Psalms 33:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!”
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“Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, The people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“O the happiness of the nation whose God <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, Of the people He did choose, For an inheritance to Him.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 33:12 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 19:5Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
- Exodus 34:9“O Lord,” he said, “if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our iniquity and sin, and take us as Your inheritance.”
- Deuteronomy 7:6For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.
- Deuteronomy 32:9But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.
- Deuteronomy 33:29Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.”
- 2 Samuel 20:19I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”
- Psalms 28:9Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; shepherd them and carry them forever.
- Psalms 65:4Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.
- Psalms 135:4For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.
- Psalms 144:15Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.
- Psalms 147:19He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.
- Isaiah 41:10Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.
- Jeremiah 10:16The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance— the LORD of Hosts is His name.
- John 15:16You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
- Ephesians 1:4For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
- Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
- 1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
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