1 Samuel 12:22 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The Lord will not abandon his people, because of his great name and because he has determined to make you his own people. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Lord will not forsake His people for His great name's sake, for it has pleased Him to make you a people for Himself. American Standard Version (1901) For Jehovah will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake, because it hath pleased Jehovah to make you a people unto himself. Common English Bible For the sake of his reputation, the LORD won’t abandon his people, because the LORD has decided to make you his very own people. Catholic Public Domain Version And the Lord will not abandon his people, because of his great name. For the Lord has sworn to make you his people. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because the Lord hath sworn to make you his people. |
May the Lord our God be with us as he was with our ancestors. May he not abandon us or leave us
The Lord had not said he would blot out the name of Israel under heaven, so he delivered them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.
I will abandon the remnant of my inheritance and hand them over to their enemies. They will become plunder and spoil to all their enemies,
‘As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands the intention of every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will reject you for ever.
So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, ‘Asa and all Judah and Benjamin, hear me. The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.
They refused to listen and did not remember your wonders which you performed among them. They became stiff-necked and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. , But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love, and you did not abandon them.
Why should the Egyptians say, “He brought them out with an evil intent to kill them in the mountains and eliminate them from the face of the earth”? Turn from your fierce anger and relent concerning this disaster planned for your people.
I will defend this city and rescue it for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.’
The poor and the needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I will answer them. I am the Lord, the God of Israel. I will not abandon them.
I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on paths they have not known. I will turn darkness to light in front of them and rough places into level ground. This is what I will do for them, and I will not abandon them.
‘I am the one, I sweep away your transgressions for my own sake and remember your sins no more.
everyone who bears my name and is created for my glory. I have formed them; indeed, I have made them.’
I will act for my own sake, indeed, my own, for how can I be defiled? I will not give my glory to another.
‘Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the child of her womb? Even if these forget, yet I will not forget you.
He said, ‘They are indeed my people, children who will not be disloyal,’ and he became their Saviour.
For your name’s sake, don’t despise us. Don’t disdain your glorious throne. Remember your covenant with us; do not break it.
Though our iniquities testify against us, Lord, act for your name’s sake. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against you.
Why are you like a helpless man, like a warrior unable to save? Yet you are among us, Lord, and we bear your name. Don’t leave us!
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 brought them out.
But I acted for the sake of my name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations they were living among, in whose sight I had made myself known to Israel by bringing them out of Egypt.
‘I have loved you,’ says the Lord. Yet you ask, ‘How have you loved us? ’ ‘Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother? ’ This is the Lord’s declaration. ‘Even so, I loved Jacob,
You did not choose me, but I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce fruit and that your fruit should remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you.
I ask, then, has God rejected his people? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you didn’t receive? If, in fact, you did receive it, why do you boast as if you hadn’t received it?
so that we who had already put our hope in Christ might bring praise to his glory.
to the praise of his glorious grace that he lavished on us in the Beloved One.
for you are a holy people belonging to the Lord your God. The Lord has chosen you to be his own possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.
My anger will burn against them on that day; I will abandon them and hide my face from them so that they will become easy prey. Many troubles and afflictions will come to them. On that day they will say, “Haven’t these troubles come to us because our God is no longer with us? ”
Be strong and courageous; don’t be terrified or afraid of them. For the Lord your God is the one who will go with you; he will not leave you or abandon you.’
The Lord is the one who will go before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or abandon you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.’
For you are a holy people belonging to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be his own possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.
You are not going to take possession of their land because of your righteousness or your integrity. Instead, the Lord your God will drive out these nations before you because of their wickedness, in order to fulfil the promise he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
I am sure of this, that he who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Keep your life free from the love of money. Be satisfied with what you have, for he himself has said, I will never leave you or abandon you. ,
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 about your great name? ’
But you are a chosen race, ,, a royal priesthood, , a holy nation, , a people for his possession, , so that you may proclaim the praises ,, of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.