KJV 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.

KJV 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 which they chose.[H977]
M / Genesis 13.11 : Then Lot chose[H977] him all the plain of 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 every one of them.
M / Exodus 17.9 : And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out[H977] men, and go out, fight with Amalek: tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine 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 spoke unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even tomorrow the LORD will show who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen[H977] will he cause to come near unto him.
M / Numbers 16.7 : And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD tomorrow: and it shall be that the man whom the LORD 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 man's rod, whom I shall choose,[H977] shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby 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 in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
M / Deuteronomy 7.6 : For thou art a holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen[H977] thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
M / Deuteronomy 7.7 : The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose[H977] you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
M / Deuteronomy 10.15 : Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose[H977] their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.
M / Deuteronomy 12.5 : But unto the place which the LORD 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 there shall be a place which the LORD 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 the LORD:
M / Deuteronomy 12.14 : But in the place which the LORD 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 must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose,[H977] thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.
M / Deuteronomy 12.21 : If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen[H977] to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
M / Deuteronomy 12.26 : Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose: [H977]
M / Deuteronomy 14.2 : For thou art a holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen[H977] thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
M / Deuteronomy 14.23 : And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose[H977] to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD 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; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose[H977] to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
M / Deuteronomy 14.25 : Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: [H977]
M / Deuteronomy 15.20 : Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose,[H977] thou and thy household.
M / Deuteronomy 16.2 : Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose[H977] to place his name there.
M / Deuteronomy 16.6 : But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose[H977] to place his name 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 the LORD 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 the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen[H977] to place his name there.
M / Deuteronomy 16.15 : Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose:[H977] because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.
M / Deuteronomy 16.16 : Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD 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 the LORD 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 into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;[H977]
M / Deuteronomy 17.10 : And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose[H977] shall show thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee:
M / Deuteronomy 17.15 : Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose:[H977] one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.
M / Deuteronomy 18.5 : For the LORD thy God hath chosen[H977] him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons forever.
M / Deuteronomy 18.6 : And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose;[H977]
M / Deuteronomy 21.5 : And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God hath chosen[H977] to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:
M / Deuteronomy 23.16 : He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose[H977] in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.
M / Deuteronomy 26.2 : That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose[H977] to place his name there.
M / Deuteronomy 30.19 : I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose[H977] life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
M / Deuteronomy 31.11 : When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD 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 against Ai: and Joshua chose out[H977] thirty thousand mighty men of valor, and sent them away 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 the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.[H977]
M / Joshua 24.15 : And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose[H977] you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
M / Joshua 24.22 : And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen[H977] you the LORD, 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 deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
M / Judges 20.16 : Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen[H977] men left-handed; every one could sling stones at a hair breadth, and not miss.
M / Judges 20.34 : And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen[H977] men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.
M / 1 Samuel 2.28 : And did I choose[H977] him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?
M / 1 Samuel 8.18 : And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen[H977] you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
M / 1 Samuel 10.24 : And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen,[H977] that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.
M / 1 Samuel 12.13 : Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen,[H977] and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD 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 mount Bethel, 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 the LORD chosen[H977] this.
M / 1 Samuel 16.9 : Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen[H977] this.
M / 1 Samuel 16.10 : Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen[H977] these.
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 a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; 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 the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen[H977] the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion 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 : Again, David gathered together all the chosen[H977] men of Israel, thirty thousand.
M / 2 Samuel 6.21 : And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose[H977] me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD.
M / 2 Samuel 10.9 : When Joab saw that the front of the battle was 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 appoint.[H977]
M / 2 Samuel 16.18 : And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the LORD, and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose,[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: and whatsoever thou shalt require[H977] of me, that will I do for thee.
M / 2 Samuel 24.12 : Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose[H977] 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 therein; but I chose[H977] David to be over my people Israel.
M / 1 Kings 8.44 : If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen,[H977] and toward the house that I have built for thy name:
M / 1 Kings 8.48 : And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away 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 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] because he 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 light always 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, with the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen[H977] men, which 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 the LORD did choose[H977] out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an 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 wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on 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 gods, but put no fire under.
M / 2 Kings 21.7 : And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen[H977] out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever:
M / 2 Kings 23.27 : And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen,[H977] 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 the LORD chosen[H977] to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him forever.
M / 1 Chronicles 19.10 : Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose[H977] out of all the choice[H977] of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.
M / 1 Chronicles 21.10 : Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things: choose[H977] thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
M / 1 Chronicles 28.4 : Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose[H977] me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever: for he hath chosen[H977] Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel:
M / 1 Chronicles 28.5 : And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen[H977] Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD 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 the LORD hath chosen[H977] thee to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
M / 1 Chronicles 29.1 : Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, 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 the LORD 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 among all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there; neither chose[H977] I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:
M / 2 Chronicles 6.6 : But I have chosen[H977] Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen[H977] David to be over my people Israel.
M / 2 Chronicles 6.34 : If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that 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 to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen,[H977] and toward the house which I have built for thy name:
M / 2 Chronicles 7.12 : And the LORD 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 sanctified this house, that my name may be there forever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
M / 2 Chronicles 11.1 : And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen[H977] men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.
M / 2 Chronicles 12.13 : So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen[H977] out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
M / 2 Chronicles 13.3 : And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen[H977] men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen[H977] men, being 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 made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice[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 the LORD hath chosen[H977] you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense.
M / 2 Chronicles 33.7 : And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen[H977] before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever:
M / Nehemiah 1.9 : But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen[H977] to set my name there.
M / Nehemiah 9.7 : Thou art the LORD 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 my life.
M / Job 9.14 : How much less shall I answer him, and choose out[H977] my words to reason with him?
M / Job 15.5 : For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest[H977] the tongue of the crafty.
M / Job 29.25 : I chose out[H977] their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
M / Job 34.4 : Let us choose[H977] to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
M / Job 34.33 : Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose;[H977] 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 the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.[H977]
M / Psalms 33.12 : Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen[H977] for his own inheritance.
M / Psalms 47.4 : He shall choose[H977] our inheritance for us, the excellency 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, even of thy holy temple.
M / Psalms 78.67 : Moreover he refused the tabernacle 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 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 truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
M / Psalms 119.173 : Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen[H977] thy precepts.
M / Psalms 132.13 : For the LORD hath chosen[H977] Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
M / Psalms 135.4 : For the LORD hath chosen[H977] Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.
M / Proverbs 1.29 : For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose[H977] the fear of the LORD:
M / Proverbs 3.31 : Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose[H977] none of his ways.
M / Proverbs 8.10 : Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. [H977]
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 just 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! and to get understanding rather to be chosen[H977] than silver!
M / Proverbs 21.3 : To do justice and judgment is more acceptable[H977] to the LORD 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 countenance is as 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, that he may know 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 that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.
M / Isaiah 14.1 : For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose[H977] Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
M / Isaiah 40.20 : He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth[H977] a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
M / Isaiah 41.8 : But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen,[H977] the seed of Abraham my friend.
M / Isaiah 41.9 : Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men 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 of naught: an abomination is he that chooseth[H977] you.
M / Isaiah 43.10 : Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, 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, whom I have chosen: [H977]
M / Isaiah 44.2 : Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.[H977]
M / Isaiah 48.10 : Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen[H977] thee in the furnace of affliction.
M / Isaiah 49.7 : Thus saith the LORD, 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 also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose[H977] thee.
M / Isaiah 56.4 : For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose[H977] the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
M / Isaiah 58.5 : Is it such a fast that I have chosen?[H977] a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
M / Isaiah 58.6 : Is not this the fast that I have chosen?[H977] to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
M / Isaiah 65.12 : Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spoke, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose[H977] that wherein I delighted not.
M / Isaiah 66.3 : He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen[H977] 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 spoke, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose[H977] that in which I delighted not.
M / Jeremiah 8.3 : And death shall be chosen[H977] rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.
M / Jeremiah 33.24 : Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen,[H977] he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised 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 swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen[H977] man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
M / Jeremiah 50.44 : Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen[H977] man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
M / Ezekiel 20.5 : And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose[H977] Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God;
M / Haggai 2.23 : In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen[H977] thee, saith the LORD of hosts.
M / Zechariah 1.17 : Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose[H977] Jerusalem.
M / Zechariah 2.12 : And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose[H977] Jerusalem again.
M / Zechariah 3.2 : And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen[H977] Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?