Acts 13:17 Cross References

Acts 13:17

17: "The God of this nation of Israel chose our ancestors and made them prosper in Egypt. Then he powerfully led them out of their slavery.

Deuteronomy 7:6

  1. For you are a holy people, who belong to the LORD your God. Of all the people on earth, the LORD your God has chosen you to be his own special treasure.
  2. "The LORD did not choose you and lavish his love on you because you were larger or greater than other nations, for you were the smallest of all nations!
  3. It was simply because the LORD loves you, and because he was keeping the oath he had sworn to your ancestors. That is why the LORD rescued you with such amazing power from your slavery under Pharaoh in Egypt.

Psalms 105:23

  1. Then Israel arrived in Egypt; Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.
  2. And the LORD multiplied the people of Israel until they became too mighty for their enemies.

Acts 7:2

  1. This was Stephen's reply: "Brothers and honorable fathers, listen to me. Our glorious God appeared to our ancestor Abraham in Mesopotamia before he moved to Haran.
  2. God told him, 'Leave your native land and your relatives, and come to the land that I will show you.'
  3. So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and lived in Haran until his father died. Then God brought him here to the land where you now live.
  4. But God gave him no inheritance here, not even one square foot of land. God did promise, however, that eventually the whole country would belong to Abraham and his descendants--though he had no children yet.
  5. But God also told him that his descendants would live in a foreign country where they would be mistreated as slaves for four hundred years.

Exodus 1:7

  1. But their descendants had many children and grandchildren. In fact, they multiplied so quickly that they soon filled the land.
  2. Then a new king came to the throne of Egypt who knew nothing about Joseph or what he had done.
  3. He told his people, "These Israelites are becoming a threat to us because there are so many of them.

Psalms 105:42

  1. For he remembered his sacred promise to Abraham his servant.
  2. So he brought his people out of Egypt with joy, his chosen ones with rejoicing.

Psalms 136:10

  1. Give thanks to him who killed the firstborn of Egypt. His faithful love endures forever.
  2. He brought Israel out of Egypt. His faithful love endures forever.
  3. He acted with a strong hand and powerful arm. His faithful love endures forever.
  4. Give thanks to him who parted the Red Sea. His faithful love endures forever.
  5. He led Israel safely through, His faithful love endures forever.

Deuteronomy 4:37

  1. Because he loved your ancestors, he chose to bless their descendants and personally brought you out of Egypt with a great display of power.

Psalms 114:1

  1. When the Israelites escaped from Egypt--when the family of Jacob left that foreign land--
  2. the land of Judah became God's sanctuary, and Israel became his kingdom.
  3. The Red Sea saw them coming and hurried out of their way! The water of the Jordan River turned away.
  4. The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs!
  5. What's wrong, Red Sea, that made you hurry out of their way? What happened, Jordan River, that you turned away?

Exodus 6:1

  1. "Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh," the LORD told Moses. "When he feels my powerful hand upon him, he will let the people go. In fact, he will be so anxious to get rid of them that he will force them to leave his land!"
  2. And God continued, "I am the LORD.
  3. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, though I did not reveal my name, the LORD, to them.
  4. And I entered into a solemn covenant with them. Under its terms, I swore to give them the land of Canaan, where they were living.
  5. You can be sure that I have heard the groans of the people of Israel, who are now slaves to the Egyptians. I have remembered my covenant with them.

Psalms 106:7

  1. Our ancestors in Egypt were not impressed by the LORD's miracles. They soon forgot his many acts of kindness to them. Instead, they rebelled against him at the Red Sea.
  2. Even so, he saved them--to defend the honor of his name and to demonstrate his mighty power.
  3. He commanded the Red Sea to divide, and a dry path appeared. He led Israel across the sea bottom that was as dry as a desert.
  4. So he rescued them from their enemies and redeemed them from their foes.
  5. Then the water returned and covered their enemies; not one of them survived.

Jeremiah 33:24

  1. "Have you heard what people are saying?--`The LORD chose Judah and Israel and then abandoned them!' They are sneering and saying that Israel is not worthy to be counted as a nation.
  2. But this is the LORD's reply: I would no more reject my people than I would change my laws of night and day, of earth and sky.
  3. I will never abandon the descendants of Jacob or David, my servant, or change the plan that David's descendants will rule the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Instead, I will restore them to their land and have mercy on them."

Exodus 13:16

  1. Again I say, this ceremony will be like a mark branded on your hands or your forehead. It is a visible reminder that it was the LORD who brought you out of Egypt with great power."

Psalms 78:42

  1. They forgot about his power and how he rescued them from their enemies.
  2. They forgot his miraculous signs in Egypt, his wonders on the plain of Zoan.
  3. For he turned their rivers into blood, so no one could drink from the streams.
  4. He sent vast swarms of flies to consume them and hordes of frogs to ruin them.
  5. He gave their crops to caterpillars; their harvest was consumed by locusts.

Deuteronomy 14:2

  1. You have been set apart as holy to the LORD your God, and he has chosen you to be his own special treasure from all the nations of the earth.

Deuteronomy 9:5

  1. It is not at all because you are such righteous, upright people that you are about to occupy their land. The LORD your God will drive these nations out ahead of you only because of their wickedness, and to fulfill the oath he had sworn to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

1 Peter 2:9

  1. But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are a kingdom of priests, God's holy nation, his very own possession. This is so you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.

Deuteronomy 4:34

  1. Has any other god taken one nation for himself by rescuing it from another by means of trials, miraculous signs, wonders, war, awesome power, and terrifying acts? Yet that is what the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, right before your very eyes.

Deuteronomy 4:20

  1. Remember that the LORD rescued you from the burning furnace of Egypt to become his own people and special possession; that is what you are today.

Micah 6:4

  1. For I brought you out of Egypt and redeemed you from your slavery. I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to help you.

Genesis 17:7

  1. "I will continue this everlasting covenant between us, generation after generation. It will continue between me and your offspring forever. And I will always be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
  2. Yes, I will give all this land of Canaan to you and to your offspring forever. And I will be their God.

Exodus 15:1

  1. Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the LORD: "I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; he has thrown both horse and rider into the sea.
  2. The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my victory. He is my God, and I will praise him; he is my father's God, and I will exalt him!
  3. The LORD is a warrior; yes, the LORD is his name!
  4. Pharaoh's chariots and armies, he has thrown into the sea. The very best of Pharaoh's officers have been drowned in the Red Sea.
  5. The deep waters have covered them; they sank to the bottom like a stone.

Genesis 12:1

  1. Then the LORD told Abram, "Leave your country, your relatives, and your father's house, and go to the land that I will show you.
  2. I will cause you to become the father of a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and I will make you a blessing to others.
  3. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you."

Deuteronomy 7:19

  1. Remember the great terrors the LORD your God sent against them. You saw it all with your own eyes! And remember the miraculous signs and wonders, and the amazing power he used when he brought you out of Egypt. The LORD your God will use this same power against the people you fear.

Isaiah 63:9

  1. In all their suffering he also suffered, and he personally rescued them. In his love and mercy he redeemed them. He lifted them up and carried them through all the years.
  2. But they rebelled against him and grieved his Holy Spirit. That is why he became their enemy and fought against them.
  3. Then they remembered those days of old when Moses led his people out of Egypt. They cried out, "Where is the one who brought Israel through the sea, with Moses as their shepherd? Where is the one who sent his Holy Spirit to be among his people?
  4. Where is the one whose power divided the sea before them, when Moses lifted up his hand, establishing his reputation forever?
  5. Where is the one who led them through the bottom of the sea? They were like fine stallions racing through the desert, never stumbling.

Micah 7:15

  1. "Yes," says the LORD, "I will do mighty miracles for you, like those I did when I rescued you from slavery in Egypt."
  2. All the nations of the world will stand amazed at what the LORD will do for you. They will be embarrassed that their power is so insignificant. They will stand in silent awe, deaf to everything around them.

Exodus 18:11

  1. I know now that the LORD is greater than all other gods, because his people have escaped from the proud and cruel Egyptians."

Isaiah 44:1

  1. "But now, listen to me, Jacob my servant, Israel my chosen one.

Nehemiah 9:7

  1. "You are the LORD God, who chose Abram and brought him from Ur of the Chaldeans and renamed him Abraham.
  2. When he had proved himself faithful, you made a covenant with him to give him and his descendants the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites, and Girgashites. And you have done what you promised, for you are always true to your word.
  3. "You saw the sufferings and sorrows of our ancestors in Egypt, and you heard their cries from beside the Red Sea.
  4. You displayed miraculous signs and wonders against Pharaoh, his servants, and all his people, for you knew how arrogantly the Egyptians were treating them. You have a glorious reputation that has never been forgotten.
  5. You divided the sea for your people so they could walk through on dry land! And then you hurled their enemies into the depths of the sea. They sank like stones beneath the mighty waters.

Psalms 135:4

  1. For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel for his own special treasure.

Exodus 13:14

  1. "And in the future, your children will ask you, `What does all this mean?' Then you will tell them, `With mighty power the LORD brought us out of Egypt from our slavery.

Psalms 77:13

  1. O God, your ways are holy. Is there any god as mighty as you?
  2. You are the God of miracles and wonders! You demonstrate your awesome power among the nations.
  3. You have redeemed your people by your strength, the descendants of Jacob and of Joseph by your might.
  4. When the Red Sea saw you, O God, its waters looked and trembled! The sea quaked to its very depths.
  5. The clouds poured down their rain; the thunder rolled and crackled in the sky. Your arrows of lightning flashed.

Jeremiah 32:20

  1. You performed miraculous signs and wonders in the land of Egypt--things still remembered to this day! And you have continued to do great miracles in Israel and all around the world. You have made your name very great, as it is today.
  2. "You brought Israel out of Egypt with mighty signs and wonders, with great power and overwhelming terror.

Psalms 135:8

  1. He destroyed the firstborn in each Egyptian home, both people and animals.
  2. He performed miraculous signs and wonders in Egypt; Pharaoh and all his people watched.
  3. He struck down great nations and slaughtered mighty kings--

Psalms 78:12

  1. the miracles he did for their ancestors in Egypt, on the plain of Zoan.
  2. For he divided the sea before them and led them through! The water stood up like walls beside them!

1 Samuel 4:8

  1. Who can save us from these mighty gods of Israel? They are the same gods who destroyed the Egyptians with plagues when Israel was in the wilderness.

Psalms 105:26

  1. But the LORD sent Moses his servant, along with Aaron, whom he had chosen.
  2. They performed miraculous signs among the Egyptians, and miracles in the land of Ham.
  3. The LORD blanketed Egypt in darkness, for they had defied his commands to let his people go.
  4. He turned the nation's water into blood, poisoning all the fish.
  5. Then frogs overran the land; they were found even in the king's private rooms.

Psalms 105:6

  1. O children of Abraham, God's servant, O descendants of Jacob, God's chosen one.
  2. He is the LORD our God. His rule is seen throughout the land.
  3. He always stands by his covenant--the commitment he made to a thousand generations.
  4. This is the covenant he made with Abraham and the oath he swore to Isaac.
  5. He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to the people of Israel as a never-ending treaty:

Isaiah 41:8

  1. "But as for you, Israel my servant, Jacob my chosen one, descended from my friend Abraham,
  2. I have called you back from the ends of the earth so you can serve me. For I have chosen you and will not throw you away.

Deuteronomy 10:22

  1. When your ancestors went down into Egypt, there were only seventy of them. But now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky!

Amos 2:10

  1. It was I who rescued you from Egypt and led you through the desert for forty years so you could possess the land of the Amorites.
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