1 Samuel 12:22

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

being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jes

The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you

Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.

And I will dwell among the Israelites and will not abandon My people Israel.”

For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.

For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do no

For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.

When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will surround us and wipe out our name from the e

I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.

For the Lord will not cast us off forever.

in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.

But I acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had br

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 livi

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtu

Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.

“Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they desp

Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them fro

So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you

For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as

I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,

‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them;

It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is b

I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light

Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?

As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LO

On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be co

You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever

So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

So I will forsake the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hands of their enemies. And they will become p

to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.

Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we h

Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—fo

For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another

“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LO

But Moses said to the LORD, “The Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people from among them

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you