69 Bible Verses about Selection (KJV)

Here are 69 Bible verses about selection, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

2 Corinthians 12:9 KJV

⁹And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

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John 3:16-17 KJV

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ¹⁷For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

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Genesis 2:7 KJV

⁷And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

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1 Peter 2:9 KJV

⁹But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;

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2 Timothy 3:16 KJV

¹⁶All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

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Romans 11:5 KJV

⁵Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

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Romans 1:20 KJV

²⁰For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

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John 15:16 KJV

¹⁶Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

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Romans 12:2 KJV

²And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

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John 3:16 KJV

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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Genesis 2:2 KJV

²And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

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Genesis 1:27 KJV

²⁷So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

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Revelation 17:14 KJV

¹⁴These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

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Revelation 5:9 KJV

⁹And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;

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2 Peter 3:9 KJV

⁹The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

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1 Peter 2:6 KJV

⁶Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.

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1 Peter 1:3 KJV

³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

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1 Peter 1:1-25 KJV

¹Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, ²Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. ³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to …

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2 Timothy 2:10 KJV

¹⁰Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

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1 Timothy 5:21 KJV

²¹I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.

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1 Thessalonians 1:4 KJV

⁴Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.

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Ephesians 2:5 KJV

⁵Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

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Ephesians 1:4 KJV

⁴According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

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1 Corinthians 1:2 KJV

²Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their’s and our’s:

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Romans 11:2 KJV

²God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel saying,

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Romans 9:11 KJV

¹¹(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)

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Romans 8:28 KJV

²⁸And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

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Romans 1:3 KJV

³Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;

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Acts 13:48 KJV

⁴⁸And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

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John 17:6 KJV

⁶I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.

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John 14:6 KJV

⁶Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

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John 6:37 KJV

³⁷All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

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John 1:13 KJV

¹³Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

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John 1:1 KJV

¹In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

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Luke 18:7 KJV

⁷And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

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Luke 6:14 KJV

¹⁴Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,

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Luke 6:13 KJV

¹³And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;

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Matthew 24:31 KJV

³¹And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

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Matthew 24:22 KJV

²²And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.

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Isaiah 45:4 KJV

⁴For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.

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Isaiah 40:10 KJV

¹⁰Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

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Psalm 89:3 KJV

³I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,

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Genesis 1:1-31 KJV

¹In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. ²And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. ³And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. ⁴And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. …

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1 John 5:1-21 KJV

¹Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. ²By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. ³For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. ⁴For whatsoever is born …

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1 Timothy 2:1-15 KJV

¹I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; ²For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. ³For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; ⁴Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto …

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Philippians 2:5-8 KJV

⁵Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: ⁶Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: ⁷But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: ⁸And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the …

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1 Corinthians 6:19-20 KJV

¹⁹What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? ²⁰For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

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Romans 8:2 KJV

²For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

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Matthew 22:14 KJV

¹⁴For many are called, but few are chosen.

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Genesis 1:2 KJV

²And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

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Romans 8:1 KJV

¹There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

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Judges 16:25-30 KJV

²⁵And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars. ²⁶And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them. ²⁷Now the house …

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Revelation 1:1 KJV

¹The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

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2 Peter 3:2 KJV

²That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:

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1 Peter 2:2 KJV

²As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

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1 Peter 1:2 KJV

²Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

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2 Timothy 2:2 KJV

²And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

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1 Timothy 5:2 KJV

²The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

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Philippians 4:19 KJV

¹⁹But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

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Philippians 4:6 KJV

⁶Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

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Ephesians 2:2 KJV

²Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

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2 Corinthians 4:3 KJV

³But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:

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John 17:2 KJV

²As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

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John 16:13 KJV

¹³Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

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John 1:2 KJV

²The same was in the beginning with God.

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2 Samuel 17:23 KJV

²³And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

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1 Samuel 31:1 KJV

¹Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.

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1 Samuel 1:1-28 KJV

¹Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: ²And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. ³And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to …

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Judges 9:53-54 KJV

⁵³And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and all to brake his skull. ⁵⁴Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A women slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.

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