1 Samuel 12:22
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22 For (A)the Lord will not forsake (B)His people, (C)for His great name’s sake, because (D)it has pleased the Lord to make you His people.
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Philippians 1:6
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6 being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun (A)a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;
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Deuteronomy 14:2
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2 (A)For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
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Deuteronomy 7:7-8
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7 The Lord did not set His (A)love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were (B)the least of all peoples; 8 but (C)because the Lord loves you, and because He would keep (D)the oath which He swore to your fathers, (E)the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of [a]bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
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- Deuteronomy 7:8 slavery
Psalm 106:8
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8 Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake,
(A)That He might make His mighty power known.
1 Kings 6:13
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13 And (A)I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not (B)forsake My people Israel.”
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Joshua 7:9
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9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear it, and surround us, and (A)cut off our name from the earth. Then (B)what will You do for Your great name?”
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Romans 11:29
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29 For the gifts and the calling of God are (A)irrevocable.
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Lamentations 3:31-32
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31 (A)For the Lord will not cast off forever.
32 Though He causes grief,
Yet He will show compassion
According to the multitude of His mercies.
Jeremiah 14:21
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21 Do not abhor us, for Your name’s sake;
Do not disgrace the throne of Your glory.
(A)Remember, do not break Your covenant with us.
Isaiah 43:25
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25 “I, even I, am He who (A)blots out your transgressions (B)for My own sake;
(C)And I will not remember your sins.
1 Peter 2:9
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9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of (A)darkness into His marvelous light;
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Ephesians 1:12
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12 (A)that we (B)who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.
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Matthew 11:26
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26 Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight.
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Ezekiel 20:14
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14 (A)But I acted for My name’s sake, that it should not be profaned before the Gentiles, in whose sight I had brought them out.
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Ezekiel 20:9
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9 (A)But I acted for My name’s sake, that it should not be profaned before the Gentiles among whom they were, in whose sight I had made Myself (B)known to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt.
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Psalm 94:14
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14 For the Lord will not [a]cast off His people,
Nor will He forsake His inheritance.
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- Psalm 94:14 abandon
Jeremiah 33:24-26
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24 “Have you not considered what these people have spoken, saying, ‘The two families which the Lord has chosen, He has also cast them off’? Thus they have (A)despised My people, as if they should no more be a nation before them.
25 “Thus says the Lord: ‘If (B)My covenant is not with day and night, and if I have not (C)appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth, 26 (D)then I will (E)cast away the descendants of Jacob and David My servant, so that I will not take any of his descendants to be rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will cause their captives to return, and will have mercy on them.’ ”
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2 Chronicles 15:2
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2 And he went out [a]to meet Asa, and said to him: “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin. (A)The Lord is with you while you are with Him. (B)If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but (C)if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
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- 2 Chronicles 15:2 Lit. before
Exodus 32:12
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12 (A)Why should the Egyptians speak, and say, ‘He brought them out to harm them, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce wrath, and (B)relent from this harm to Your people.
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Hebrews 13:5
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5 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, (A)“I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
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Ephesians 1:6
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6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, (A)by which He [a]made us accepted in (B)the Beloved.
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- Ephesians 1:6 Lit. bestowed grace (favor) upon us
1 Corinthians 4:7
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7 For who [a]makes you differ from another? And (A)what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you did indeed receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
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- 1 Corinthians 4:7 distinguishes you
Romans 9:13-18
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13 As it is written, (A)“Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated.”
Israel’s Rejection and God’s Justice
14 What shall we say then? (B)Is there unrighteousness with God? Certainly not! 15 For He says to Moses, (C)“I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.” 16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy. 17 For (D)the Scripture says to the Pharaoh, (E)“For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth.” 18 Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He (F)hardens.
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John 15:16
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16 (A)You did not choose Me, but I chose you and (B)appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father (C)in My name He may give you.
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