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Bible Verses About Being Chosen
Find Bible verses about being chosen — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about being chosen?
The Bible addresses being chosen with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
2 Chronicles 6:6
“but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.'”
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Matthew 12:18
“"Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him. He will proclaim justice to the nations.”
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Isaiah 42:1
“"Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delights-- I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.”
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Matthew 22:14
“For many are called, but few chosen."”
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Matthew 20:16
“So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen."”
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Colossians 3:12
“Put on therefore, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;”
Psalms 33:12
“Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh, the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.”
Psalms 105:43
“He brought forth his people with joy, his chosen with singing.”
Deuteronomy 32:31
“For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.”
Philippians 1:6
“being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.”
Psalms 139:13
“For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb.”
Hebrews 2:18
“For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.”
Deuteronomy 7:6
“For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God: Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.”
1 Peter 2:9
“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:”
1 Peter 2:6
“Because it is contained in Scripture, "Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen, and precious: He who believes in him will not be disappointed."”
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