you well}

John 15:16

16 You did not choose me, but ^pI chose you and appointed you that you should go and ^qbear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that ^rwhatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.