1 Samuel 12:22
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For the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people.Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.
In other translations
For the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people.Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.
Hebrew words
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Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Deuteronomy 14:2For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.
- Psalm 106:8Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.
- 1 Kings 6:13And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.And I will dwell among the Israelites and will not abandon My people Israel.”
- Philippians 1:6Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
- Jeremiah 14:21Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.
- Deuteronomy 7:7-87 The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: 8 But 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.7 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. 8 But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
- Romans 11:29For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.
- Joshua 7:9For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth. Then what will You do for Your great name?”
- Psalm 94:14For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.
- Ezekiel 20:9But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, in whose sight I had revealed Myself to Israel by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
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