1 Samuel 12:22
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22 (A)For the Lord will not forsake his people, (B)for his great name's sake, because (C)it has pleased the Lord to make you a people for himself.
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Philippians 1:6
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6 And I am sure of this, that he who began (A)a good work in you (B)will bring it to completion at (C)the day of Jesus Christ.
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Psalm 106:8
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1 Kings 6:13
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13 And (A)I will dwell among the children of Israel (B)and will not forsake my people Israel.”
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Deuteronomy 7:7-8
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7 It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples, 8 but (A)it is because the Lord loves you and is keeping (B)the oath that he swore to your fathers, that the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
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Joshua 7:9
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9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it and will surround us and (A)cut off our name from the earth. And what will you do for your great name?”
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Deuteronomy 14:2
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2 For (A)you are a people holy to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
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Romans 11:29
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29 For the gifts and (A)the calling of God are irrevocable.
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Lamentations 3:31-32
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31 (A)For the Lord will not
cast off forever,
32 but, though he (B)cause grief, (C)he will have compassion
(D)according to the abundance of his steadfast love;
Jeremiah 14:21
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21 Do not spurn us, (A)for your name's sake;
do not dishonor your glorious throne;
(B)remember and do not break your covenant with us.
Ephesians 1:12
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12 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be (A)to the praise of his glory.
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Matthew 11:26
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26 yes, Father, for such was your (A)gracious will.[a]
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- Matthew 11:26 Or for so it pleased you well
Ezekiel 20:14
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14 But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, (A)in whose sight I had brought them out.
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Ezekiel 20:9
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9 (A)But I acted (B)for the sake of my name, (C)that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, (D)in whose sight I made myself known to them in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
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Isaiah 43:25
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25 “I, I am he
(A)who blots out (B)your transgressions for my own sake,
and I will not remember your sins.
Psalm 94:14
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Exodus 32:12
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12 (A)Why should the Egyptians say, ‘With evil intent did he bring them out, to kill them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from your burning anger and (B)relent from this disaster against your people.
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Hebrews 13:5
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5 Keep your life (A)free from love of money, and (B)be content with what you have, for he has said, (C)“I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
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Ephesians 1:6
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6 (A)to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in (B)the Beloved.
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1 Corinthians 4:7
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7 For who sees anything different in you? (A)What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?
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Romans 9:13-18
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13 As it is written, (A)“Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
14 What shall we say then? (B)Is there injustice on God's part? By no means! 15 For he says to Moses, (C)“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” 16 So then it depends not on human will or exertion,[a] but on God, who has mercy. 17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, (D)“For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” 18 So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.
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- Romans 9:16 Greek not of him who wills or runs
John 15:16
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16 You did not choose me, but (A)I chose you and appointed you that you should go and (B)bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that (C)whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
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Malachi 1:2
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The Lord's Love for Israel
2 (A)“I have loved you,” says the Lord. (B)But you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is not Esau (C)Jacob's brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet (D)I have loved Jacob
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Lamentations 5:20
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20 (A)Why do you forget us forever,
why do you forsake us for so many days?
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