Daniel 9:19
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19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. (A)Delay not, (B)for your own sake, O my God, because (C)your city and (D)your people are called by your name.”
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Daniel 9:18
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18 (A)O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see (B)our desolations, and (C)the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy.
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Luke 11:8
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8 I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything (A)because he is his friend, yet because of his impudence[a] he will rise and give him whatever he needs.
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- Luke 11:8 Or persistence
Amos 7:2
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2 When they had finished eating the grass of the land, I said,
“O Lord God, please forgive!
(A)How can Jacob stand?
He is so small!”
Ephesians 3:10
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10 so that through the church the manifold (A)wisdom of God (B)might now be made known to (C)the rulers and authorities (D)in the heavenly places.
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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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Jeremiah 14:9
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9 Why should you be like a man confused,
(A)like a mighty warrior who cannot save?
Yet (B)you, O Lord, are in the midst of us,
and (C)we are called by your name;
(D)do not leave us.”
Jeremiah 14:7
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7 “Though our iniquities testify against us,
act, O Lord, (A)for your name's sake;
(B)for our backslidings are many;
(C)we have sinned against you.
2 Chronicles 6:25-30
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25 (A)then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them again to the land that you gave to them and to their fathers.
26 (B)“When heaven is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, if they pray toward this place and acknowledge your name and turn from their sin, when you afflict[a] them, 27 (C)then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel, when you teach them the good way[b] in which they should walk, and grant rain upon your land, which you have given to your people as an inheritance.
28 (D)“If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence or blight or mildew or locust or caterpillar, if their enemies besiege them in the land at their gates, whatever plague, whatever sickness there is, 29 whatever prayer, whatever plea is made by any man or by all your people Israel, each knowing his own affliction and his own sorrow and stretching out his hands toward this house, 30 (E)then hear from heaven your dwelling place and forgive and render to each whose heart you know, according to all his ways, (F)for you, you only, know the hearts of the children of mankind,
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- 2 Chronicles 6:26 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew answer
- 2 Chronicles 6:27 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate (compare 1 Kings 8:36); Hebrew toward the good way
Numbers 14:19
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19 Please (A)pardon the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of your steadfast love, just (B)as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt until now.”
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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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Ezekiel 39:25
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The Lord Will Restore Israel
25 “Therefore thus says the Lord God: Now (A)I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have mercy on (B)the whole house of Israel, and (C)I will be jealous for my holy name.
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Ezekiel 36:22
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I Will Put My Spirit Within You
22 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: (A)It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, (B)which you have profaned among the nations to which you came.
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Ezekiel 20:22
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22 (A)But I withheld my hand (B)and acted for the sake of my name, (C)that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.
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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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Jeremiah 25:29
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29 For behold, (A)I begin to work disaster at the city that is called by my name, and shall you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, (B)for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the Lord of hosts.’
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Jeremiah 14:20-21
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20 (A)We acknowledge our wickedness, O Lord,
and the iniquity of our fathers,
(B)for we have sinned against you.
21 Do not spurn us, (C)for your name's sake;
do not dishonor your glorious throne;
(D)remember and do not break your covenant with us.
Isaiah 64:9-12
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9 (A)Be not so terribly angry, O Lord,
(B)and remember not iniquity forever.
Behold, please look, we are all your people.
10 (C)Your holy cities have become a wilderness;
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.
11 (D)Our holy and beautiful[a] house,
where our fathers praised you,
has been burned by fire,
and all our pleasant places have become ruins.
12 (E)Will you restrain yourself at these things, O Lord?
Will you keep silent, and afflict us so terribly?
Footnotes
- Isaiah 64:11 Or holy and glorious
Isaiah 63:16-19
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16 For (A)you are our Father,
though Abraham does not know us,
and Israel does not acknowledge us;
you, O Lord, are our Father,
(B)our Redeemer from of old is your name.
17 O Lord, why do you make us wander from your ways
and (C)harden our heart, so that we fear you not?
(D)Return for the sake of your servants,
the tribes of your heritage.
18 (E)Your holy people held possession for a little while;[a]
(F)our adversaries have trampled down your sanctuary.
19 (G)We have become like those over whom you have never ruled,
like those who are not called by your name.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 63:18 Or They have dispossessed your holy people for a little while
Psalm 115:1-2
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To Your Name Give Glory
115 (A)Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory,
(B)for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!
2 Why should the nations say,
(C)“Where is their God?”
Psalm 102:13-16
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13 You will (A)arise and have (B)pity on Zion;
it is the time to favor her;
(C)the appointed time has come.
14 For your servants hold her (D)stones dear
and have pity on her dust.
15 Nations will (E)fear the name of the Lord,
and all (F)the kings of the earth will fear your glory.
16 For the Lord (G)builds up Zion;
he (H)appears in his glory;
Psalm 85:5-6
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5 (A)Will you be angry with us forever?
Will you prolong your anger to all generations?
6 Will you not (B)revive us again,
that your people may (C)rejoice in you?
Psalm 79:8-10
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8 (A)Do not remember against us (B)our former iniquities;[a]
let your compassion come speedily to meet us,
for we are (C)brought very low.
9 (D)Help us, O God of our salvation,
for the glory of your name;
deliver us, and (E)atone for our sins,
for your (F)name's sake!
10 (G)Why should the nations say,
“Where is their God?”
Let (H)the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants
be known among the nations before our eyes!
Footnotes
- Psalm 79:8 Or the iniquities of former generations
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