1 Peter 2:9
2:9 But you are
a chosen race,
a royal priesthood,
a holy nation,
a people of his own, so that you may
proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
Deuteronomy 32:9
32:9 For the Lord’s allotment is his people,
Jacob is his special possession.
Psalms 33:12
33:12 How blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people whom he has chosen to be his special possession.
Psalms 74:2
74:2 Remember your people whom you acquired in ancient times,
whom you rescued so they could be your very own nation,
as well as Mount Zion, where you dwell!
Micah 7:14
7:14 Shepherd your people with your shepherd’s rod,
the flock that belongs to you,
the one that lives alone in a thicket,
in the midst of a pastureland.
Allow them to graze in Bashan and Gilead,
as they did in the old days.
Acts 20:28
20:28 Watch out for
yourselves and for all the flock of which
the Holy Spirit has made you overseers,
to shepherd the church of God
that he obtained
with the blood of his own Son.