The word in Scripture

Chosen in the Bible

The word chosen appears 123 times in the King James Version of the Bible. The chosen are those God has set His love upon and called. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What chosen means in the Bible

The chosen are those God has set His love upon and called.

Where the word chosen appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word chosen appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.”Psalms 33:12

“The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.”Psalms 78:31

“For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.”Isaiah 1:29

“Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.”Isaiah 48:10

“But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.”Luke 10:42

“Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?”John 6:70

“If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.”John 15:19

“Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.”Romans 16:13