Deuteronomy 7:8 (WEB)
but because the LORD loves you, and because he desires to keep the oath which he swore to your fathers, the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Catechism · 1
“In the course of its history, Israel was able to discover that God had only one reason to reveal himself to them, a single motive for choosing them from among all peoples as his special possession: his sheer gratuitous love.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Dt 4:37; 7:8; 10:15.
Fathers and councils · 1
“Therefore if the Hand is in the bosom, and the Son in the bosom, the Son will be the Hand, and the Hand will be the Son, through whom the Father made all things; for it is written, ‘Thy Hand made all these things,’ and ‘He led out His people with His Hand;’ therefore through the Son.” — editor's note: Vid. Is. lxvi. 2; Deut. vii. 8.
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Cross-references · 11
Parallel passages
Deuteronomy 7:8 and Micah 6:4 share the same wording (9 words).
Cited together with
Cited together in Catechism §218.
Cited together in Catechism §218.
Cited together in Catechism §218.
Cited together in Catechism §218.
Cited together in Catechism §218.
Cited together in Catechism §218.
Cited together in Catechism §218.
Cited together in Catechism §218.
Cited together in Catechism §218.
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Luke 1:73 takes up the words of Deuteronomy 7:8 (6 words in common).