Deuteronomy 7:7
King James Version
“The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye the fewest of all people:”
Context
4For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.
5But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
6For thou an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that upon the face of the earth.
7The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye the fewest of all people:
8But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
9Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
10And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.