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1 Sam. 12:22 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For the Lord will not forsakef his people forg his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people.

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Lam. 3:31‑32• ³¹For the Lord will not cast off for ever;
³²but if he have caused grief, he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses: (Lam. 3:31‑32)

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Ezek. 20:9,14• ⁹But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they were, in whose sight I had made myself known unto them in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
¹⁴But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out. (Ezek. 20:9,14)

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Deut. 31:17• ¹⁷And my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them, and they will say in that day, Have not these evils befallen me because my God is not in my midst? (Deut. 31:17)

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1 Kings 6:13• ¹³and I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel. (1 Kings 6:13)

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2 Kings 21:14• ¹⁴And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies; (2 Kings 21:14)

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1 Chron. 28:9• ⁹And thou, Solomon my son, know the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searches all hearts, and discerns all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cut thee off for ever. (1 Chron. 28:9)

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2 Chron. 15:2• ²And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Jehovah is with you while ye are with him; and if ye seek him he will be found of you, but if ye forsake him he will forsake you. (2 Chron. 15:2)

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Psa. 94:14• ¹⁴For Jehovah will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance; (Psa. 94:14)

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Isa. 41:17• ¹⁷The afflicted and the needy seek water, and there is none; their tongue faileth for thirst: I, Jehovah, will answer them, I , the God of Israel, will not forsake them. (Isa. 41:17)

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Isa. 42:16• ¹⁶And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not, in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. (Isa. 42:16)

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Jer. 33:24‑26• ²⁴Hast thou not seen what this people have spoken, saying, The two families that Jehovah had chosen, he hath even cast them off? And they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
²⁵Thus saith Jehovah: If my covenant of day and night stand not, if I have not appointed the ordinances of the heavens and the earth,
²⁶then will I also cast away the seed of Jacob, and of David my servant, so as not to take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will turn their captivity, and will have mercy on them. (Jer. 33:24‑26)

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Lam. 3:31‑32• ³¹For the Lord will not cast off for ever;
³²but if he have caused grief, he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses: (Lam. 3:31‑32)

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Lam. 5:20• ²⁰Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, dost thou forsake us so long time? (Lam. 5:20)

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Heb. 13:5• ⁵Let your conversation be without love of money, satisfied with your present circumstances; for *he* has said, I will not leave thee, neither will I forsake thee. (Heb. 13:5)

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Ex. 32:12• ¹²Why should the Egyptians speak, and say, For misfortune he has brought them out, to slay them on the mountains, and to annihilate them from the face of the earth? Turn from the heat of thine anger, and repent of this evil against thy people! (Ex. 32:12)

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Num. 14:13‑19• ¹³And Moses said to Jehovah, Then the Egyptians will hear it; for in thy might thou broughtest up this people from the midst of them;
¹⁴and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land, who have heard that thou, Jehovah, art in the midst of this people, that thou, Jehovah, lettest thyself be seen eye to eye, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night;
¹⁵if thou now slayest this people as one man, then the nations that have heard thy fame will speak, saying,
¹⁶Because Jehovah was not able to bring this people into the land that he had sworn unto them, he has therefore slain them in the wilderness.
¹⁷And now, I beseech thee, let the power of the Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
¹⁸Jehovah is slow to anger, and abundant in goodness, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and fourth generation.
¹⁹Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of thy loving-kindness, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now. (Num. 14:13‑19)

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Deut. 32:26‑27• ²⁶I would say, I will scatter, I will make the remembrance of them to cease from among men,
²⁷If I did not fear provocation from the enemy, Lest their adversaries should misunderstand it, Lest they should say, Our hand is high, and Jehovah has not done all this. (Deut. 32:26‑27)

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Josh. 7:9• ⁹When the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, they will surround us, and cut off our name from the earth. And what wilt thou do unto thy great name? (Josh. 7:9)

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Psa. 106:8• ⁸Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make known his might. (Psa. 106:8)

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Isa. 37:35• ³⁵And I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake. (Isa. 37:35)

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Isa. 43:25• ²⁵--I, I am He that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and I will not remember thy sins. (Isa. 43:25)

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Isa. 48:11• ¹¹For mine own sake, for mine own sake, will I do it; for how should my name be profaned? and I will not give my glory unto another. (Isa. 48:11)

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Jer. 14:7,21• ⁷Jehovah, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou act for thy name's sake; for our backslidings are many--we have sinned against thee.
²¹For thy name's sake, do not spurn us, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us. (Jer. 14:7,21)

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Ezek. 20:9,14• ⁹But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they were, in whose sight I had made myself known unto them in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
¹⁴But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out. (Ezek. 20:9,14)

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Eph. 1:6,12• ⁶to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he has taken us into favour in the Beloved:
¹²that we should be to the praise of his glory who have pre-trusted in the Christ: (Eph. 1:6,12)

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Ex. 19:5‑6• ⁵And now, if ye will hearken to my voice indeed and keep my covenant, then shall ye be my own possession out of all the peoples--for all the earth is mine--
⁶and ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak to the children of Israel. (Ex. 19:5‑6)

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Deut. 7:7‑8• ⁷Not because ye were more in number than all the peoples, hath Jehovah been attached to you and chosen you, for ye are the fewest of all the peoples;
⁸but because Jehovah loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out with a powerful hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. (Deut. 7:7‑8)

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Deut. 9:5• ⁵Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thy heart, dost thou enter in to possess their land, but for the wickedness of these nations doth Jehovah thy God dispossess them from before thee, and that he may perform the word which Jehovah swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. (Deut. 9:5)

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Deut. 14:2• ²For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and thee hath Jehovah chosen for a people of possession unto himself, out of all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth. (Deut. 14:2)

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Mal. 1:2• ²I have loved you, saith Jehovah; but ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith Jehovah, and I loved Jacob, (Mal. 1:2)

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Matt. 11:26• ²⁶Yea, Father, for thus has it been well-pleasing in thy sight. (Matt. 11:26)

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John 15:16• ¹⁶Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and have set you that ye should go and that ye should bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide, that whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name he may give you. (John 15:16)

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Rom. 9:13‑18• ¹³according as it is written, I have loved Jacob, and I have hated Esau.
¹⁴What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Far be the thought.
¹⁵For he says to Moses, I will shew mercy to whom I will shew mercy, and I will feel compassion for whom I will feel compassion.
¹⁶So then it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shews mercy.
¹⁷For the scripture says to Pharaoh, For this very thing I have raised thee up from amongst men, that I might thus shew in thee my power, and so that my name should be declared in all the earth.
¹⁸So then, to whom he will he shews mercy, and whom he will he hardens. (Rom. 9:13‑18)

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Rom. 11:29• ²⁹For the gifts and the calling of God are not subject to repentance. (Rom. 11:29)

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1 Cor. 4:7• ⁷For who makes thee to differ? and what hast thou which thou hast not received? but if also thou hast received, why boastest thou as not receiving? (1 Cor. 4:7)

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Phil. 1:6• ⁶having confidence of this very thing, that he who has begun in you a good work will complete it unto Jesus Christ's day: (Phil. 1:6)

• (vv. 22-23). These things are the three pillars of the Christian life. Ruin does not change {1} the grace of God which remains our assurance forever. {2} The intercession of Christ, of which Samuel's intercession is but a weak type, is able to bring us through all difficulties. {3} Lastly, the Word, of which the prophet was the mouthpiece to the people. (“1 Samuel 12” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For Jehovah will not cast away his people for his great name’s sake; because it has pleased Jehovah to make you his people.