1 Chronicles 17:19
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19 For your servant’s sake, O Lord, and according to your own heart, you have done all these great deeds, making known all these great things.(A)
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Isaiah 37:35
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35 For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David.”(A)
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Ephesians 3:11
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11 This was in accordance with the eternal purpose that he has carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord,
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Ephesians 1:9-11
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9 he has made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ,(A) 10 as a plan for the fullness of time, to gather up all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.(B) 11 In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance,[a] having been destined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to his counsel and will,(C)
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- 1.11 Or been made a heritage
Matthew 11:26
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26 yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.[a]
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- 11.26 Or for so it was well-pleasing in your sight
Daniel 9:17
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17 Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his supplication, and for your own sake, Lord,[a] let your face shine upon your desolated sanctuary.(A)
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- 9.17 Theodotion Vg Compare Syr: Heb for the Lord’s sake
Isaiah 49:5-6
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5 And now the Lord says,
who formed me in the womb to be his servant,
to bring Jacob back to him,
and that Israel might be gathered to him,
for I am honored in the sight of the Lord,
and my God has become my strength—(A)
6 he says,
“It is too light a thing that you should be my servant
to raise up the tribes of Jacob
and to restore the survivors of Israel;
I will give you as a light to the nations,
that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”(B)
Isaiah 49:3
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3 And he said to me, “You are my servant,
Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”(A)
Isaiah 42:1
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The Servant, a Light to the Nations
42 Here is my servant, whom I uphold,
my chosen, in whom my soul delights;
I have put my spirit upon him;
he will bring forth justice to the nations.(A)
Psalm 111:6
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6 He has shown his people the power of his works,
in giving them the heritage of the nations.
Psalm 111:3
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3 Full of honor and majesty is his work,
and his righteousness endures forever.(A)
1 Chronicles 29:11-12
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11 Yours, O Lord, are the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and on the earth is yours; yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all.(A) 12 Riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and it is in your hand to make great and to give strength to all.(B)
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2 Samuel 7:21
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21 Because of your promise and according to your own heart, you have wrought all this greatness so that your servant may know it.
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