I believe God gives us a choice as to weather we will follow him or not. He wants us to love him but it is not love if it is forced. Choose to follow Christ, or not, it is something we all must do as a personnel choice.
With that in mind I did a word search on “Choose” and this is what I found!
Choose
Exo 17:9 And Moses said to Joshua, “Choose us some men and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.”
Num 17:5 And it shall be that the rod of the man whom I choose will blossom; thus I will rid Myself of the complaints of the children of Israel, which they make against you.”
Deu 1:13 Choose wise, understanding, and knowledgeable men from among your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.’
Deu 7:7 The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples;
Deu 30:19 I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live;
Jos 9:27 And that day Joshua made them woodcutters and water carriers for the congregation and for the altar of the LORD, in the place which He would choose, even to this day.
Jos 24:15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
1 Sa 2:28 Did I not choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be My priest, to offer upon My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod before Me? And did I not give to the house of your father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?
1 Sa 17:8 Then he stood and cried out to the armies of Israel, and said to them, “Why have you come out to line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and you the servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.
2 Sa 16:18 And Hushai said to Absalom, “No, but whom the LORD and this people and all the men of Israel choose, his I will be, and with him I will remain.
2 Sa 17:1 Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Now let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue David tonight.
2 Sa 24:12 “Go and tell David, ‘Thus says the LORD: “I offer you three things; choose one of them for yourself, that I may do it to you.” ‘ ”
1 Ki 18:23 Therefore let them give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull for themselves, cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, but put no fire under it; and I will prepare the other bull, and lay it on the wood, but put no fire under it.
1 Ki 18:25 Now Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one bull for yourselves and prepare it first, for you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it.”
2 Ki 10:3 choose the best qualified of your master’s sons, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.
1 Ch 21:10 “Go and tell David, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD: “I offer you three things; choose one of them for yourself, that I may do it to you.” ‘ ”
1 Ch 21:11 So Gad came to David and said to him, “Thus says the LORD: ‘Choose for yourself,
2 Ch 6:5 ‘Since the day that I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I have chosen no city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house, that My name might be there, nor did I choose any man to be a ruler over My people Israel.
Job 9:14 “How then can I answer Him, And choose my words to reason with Him?
Job 15:5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth, And you choose the tongue of the crafty.
Job 34:4 Let us choose justice for ourselves; Let us know among ourselves what is good.
Job 34:33 Should He repay it according to your terms, Just because you disavow it? You must choose, and not I; Therefore speak what you know.
Psa 47:4 He will choose our inheritance for us, The excellence of Jacob whom He loves. Selah
Psa 65:4 Blessed is the man You choose, And cause to approach You, That he may dwell in Your courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Of Your holy temple.
Psa 75:2 “When I choose the proper time, I will judge uprightly.
Psa 78:67 Moreover He rejected the tent of Joseph, And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
Pro 1:29 Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the LORD,
Pro 3:31 Do not envy the oppressor, And choose none of his ways;
Pro 12:26 The righteous should choose his friends carefully, For the way of the wicked leads them astray.
Isa 7:15 Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good.
Isa 7:16 For before the Child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that you dread will be forsaken by both her kings.
Isa 14:1 For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will still choose Israel, and settle them in their own land. The strangers will be joined with them, and they will cling to the house of Jacob.
Isa 56:4 For thus says the LORD: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, And choose what pleases Me, And hold fast My covenant,
Isa 66:4 So will I choose their delusions, And bring their fears on them; Because, when I called, no one answered, When I spoke they did not hear; But they did evil before My eyes, And chose that in which I do not delight.”
Zec 1:17 “Again proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts: “My cities shall again spread out through prosperity; The LORD will again comfort Zion, And will again choose Jerusalem.” ‘ ”
Zec 2:12 And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His inheritance in the Holy Land, and will again choose Jerusalem.
John 6:70 Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?”
John 15:16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.
Php 1:22 But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labor; yet what I shall choose I cannot tell.
39 verses found, 39 matches
Exodus 1 verse found 1 match
Numbers 1 verse found 1 match
Deuteronomy 3 verses found 3 matches
Joshua 2 verses found 2 matches
1 Samuel 2 verses found 2 matches
2 Samuel 3 verses found 3 matches
1 Kings 2 verses found 2 matches
2 Kings 1 verse found 1 match
1 Chronicles 2 verses found 2 matches
2 Chronicles 1 verse found 1 match
Job 4 verses found 4 matches
Psalms 4 verses found 4 matches
Proverbs 3 verses found 3 matches
Isaiah 5 verses found 5 matches
Zechariah 2 verses found 2 matches
John 2 verses found 2 matches
Philippians 1 verse found 1 match