Bible Verses About Being Chosen
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for being chosen, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 6,826 votes, led by John 15:16. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Being Chosen
John 15:16495 votes
Ye 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.
1 Peter 2:9475 votes
But 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:
Jeremiah 1:5367 votes
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Ephesians 1:3-4320 votes
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
Deuteronomy 14:2282 votes
For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
Matthew 22:14169 votes
For many are called, but few are chosen.
Isaiah 43:10157 votes
Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
John 3:16151 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
2 Thessalonians 2:14130 votes
Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 1:4121 votes
Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.
Psalms 82:6112 votes
I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
1 John 2:27108 votes
But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
John 13:19106 votes
Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
John 16:13104 votes
Howbeit 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.
John 6:44103 votes
No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
Jeremiah 1:4-5100 votes
Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
1 John 1:986 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Ephesians 1:485 votes
According 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:
Jeremiah 29:1177 votes
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
John 14:677 votes
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Isaiah 43:1-376 votes
But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
Romans 8:2874 votes
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Deuteronomy 7:670 votes
For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
Revelation 13:867 votes
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Matthew 6:2463 votes
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
What does the Bible say about being chosen?
Readers most often cite John 15:16 on the subject of being chosen. Across 6,826 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Peter 2:9, Jeremiah 1:5, Ephesians 1:3-4. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.