ASV Strong Code H977 : bachar baw-khar'

Definition

H977 bachar baw-khar' a primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select:--acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.

ASV Bible Verses Containing Strong Code H977

M / Genesis 6.2 : that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose[H977].
M / Genesis 13.11 : So Lot chose[H977] him all the Plain of the Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
M / Exodus 14.7 : and he took six hundred chosen[H977] chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them.
M / Exodus 17.9 : And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out[H977] men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to-morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.
M / Exodus 18.25 : And Moses chose[H977] able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
M / Numbers 16.5 : and he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, In the morning Jehovah will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near unto him[H977]: even him whom he shall choose will he cause to come near unto him.
M / Numbers 16.7 : and put fire in them, and put incense upon them before Jehovah to-morrow: and it shall be that the man whom Jehovah doth choose[H977], he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.
M / Numbers 17.5 : And it shall come to pass, that the rod of the man whom I shall choose[H977] shall bud: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you.
M / Deuteronomy 4.37 : And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose[H977] their seed after them, and brought thee out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt;
M / Deuteronomy 7.6 : For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen[H977] thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
M / Deuteronomy 7.7 : Jehovah did not set his love upon you[H977], nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all peoples:
M / Deuteronomy 10.15 : Only Jehovah had a delight in thy fathers to love them[H977], and he chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples, as at this day.
M / Deuteronomy 12.5 : But unto the place which Jehovah your God shall choose[H977] out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come;
M / Deuteronomy 12.11 : then it shall come to pass that to the place which Jehovah your God shall choose[H977], to cause his name to dwell there, thither shall ye bring all that I command you: your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto Jehovah.
M / Deuteronomy 12.14 : but in the place which Jehovah shall choose[H977] in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.
M / Deuteronomy 12.18 : but thou shalt eat them before Jehovah thy God in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose[H977], thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God in all that thou puttest thy hand unto.
M / Deuteronomy 12.21 : If the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose[H977], to put his name there, be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which Jehovah hath given thee, as I have commanded thee; and thou mayest eat within thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul.
M / Deuteronomy 12.26 : Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which Jehovah shall choose[H977]:
M / Deuteronomy 14.2 : For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and Jehovah hath chosen[H977] thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
M / Deuteronomy 14.23 : And thou shalt eat before Jehovah thy God, in the place which he shall choose[H977], to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of thy grain, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd and of thy flock; that thou mayest learn to fear Jehovah thy God always.
M / Deuteronomy 14.24 : And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it, because the place is too far from thee, which Jehovah thy God shall choose[H977], to set his name there, when Jehovah thy God shall bless thee;
M / Deuteronomy 14.25 : then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thy hand, and shalt go unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose[H977]:
M / Deuteronomy 15.20 : Thou shalt eat it before Jehovah thy God year by year in the place which Jehovah shall choose[H977], thou and thy household.
M / Deuteronomy 16.2 : And thou shalt sacrifice the passover unto Jehovah thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which Jehovah shall choose[H977], to cause his name to dwell there.
M / Deuteronomy 16.6 : but at the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose[H977], to cause his name to dwell in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.
M / Deuteronomy 16.7 : And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose[H977]: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.
M / Deuteronomy 16.11 : and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are in the midst of thee, in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose[H977], to cause his name to dwell there.
M / Deuteronomy 16.15 : Seven days shalt thou keep a feast unto Jehovah thy God in the place which Jehovah shall choose[H977]; because Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the work of thy hands, and thou shalt be altogether joyful.
M / Deuteronomy 16.16 : Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before Jehovah thy God in the place which he shall choose[H977]: in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles; and they shall not appear before Jehovah empty:
M / Deuteronomy 17.8 : If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates; then shalt thou arise, and get thee up unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose[H977];
M / Deuteronomy 17.10 : And thou shalt do according to the tenor of the sentence which they shall show thee from that place which Jehovah shall choose[H977]; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they shall teach thee:
M / Deuteronomy 17.15 : thou shalt surely set him king over thee, whom Jehovah thy God shall choose[H977]: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee; thou mayest not put a foreigner over thee, who is not thy brother.
M / Deuteronomy 18.5 : For Jehovah thy God hath chosen[H977] him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of Jehovah, him and his sons for ever.
M / Deuteronomy 18.6 : And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourneth, and come with all the desire of his soul unto the place which Jehovah shall choose[H977];
M / Deuteronomy 21.5 : And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them Jehovah thy God hath chosen[H977] to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah; and according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke be.
M / Deuteronomy 23.16 : he shall dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in the place which he shall choose[H977] within one of thy gates, where it pleaseth him best: thou shalt not oppress him.
M / Deuteronomy 26.2 : that thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which thou shalt bring in from thy land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee; and thou shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose[H977], to cause his name to dwell there.
M / Deuteronomy 30.19 : I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose[H977] life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed;
M / Deuteronomy 31.11 : when all Israel is come to appear before Jehovah thy God in the place which he shall choose[H977], thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.
M / Joshua 8.3 : So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai: and Joshua chose out[H977] thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valor, and sent them forth by night.
M / Joshua 9.27 : And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of Jehovah, unto this day, in the place which he should choose[H977].
M / Joshua 24.15 : And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose[H977] you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.
M / Joshua 24.22 : And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen[H977] you Jehovah, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.
M / Judges 5.8 : They chose[H977] new gods; Then was war in the gates: Was there a shield or spear seen Among forty thousand in Israel?
M / Judges 10.14 : Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen[H977]; let them save you in the time of your distress.
M / Judges 20.15 : And the children of Benjamin were numbered on that day out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen[H977] men.
M / Judges 20.16 : Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen[H977] men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at a hair-breadth, and not miss.
M / Judges 20.34 : And there came over against Gibeah ten thousand chosen[H977] men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore; but they knew not that evil was close upon them.
M / 1 Samuel 2.28 : and did I choose[H977] him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up unto mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?
M / 1 Samuel 8.18 : And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye shall have chosen[H977] you; and Jehovah will not answer you in that day.
M / 1 Samuel 10.24 : And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom Jehovah hath chosen[H977], that there is none like him along all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, Long live the king.
M / 1 Samuel 12.13 : Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen[H977], and whom ye have asked for: and, behold, Jehovah hath set a king over you.
M / 1 Samuel 13.2 : Saul chose[H977] him three thousand men of Israel, whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the mount of Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
M / 1 Samuel 16.8 : Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath Jehovah chosen this[H977].
M / 1 Samuel 16.9 : Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath Jehovah chosen this[H977].
M / 1 Samuel 16.10 : And Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Jehovah hath not chosen these[H977].
M / 1 Samuel 17.40 : And he took his staff in his hand, and chose[H977] him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag which he had, even in his wallet; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
M / 1 Samuel 20.30 : Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of a perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen[H977] the son of Jesse to thine own shame, and unto the shame of thy mother's nakedness?
M / 1 Samuel 24.2 : Then Saul took three thousand chosen[H977] men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.
M / 1 Samuel 26.2 : Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen[H977] men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
M / 2 Samuel 6.1 : And David again gathered together all the chosen[H977] men of Israel, thirty thousand.
M / 2 Samuel 6.21 : And David said unto Michal, It was before Jehovah, who chose[H977] me above thy father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of Jehovah, over Israel: therefore will I play before Jehovah.
M / 2 Samuel 10.9 : Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose[H977] of all the choice[H977] men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians:
M / 2 Samuel 15.15 : And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall choose[H977].
M / 2 Samuel 16.18 : And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom Jehovah, and this people, and all the men of Israel have chosen[H977], his will I be, and with him will I abide.
M / 2 Samuel 17.1 : Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out[H977] twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
M / 2 Samuel 19.38 : And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee[H977]: and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.
M / 2 Samuel 24.12 : Go and speak unto David, Thus saith Jehovah, I offer thee three things[H977]: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
M / 1 Kings 3.8 : And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen[H977], a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
M / 1 Kings 8.16 : Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose[H977] no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there[H977]; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
M / 1 Kings 8.44 : If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatsoever way thou shalt send them, and they pray unto Jehovah toward the city which thou hast chosen[H977], and toward the house which I have built for thy name;
M / 1 Kings 8.48 : if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen[H977], and the house which I have built for thy name:
M / 1 Kings 11.13 : Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to thy son, for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen[H977].
M / 1 Kings 11.32 : (but he shall have one tribe, for my servant David's sake and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen[H977] out of all the tribes of Israel);
M / 1 Kings 11.34 : Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand; but I will make him prince all the days of his life, for David my servant's sake whom I chose[H977], who kept my commandments and my statutes;
M / 1 Kings 11.36 : And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen[H977] me to put my name there.
M / 1 Kings 12.21 : And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men[H977], that were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
M / 1 Kings 14.21 : And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Jehovah had chosen[H977] out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
M / 1 Kings 18.23 : Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose[H977] one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under; and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under.
M / 1 Kings 18.25 : And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose[H977] you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under.
M / 2 Kings 21.7 : And he set the graven image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which Jehovah said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen[H977] out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever;
M / 2 Kings 23.27 : And Jehovah said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city which I have chosen[H977], even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
M / 1 Chronicles 15.2 : Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath Jehovah chosen[H977] to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.
M / 1 Chronicles 19.10 : Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose of[H977] all the choice[H977] men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.
M / 1 Chronicles 21.10 : Go and speak unto David, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, I offer thee three things[H977]: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
M / 1 Chronicles 28.4 : Howbeit Jehovah, the God of Israel, chose[H977] me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen[H977] Judah to be prince; and in the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel;
M / 1 Chronicles 28.5 : And of all my sons (for Jehovah hath given me many sons), he hath chosen[H977] Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah over Israel.
M / 1 Chronicles 28.6 : And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen[H977] him to be my son, and I will be his father.
M / 1 Chronicles 28.10 : Take heed now; for Jehovah hath chosen[H977] thee to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
M / 1 Chronicles 29.1 : And David the king said unto all the assembly, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen[H977], is yet young and tender, and the work is great; for the palace is not for man, but for Jehovah God.
M / 2 Chronicles 6.5 : Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose[H977] no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there[H977]; neither chose I any man to be prince over my people Israel:
M / 2 Chronicles 6.6 : but I have chosen[H977] Jerusalem, that my name might be there[H977]; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
M / 2 Chronicles 6.34 : If thy people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatsoever way thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen[H977], and the house which I have built for thy name;
M / 2 Chronicles 6.38 : if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and the city which thou hast chosen[H977], and toward the house which I have built for thy name:
M / 2 Chronicles 7.12 : And Jehovah appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen[H977] this place to myself for a house of sacrifice.
M / 2 Chronicles 7.16 : For now have I chosen[H977] and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
M / 2 Chronicles 11.1 : And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen[H977] men, that were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.
M / 2 Chronicles 12.13 : So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Jehovah had chosen[H977] out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
M / 2 Chronicles 13.3 : And Abijah joined battle with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen[H977] men: and Jeroboam set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen[H977] men, who were mighty men of valor.
M / 2 Chronicles 13.17 : And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen[H977] men.
M / 2 Chronicles 25.5 : Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and ordered them according to their fathers' houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand chosen[H977] men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
M / 2 Chronicles 29.11 : My sons, be not now negligent; for Jehovah hath chosen[H977] you to stand before him, to minister unto him, and that ye should be his ministers, and burn incense.
M / 2 Chronicles 33.7 : And he set the graven image of the idol, which he had made, in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen[H977] out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
M / Nehemiah 1.9 : but if ye return unto me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heavens, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen[H977], to cause my name to dwell there.
M / Nehemiah 9.7 : Thou art Jehovah the God, who didst choose[H977] Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham,
M / Job 7.15 : So that my soul chooseth[H977] strangling, And death rather than these my bones.
M / Job 9.14 : How much less shall I answer him[H977], And choose out my words to reason with him?
M / Job 15.5 : For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest[H977] the tongue of the crafty.
M / Job 29.25 : I chose[H977] out their way, and sat as chief, And dwelt as a king in the army, As one that comforteth the mourners.
M / Job 34.4 : Let us choose[H977] for us that which is right: Let us know among ourselves what is good.
M / Job 34.33 : Shall his recompense be as thou wilt, that thou refusest it[H977]? For thou must choose, and not I: Therefore speak what thou knowest.
M / Job 36.21 : Take heed, regard not iniquity: For this hast thou chosen[H977] rather than affliction.
M / Psalms 25.12 : What man is he that feareth Jehovah? Him shall he instruct in the way that he shall choose[H977].
M / Psalms 33.12 : Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, The people whom he hath chosen[H977] for his own inheritance.
M / Psalms 47.4 : He chooseth[H977] our inheritance for us, The glory of Jacob whom he loved. Selah
M / Psalms 65.4 : Blessed is the man whom thou choosest[H977], and causest to approach unto thee, That he may dwell in thy courts: We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, Thy holy temple.
M / Psalms 78.67 : Moreover he refused the tent of Joseph, And chose[H977] not the tribe of Ephraim,
M / Psalms 78.68 : But chose[H977] the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved.
M / Psalms 78.70 : He chose[H977] David also his servant, And took him from the sheepfolds:
M / Psalms 84.10 : For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather[H977] be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
M / Psalms 89.19 : Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints, And saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen[H977] out of the people.
M / Psalms 105.26 : He sent Moses his servant, And Aaron whom he had chosen[H977].
M / Psalms 119.30 : I have chosen[H977] the way of faithfulness: Thine ordinances have I set before me.
M / Psalms 119.173 : Let thy hand be ready to help me[H977]; For I have chosen thy precepts.
M / Psalms 132.13 : For Jehovah hath chosen[H977] Zion; He hath desired it for his habitation.
M / Psalms 135.4 : For Jehovah hath chosen[H977] Jacob unto himself, And Israel for his own possession.
M / Proverbs 1.29 : For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose[H977] the fear of Jehovah:
M / Proverbs 3.31 : Envy thou not the man of violence, And choose[H977] none of his ways.
M / Proverbs 8.10 : Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice[H977] gold.
M / Proverbs 8.19 : My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; And my revenue than choice[H977] silver.
M / Proverbs 10.20 : The tongue of the righteous is as choice[H977] silver: The heart of the wicked is little worth.
M / Proverbs 16.16 : How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen[H977] than silver.
M / Proverbs 21.3 : To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable[H977] to Jehovah than sacrifice.
M / Proverbs 22.1 : A good name is rather to be chosen[H977] than great riches, And loving favor rather than silver and gold.
M / Song of Solomon 5.15 : His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: His aspect is like Lebanon, excellent[H977] as the cedars.
M / Isaiah 1.29 : For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen[H977].
M / Isaiah 7.15 : Butter and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth to refuse the evil, and choose[H977] the good.
M / Isaiah 7.16 : For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose[H977] the good, the land whose two kings thou abhorrest shall be forsaken.
M / Isaiah 14.1 : For Jehovah will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose[H977] Israel, and set them in their own land: and the sojourner shall join himself with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
M / Isaiah 40.20 : He that is too impoverished for such an oblation chooseth[H977] a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a skilful workman to set up a graven image, that shall not be moved.
M / Isaiah 41.8 : But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen[H977], the seed of Abraham my friend,
M / Isaiah 41.9 : thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from the corners thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant, I have chosen[H977] thee and not cast thee away;
M / Isaiah 41.24 : Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work is of nought; an abomination is he that chooseth you[H977].
M / Isaiah 43.10 : Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen[H977]; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
M / Isaiah 44.1 : Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel, who I have chosen[H977]:
M / Isaiah 44.2 : Thus saith Jehovah that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who will help thee: Fear not, O Jacob my servant; and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen[H977].
M / Isaiah 48.10 : Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen[H977] thee in the furnace of affliction.
M / Isaiah 49.7 : Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of Jehovah that is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee[H977].
M / Isaiah 56.4 : For thus saith Jehovah of the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose[H977] the things that please me, and hold fast my covenant:
M / Isaiah 58.5 : Is such the fast that I have chosen[H977]? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Jehovah?
M / Isaiah 58.6 : Is not this the fast that I have chosen[H977]: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
M / Isaiah 65.12 : I will destine you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter; because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but ye did that which was evil in mine eyes, and chose[H977] that wherein I delighted not.
M / Isaiah 66.3 : He that killeth an ox is as he that slayeth a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as he that breaketh a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as he that offereth swine's blood; he that burneth frankincense, as he that blesseth an idol. Yea[H977], they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations:
M / Isaiah 66.4 : I also will choose[H977] their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did that which was evil in mine eyes, and chose[H977] that wherein I delighted not.
M / Jeremiah 8.3 : And death shall be chosen[H977] rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, that remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith Jehovah of hosts.
M / Jeremiah 33.24 : Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which Jehovah did choose[H977], he hath cast them off? thus do they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
M / Jeremiah 49.19 : Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it[H977]; and whoso is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd that will stand before me?
M / Jeremiah 50.44 : Behold, the enemy shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it[H977]; and whoso is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd that can stand before me?
M / Ezekiel 20.5 : and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the day when I chose[H977] Israel, and sware unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I sware unto them, saying, I am Jehovah your God;
M / Haggai 2.23 : In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith Jehovah, and will make thee as a signet; for I have chosen[H977] thee, saith Jehovah of hosts.
M / Zechariah 1.17 : Cry yet again, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: My cities shall yet overflow with prosperity; and Jehovah shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose[H977] Jerusalem.
M / Zechariah 2.12 : And Jehovah shall inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and shall yet choose[H977] Jerusalem.
M / Zechariah 3.2 : And Jehovah said unto Satan, Jehovah rebuke you, O Satan; Yes, Jehovah that has chosen[H977] Jerusalem rebuke you: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?