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The act of choosing is often associated with God's selection of individuals, nations, and paths, as well as the choices humans make in response to God's will.<br><br><b>Divine Choice</b><br><br>God's sovereign choice is a foundational aspect of biblical theology. In the Old Testament, God's choice of Israel as His people is a central theme. <a href="/deuteronomy/7-6.htm">Deuteronomy 7:6-7</a> states, "For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession, above all peoples on the face of the earth. The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples." This passage highlights that God's choice is based on His love and purpose, not human merit.<br><br>In the New Testament, the concept of divine election is further developed. <a href="/ephesians/1-4.htm">Ephesians 1:4</a> declares, "For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence." This choice is rooted in God's eternal plan and grace, emphasizing His initiative in salvation.<br><br><b>Human Choice</b><br><br>While God's sovereign choice is paramount, human choice is also emphasized in Scripture. The Bible presents humans as moral agents responsible for their decisions. <a href="/joshua/24-15.htm">Joshua 24:15</a> famously challenges the Israelites, "But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."<br><br>The call to choose is a recurring theme, urging individuals to align their lives with God's will. In the New Testament, Jesus calls people to make decisive choices about following Him. In <a href="/matthew/16-24.htm">Matthew 16:24</a> , Jesus says, "If anyone would come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me."<br><br><b>Interplay of Divine and Human Choice</b><br><br>The interplay between divine and human choice is a profound mystery in Scripture. <a href="/romans/9-15.htm">Romans 9:15-16</a> illustrates this tension: "For He says to Moses: 'I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.' So then, it does not depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's mercy." Yet, Scripture also affirms human responsibility, as seen in <a href="/romans/10-9.htm">Romans 10:9</a> : "If you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved."<br><br><b>Conclusion</b><br><br>The biblical theme of choosing underscores the relationship between God's sovereign will and human response. It calls believers to trust in God's gracious election while actively choosing to follow Him in obedience and faith.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/2135.htm"><span class="l">2135. eunouchos -- a eunuch</span></a> <br><b>...</b> a eunuch' " (Souter); (figuratively) someone who (sexual relations) to be -- as<br> in Mt 19:12 where 2135 () refers to someone who voluntarily <b>chooses</b> a life of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2135.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/2984.htm"><span class="l">2984. Yibchar -- "He <b>chooses</b>," a son of David</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2983, 2984. Yibchar. 2985 . "He <b>chooses</b>," a son of David. Transliteration:<br> Yibchar Phonetic Spelling: (yib-khar') Short Definition: Ibhar. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2984.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/977.htm"><span class="l">977. bachar -- to choose</span></a><br><b>...</b> root Definition to choose NASB Word Usage choice (6), choicest (2), choose (40),<br> <b>chooses</b> (22), choosing (1), chose (21), chosen (67), desired (2), men (1 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/977.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_man_chooses_of_necessity.htm"><span class="l">Whether Man <b>Chooses</b> of Necessity or Freely?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF CHOICE, WHICH IS AN ACT OF THE WILL WITH REGARD TO THE MEANS (SIX ARTICLES)<br> Whether man <b>chooses</b> of necessity or freely? Objection <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether man chooses of necessity.htm</font><p><a href="/library/montgomery/sacred_poems_and_hymns/hymn_cxlvi_acknowledgment_that_divine.htm"><span class="l">Acknowledgment that Divine Providence <b>Chooses</b> Our Lot.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> ORIGINAL HYMNS HYMN CXLVI. Acknowledgment that Divine Providence <b>chooses</b> our Lot. <b>...</b><br> James Montgomery. Acknowledgment that Divine Providence <b>chooses</b> our Lot. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../montgomery/sacred poems and hymns/hymn cxlvi acknowledgment that divine.htm</font><p><a href="/library/origen/origen_against_celsus/chapter_xxvii_any_one_indeed.htm"><span class="l">Any One, Indeed, who <b>Chooses</b>, May Relate How the Various Quarters <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter XXVII. Any one, indeed, who <b>chooses</b>, may relate how the various<br> quarters of the earth? Any one, indeed, who <b>chooses</b>, may <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xxvii any one indeed.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/the_confessions_and_letters_of_st/chapter_xv_he_dismisses_one_mistress.htm"><span class="l">He Dismisses one Mistress, and <b>Chooses</b> Another.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book VI. Chapter XV."He Dismisses One Mistress, and <b>Chooses</b> Another. 25.<br> Meanwhile my sins were being multiplied, and my mistress <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter xv he dismisses one mistress.htm</font><p><a href="/library/neander/the_life_of_jesus_christ_in_its_historical_connexion/section_127_christ_heals_the.htm"><span class="l">Christ Heals the Nobleman's Son. --<b>Chooses</b> Capernaum for His</span></a> <br><b>...</b> GALILEE. Section 127. Christ heals the Nobleman's Son."<b>Chooses</b> Capernaum<br> for his. Abode."Healing of Peter's Wife's Mother. ON <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../section 127 christ heals the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_1_1855/a_wise_desire.htm"><span class="l">A Wise Desire</span></a> <br><b>...</b> fix our destiny. Verily, beloved brethren, you and I can rejoice in this<br> great fact, that our Saviour <b>chooses</b> for us. For were we <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 1 1855/a wise desire.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/life_and_works_of_rufinus_with_jeromes_apology_against_rufinus_/41_you_see_how_he.htm"><span class="l">You See How He Represents These Opinions as Things which are Held <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> However, let it be as he <b>chooses</b>; I put aside the truth of the matter<br> and accept his own terms; but he will still be convicted. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../41 you see how he.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_choice_is_of_those.htm"><span class="l">Whether Choice is of those Things Only that are done by Us?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> acts alone. On the contrary, The Philosopher says (Ethic. iii, 2) that<br> "no man <b>chooses</b> save what he can do himself.". I answer that <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether choice is of those.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_subject_of_continence.htm"><span class="l">Whether the Subject of Continence is the Concupiscible Power?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> reason, for Andronicus says [*De Affectibus] that "incontinence is the evil inclination<br> of the concupiscible, by following which it <b>chooses</b> wicked pleasures in <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the subject of continence.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_one_who_sins_through.htm"><span class="l">Whether one who Sins through Certain Malice, Sins through Habit?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Objection 3: Further, whenever a man sins through certain malice, his will<br> must needs be inclined of itself to the evil he <b>chooses</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether one who sins through.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/c/chooses.htm"><span class="l"><b>Chooses</b> (36 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b><b>Chooses</b> (36 Occurrences). <b>...</b> John 3:8 The wind blows where it <b>chooses</b>, and you hear<br> its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/chooses.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/chosen.htm"><span class="l">Chosen (197 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> chooz, cho'-z'-n (bachar, qabhal, bara', barah; ek-lego): I. IN THE OLD TESTAMENT<br> 1. Human Choice 2. God <b>Chooses</b> King of Israel 3. God <b>Chooses</b> Jerusalem 4 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/chosen.htm - 53k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/proof.htm"><span class="l">Proof (38 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Matthew 19:3 Then came some of the Pharisees to Him to put Him to the proof by the<br> question, "Has a man a right to divorce his wife whenever he <b>chooses</b>?" (WEY). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/proof.htm - 18k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/wherever.htm"><span class="l">Wherever (107 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> WEY). Romans 9:18 This is a proof that wherever He <b>chooses</b> He shows mercy,<br> and wherever he <b>chooses</b> He hardens the heart. (WEY). 1 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/wherever.htm - 38k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/shows.htm"><span class="l">Shows (42 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (See RSV). Romans 9:18 This is a proof that wherever He <b>chooses</b> He shows<br> mercy, and wherever he <b>chooses</b> He hardens the heart. (WEY). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/shows.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/choose.htm"><span class="l">Choose (116 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> chooz, cho'-z'-n (bachar, qabhal, bara', barah; ek-lego): I. IN THE OLD TESTAMENT<br> 1. Human Choice 2. God <b>Chooses</b> King of Israel 3. God <b>Chooses</b> Jerusalem 4 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/choose.htm - 54k</font><p><a href="/topical/q/question.htm"><span class="l">Question (153 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Matthew 19:3 Then came some of the Pharisees to Him to put Him to the proof by the<br> question, "Has a man a right to divorce his wife whenever he <b>chooses</b>?" (WEY). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/q/question.htm - 37k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/gales.htm"><span class="l">Gales (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> are, and often driven along by strong gales, yet they can be steered with a very<br> small rudder in whichever direction the caprice of the man at the helm <b>chooses</b><b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/gales.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/gall.htm"><span class="l">Gall (17 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> He <b>chooses</b> to suffer every element of woe in the bitter cup of agony given<br> him by the Father (John 18:11). Noah Webster's Dictionary. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/gall.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/whichever.htm"><span class="l">Whichever (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> are, and often driven along by strong gales, yet they can be steered with a very<br> small rudder in whichever direction the caprice of the man at the helm <b>chooses</b><b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/whichever.htm - 9k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/transgender-spouse.html">What should a believer do if his or her spouse chooses to live a transgender lifestyle? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/corporate-election.html">What is corporate election? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/elect-of-God.html">Who are the elect of God? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Chooses (36 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/11-27.htm">Matthew 11:27</a></span><br />"All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one fully knows the Son except the Father, nor does any one fully know the Father except the Son and all to whom the Son <span class="boldtext">chooses</span> to reveal Him.<br /><span class="source">(WEY RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/19-3.htm">Matthew 19:3</a></span><br />Then came some of the Pharisees to Him to put Him to the proof by the question, "Has a man a right to divorce his wife whenever he <span class="boldtext">chooses</span>?"<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/10-22.htm">Luke 10:22</a></span><br />Turning to the disciples, he said, "All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son desires to reveal him."<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/3-8.htm">John 3:8</a></span><br />The wind blows where it <span class="boldtext">chooses</span>, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So is it with every one who has been born of the Spirit."<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/7-17.htm">John 7:17</a></span><br />If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/9-18.htm">Romans 9:18</a></span><br />This is a proof that wherever He <span class="boldtext">chooses</span> He shows mercy, and wherever he chooses He hardens the heart.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/james/3-4.htm">James 3:4</a></span><br />So too with ships, great as they are, and often driven along by strong gales, yet they can be steered with a very small rudder in whichever direction the caprice of the man at the helm <span class="boldtext">chooses</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/james/4-4.htm">James 4:4</a></span><br />You adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/16-2.htm">Leviticus 16:2</a></span><br />and Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron your brother, not to come at all times into the Most Holy Place within the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark; lest he die: for I will appear in the cloud on the mercy seat.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/16-5.htm">Numbers 16:5</a></span><br />And he spoke unto Korah and unto all his company, saying: 'In the morning the LORD will show who are His, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near unto Him; even him whom He may choose will He cause to come near unto Him.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/16-7.htm">Numbers 16:7</a></span><br />and put fire in them, and put incense on them before Yahweh tomorrow: and it shall be that the man whom Yahweh <span class="boldtext">chooses</span>, he shall be holy. You have gone too far, you sons of Levi!"<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-14.htm">Deuteronomy 12:14</a></span><br />but in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-21.htm">Deuteronomy 12:21</a></span><br />If the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to put His name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat within thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-26.htm">Deuteronomy 12:26</a></span><br />Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose;<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-23.htm">Deuteronomy 14:23</a></span><br />And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which He shall choose to cause His name to dwell there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd and of thy flock; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-24.htm">Deuteronomy 14:24</a></span><br />And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it, because the place is too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set His name there, when the LORD thy God shall bless thee;<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-25.htm">Deuteronomy 14:25</a></span><br />then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thy hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-20.htm">Deuteronomy 15:20</a></span><br />Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-2.htm">Deuteronomy 16:2</a></span><br />And thou shalt sacrifice the passover-offering unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to cause His name to dwell there.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-6.htm">Deuteronomy 16:6</a></span><br />but at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to cause His name to dwell in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover-offering at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-7.htm">Deuteronomy 16:7</a></span><br />And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose; and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-11.htm">Deuteronomy 16:11</a></span><br />And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within they gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are in the midst of thee, in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to cause His name to dwell there.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-15.htm">Deuteronomy 16:15</a></span><br />Seven days shalt thou keep a feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose; because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the work of thy hands, and thou shalt be altogether joyful.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-16.htm">Deuteronomy 16:16</a></span><br />Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which He shall choose; on the feast of unleavened bread, and on the feast of weeks, and on the feast of tabernacles; and they shall not appear before the LORD empty;<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/17-8.htm">Deuteronomy 17:8</a></span><br />If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, even matters of controversy within thy gates; then shalt thou arise, and get thee up unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/17-10.htm">Deuteronomy 17:10</a></span><br />And thou shalt do according to the tenor of the sentence, which they shall declare unto thee from that place which the LORD shall choose; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they shall teach thee.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/17-15.htm">Deuteronomy 17:15</a></span><br />thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose; one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee; thou mayest not put a foreigner over thee, who is not thy brother.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/18-6.htm">Deuteronomy 18:6</a></span><br />And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourneth, and come with all the desire of his soul unto the place which the LORD shall choose;<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-16.htm">Deuteronomy 23:16</a></span><br />he shall dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in the place which he shall choose within one of thy gates, where it liketh him best; thou shalt not wrong him.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/26-2.htm">Deuteronomy 26:2</a></span><br />that thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which thou shalt bring in from thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee; and thou shalt put it in a basket and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to cause His name to dwell there.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/15-15.htm">2 Samuel 15:15</a></span><br />The king's servants said to the king, "Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king <span class="boldtext">chooses</span>."<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/7-15.htm">Job 7:15</a></span><br />so that my soul <span class="boldtext">chooses</span> strangling, death rather than my bones.<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/47-4.htm">Psalms 47:4</a></span><br />He <span class="boldtext">chooses</span> our inheritance for us, the glory of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/68-16.htm">Psalms 68:16</a></span><br />Why do you look in envy, you rugged mountains, at the mountain where God <span class="boldtext">chooses</span> to reign? Yes, Yahweh will dwell there forever.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/40-20.htm">Isaiah 40:20</a></span><br />He who is too impoverished for such an offering <span class="boldtext">chooses</span> a tree that will not rot. He seeks a skillful workman to set up an engraved image for him that will not be moved. <br /><span class="source">(WEB RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/41-24.htm">Isaiah 41:24</a></span><br />Behold, you are of nothing, and your work is of nothing. 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