1 Samuel 12:22

Modern English Version

As befits His great name, the Lord will not abandon His people. For it has pleased the Lord to make you His people.

Cross References

Philippians 1:6

I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

Psalm 106:8

Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake, that He might make His mighty power known.

Deuteronomy 14:2

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a peculiar people to Himself, treasured above all the nations that are on the earth.

1 Kings 6:13

and I will dwell among the people of Israel and will not forsake My people Israel.”

Romans 11:29

For the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable.

Jeremiah 14:21

Do not abhor us. For Your name’s sake, do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember and do not break Your covenant with us.

Joshua 7:9

The Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land may hear, turn on us, and cut off our name from the earth. What will You do for Your great name?”

Ephesians 1:12

that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, should live for the praise of His glory.

Ezekiel 20:14

But I acted for My name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the nations in whose sight I brought them out.

Ezekiel 20:9

But I acted for My name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the nations among whom they were, in whose sight I made Myself known to them in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.

Isaiah 43:25

I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake, and will not remember your sins.

Psalm 94:14

For the Lord will not abandon His people, nor will He abandon His heritage.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may declare the goodness of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

Matthew 11:26

Even so, Father, for it seemed good in Your sight.

1 Corinthians 4:7

For who makes you differ from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you received it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

2 Chronicles 15:2

and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The Lord is with you while you are with Him. If you all seek Him, He will be found with you. But if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

Exodus 32:12

Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, ‘With evil intent He brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce wrath and relent of this harm against Your people.

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of the glory of His grace which He graciously bestowed on us in the Beloved.

John 15:16

You did not choose Me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that the Father may give you whatever you ask Him in My name.

Malachi 1:2

I have loved you, says the Lord. But you say, “How have You loved us?” Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? says the Lord. Yet I have loved Jacob;

Lamentations 5:20

Why do You forget us forever, and forsake us for so long a time?

Jeremiah 14:7

O  Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do it for Your name’s sake. Indeed, our backslidings are many; we have sinned against You.

Isaiah 48:11

For My own sake, even for My own sake, I will do it; for how can My name be polluted? And I will not give My glory to another.

Isaiah 42:16

I will bring the blind by a way that they did not know; I will lead them in paths that they have not known. I will make darkness light before them and crooked things straight. These things I will do for them and not forsake them.

Isaiah 41:17

When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongues fail for thirst, I, the Lord, will hear them, I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

Isaiah 37:35

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

1 Chronicles 28:9

As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your fathers and serve Him with a whole heart and with a willing spirit, for the Lord searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will abandon you forever.

2 Kings 21:14

I will disregard the remnant of My inheritance and give them into the hand of their enemies. They shall become plunder and spoil for all their enemies,

Deuteronomy 31:17

Then My anger will burn against them on that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide My face from them, and they will be devoured, and many disasters and troubles will befall them, so that they will say in that day, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is not among us?’

Deuteronomy 9:5

It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you enter to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord your God drives them out before you, and that He may fulfill the word which the Lord swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Hebrews 13:5

Let your lives be without love of money, and be content with the things you have. For He has said: “I will never leave you, nor forsake you.”

Romans 11:1

I say then, has God rejected His people? God forbid! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

Deuteronomy 7:6

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be His special people, treasured above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 31:6

Be strong and of a good courage. Fear not, nor be afraid of them, for the Lord your God, it is He who goes with you. He will not fail you, nor forsake you.”

1 Kings 8:57

The Lord our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. Let Him neither leave us nor forsake us,

Deuteronomy 31:8

The Lord, He goes before you. He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear, nor be dismayed.”

2 Kings 14:27

The Lord had not said that He would wipe out the name of Israel from under heaven, so He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Joash.

Nehemiah 9:17

They refused to obey and were not mindful of Your wonders that You performed among them. But they hardened their necks and in their rebellion appointed a leader to return to their bondage. But You are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in kindness, and did not forsake them.

Isaiah 43:7

even everyone who is called by My name, for I have created him for My glory; I have formed him, and I have made him.”

Isaiah 49:15

Can a woman forget her nursing child, and have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget.

Isaiah 63:8

For He said, “Surely they are My people, sons who will not lie.” So He became their Savior.

Jeremiah 14:9

Why should You be as a man dismayed, as a mighty man who cannot save? Yet You, O  Lord, are in our midst, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!