1 Samuel 12:22

Bible in Basic English 1965

For the Lord will not give his people up, because of the honour of his name; for it was the Lord's pleasure to make of you a people for himself.

Cross References

1 Kings 6:13

And I will be ever among the children of Israel, and will not go away from my people.

1 Kings 8:57

Now may the Lord our God be with us as he was with our fathers; let him never go away from us or give us up;

2 Kings 14:27

And the Lord had not said that the name of Israel was to be taken away from the earth; but he gave them a saviour in Jeroboam, the son of Joash.

2 Kings 21:14

And I will put away from me the rest of my heritage, and give them up into the hands of their haters, who will take their property and their goods for themselves;

1 Chronicles 28:9

And you, Solomon my son, get knowledge of the God of your father, and be his servant with a true heart and with a strong desire, for the Lord is the searcher of all hearts, and has knowledge of all the designs of men's thoughts; if you make search for him, he will be near you; but if you are turned away from him, he will give you up for ever.

2 Chronicles 15:2

And he came face to face with Asa and said to him, Give ear to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin: the Lord is with you while you are with him; if your heart's desire is for him, he will be near you, but if you give him up, he will give you up.

Nehemiah 9:17

And would not do them, and gave no thought to the wonders you had done among them; but made their necks stiff, and turning away from you, made a captain over themselves to take them back to their prison in Egypt: but you are a God of forgiveness, full of grace and pity, slow to wrath and great in mercy, and you did not give them up.

Psalm 106:8

But he was their saviour because of his name, so that men might see his great power.

Psalm 94:14

The Lord will not give up his people, or take away his support from his heritage;

Exodus 32:12

Why let the Egyptians say, He took them out to an evil fate, to put them to death on the mountains, cutting them off from the earth? Let your wrath be turned away from them, and send not this evil on your people.

Isaiah 37:35

For I will keep this town safe, for my honour, and for the honour of my servant David.

Isaiah 41:17

The poor and crushed are looking for water where no water is, and their tongue is dry for need of it: I the Lord will give ear to their prayer, I the God of Israel will not give them up.

Isaiah 42:16

And I will take the blind by a way of which they had no knowledge, guiding them by roads strange to them: I will make the dark places light before them, and the rough places level. These things will I do and will not give them up.

Isaiah 43:25

I, even I, am he who takes away your sins; and I will no longer keep your evil doings in mind.

Isaiah 43:7

Every one who is named by my name, and whom I have made for my glory, who has been formed and designed by me.

Isaiah 48:11

For myself, even because of my name, I will do it; for I will not let my name be shamed; and my glory I will not give to another.

Isaiah 49:15

Will a woman give up the child at her breast, will she be without pity for the fruit of her body? yes, these may, but I will not let you go out of my memory.

Isaiah 63:8

For he said, Truly they are my people, children who will not be false: so he was their saviour out of all their trouble.

Jeremiah 14:21

Do not be turned from us in disgust, because of your name; do not put shame on the seat of your glory: keep us in mind, let not your agreement with us be broken.

Jeremiah 14:7

Though our sins give witness against us, do something, O Lord, for the honour of your name: for again and again we have been turned away from you, we have done evil against you.

Jeremiah 14:9

Why are you like a man surprised, like a man of war who is not able to give help? but you, O Lord, are with us, and we are named by your name; do not go away from us.

Lamentations 5:20

Why have we gone from your memory for ever? why have you been turned away from us for so long?

Ezekiel 20:14

And I was acting for the honour of my name, so that it might not be made unclean in the eyes of the nations, before whose eyes I had taken them out.

Ezekiel 20:9

And I was acting for the honour of my name, so that it might not be made unclean before the eyes of the nations among whom they were, and before whose eyes I gave them knowledge of myself, by taking them out of the land of Egypt.

Malachi 1:2

You have been loved by me, says the Lord. But you say, Where was your love for us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the Lord: but Jacob was loved by me,

Matthew 11:26

Yes, Father, for so it was pleasing in your eyes.

John 15:16

You did not take me for yourselves, but I took you for myself; and I gave you the work of going about and producing fruit which will be for ever; so that whatever request you make to the Father in my name he may give it to you.

Romans 11:1

So I say, Has God put his people on one side? Let there be no such thought. For I am of Israel, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

Romans 11:29

Because God's selection and his mercies may not be changed.

1 Corinthians 4:7

For who made you better than your brother? or what have you that has not been given to you? but if it has been given to you, what cause have you for pride, as if it had not been given to you?

Ephesians 1:12

So that his glory might have praise through us who first had hope in Christ:

Ephesians 1:6

To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:

Deuteronomy 14:2

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has taken you to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 31:17

In that day my wrath will be moved against them, and I will be turned away from them, veiling my face from them, and destruction will overtake them, and unnumbered evils and troubles will come on them; so that in that day they will say, Have not these evils come on us because our God is not with us?

Deuteronomy 31:6

Be strong and take heart, and have no fear of them: for it is the Lord your God who is going with you; he will not take away his help from you.

Deuteronomy 31:8

It is the Lord who goes before you; he will be with you, he will not take away his help from you or give you up: so have no fear.

Deuteronomy 7:6

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God: marked out by the Lord your God to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 9:5

Not for your righteousness or because your hearts are upright are you going in to take their land; but because of the evil-doing of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out from before you, and to give effect to his oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Philippians 1:6

For I am certain of this very thing, that he by whom the good work was started in you will make it complete till the day of Jesus Christ:

Hebrews 13:5

Be free from the love of money and pleased with the things which you have; for he himself has said, I will be with you at all times.

Joshua 7:9

For when the news comes to the Canaanites and all the people of the land, they will come up, shutting us in and cutting off our name from the earth: and what will you do for the honour of your great name?

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.