Deuteronomy 32:9

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“But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.”

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“But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.”

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KJVPD

“For the Lord’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.”

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“For Jehovah’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.”

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“For Jehovah's portion <FI>is<Fi> His people, Jacob <FI>is<Fi> the line of His inheritance.”

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Cross references

Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 32:9 — 22 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 15:16and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.
  2. 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.
  3. Deuteronomy 9:29But they are Your people, Your inheritance, whom You brought out by Your great power and outstretched arm.”
  4. Deuteronomy 26:18And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments,
  5. Joshua 24:17For the LORD our God brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and performed these great signs before our eyes. He also protected us throughout our journey and among all the nations through which we traveled.
  6. 1 Samuel 10:1Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?
  7. 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?”
  8. 1 Kings 8:51For they are Your people and Your inheritance; You brought them out of Egypt, out of the furnace for iron.
  9. 1 Kings 8:53For You, O Lord GOD, as Your inheritance, have set them apart from all the peoples of the earth, as You spoke through Your servant Moses when You brought our fathers out of Egypt.”
  10. Psalms 33:12Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!
  11. Psalms 78:71from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.
  12. Psalms 106:5that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and give glory with Your inheritance.
  13. Psalms 135:4For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.
  14. Isaiah 19:25The LORD of Hosts will bless them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt My people, Assyria My handiwork, and Israel My inheritance.”
  15. Isaiah 34:17He has allotted their portion; His hand has distributed it by measure. They will possess it forever; they will dwell in it from generation to generation.
  16. Isaiah 43:21The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.
  17. Jeremiah 2:7I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land, and made My inheritance detestable.
  18. 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.
  19. Jeremiah 51:19The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and of the tribe of His inheritance— the LORD of Hosts is His name.
  20. Micah 2:5Therefore, you will have no one in the assembly of the LORD to divide the land by lot.
  21. Ephesians 1:18I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
  22. 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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