1 Peter 2:9World English Bible British Edition
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.
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Genesis 2:3
God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work of creation which he had done.
Genesis 6:5
The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was continually only evil.
Genesis 8:21
The LORD smelled the pleasant aroma. The LORD said in his heart, “I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake because the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth. I will never again strike every living thing, as I have done.
Genesis 10:5
Of these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in their nations.
Genesis 10:20
These are the sons of Ham, after their families, according to their languages, in their lands and their nations.