Deuteronomy 7:7

“The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:”

"The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:" - Deuteronomy 7:7
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What does Deuteronomy 7:7 mean?

Deuteronomy 7:7 in the King James Version of the Bible states, "The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people." This verse is found within the context of Moses' address to the…

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Chosen for His Purpose: A Reflection on God’s Sovereign Choice

Deuteronomy 7:7 states, "The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people." This verse stands as a profound reminder of God's sovereign choice and the deep love He has for those He calls…

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A Prayer of Thankfulness for Divine Choice

Heavenly Father, As I come before Your holy presence, I am filled with awe and gratitude for the depth of Your love and the breadth of Your mercy. I stand humbled by the truth reflected in Your Word, particularly in the powerful words of Deuteronomy 7:7: "The LORD did not set…

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Deuteronomy 7:7 - "The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:"
Deuteronomy 3:7 - "But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves."
Deuteronomy 5:7 - "Thou shalt have none other gods before me."
Deuteronomy 19:7 - "Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee."
Deuteronomy 10:7 - "From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters."
Deuteronomy 11:7 - "But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he did."
Deuteronomy 27:7 - "And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the LORD thy God."
Deuteronomy 7:21 - "Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible."
Deuteronomy 21:7 - "And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it."
Deuteronomy 7:17 - "If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?"
Deuteronomy 7:11 - "Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them."
Deuteronomy 7:14 - "Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle."
Deuteronomy 30:7 - "And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee."
Deuteronomy 7:20 - "Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed."
Deuteronomy 7:23 - "But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed."
Deuteronomy 8:7 - "For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;"
Deuteronomy 34:7 - "¶ And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated."
Deuteronomy 18:7 - "Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD."
Deuteronomy 32:7 - "¶ Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee."
Deuteronomy 7:18 - "Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;"
Deuteronomy 23:7 - "¶ Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land."
Deuteronomy 7:10 - "And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face."
Deuteronomy 22:7 - "But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days."
"Thou shalt have none other gods before me." - Deuteronomy 5:7
"But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves." - Deuteronomy 3:7
Deuteronomy 26:7 - "And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:"
Deuteronomy 7:5 - "But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire."
Deuteronomy 16:7 - "And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents."
"Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;" - Deuteronomy 7:9