Isaiah 48:11
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11 For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it,
for why should my name[a] be profaned?
My glory I will not give to another.(A)
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- 48.11 Gk OL: Heb for why should it
Isaiah 42:8
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8 I am the Lord; that is my name;
my glory I give to no other,
nor my praise to idols.(A)
Ezekiel 20:9
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9 But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, in whose sight I made myself known to them in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.(A)
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Ezekiel 20:14
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14 But I acted for the sake of my name, so that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.
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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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Ezekiel 20:22
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22 But I withheld my hand and acted for the sake of my name, so that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.(A)
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1 Samuel 12:22
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22 For the Lord will not cast away his people, for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased the Lord to make you a people for himself.(A)
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Isaiah 43:25
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25 I alone am the one
who blots out your transgressions for my own sake,
and I will not remember your sins.(A)
Jeremiah 14:7
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7 Although our iniquities testify against us,
act, O Lord, for your name’s sake;
our rebellions indeed are many,
and we have sinned against you.(A)
Numbers 14:15-16
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15 Now if you kill this people as one, then the nations who have heard about you will say, 16 ‘It is because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land he swore to give them that he has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’(A)
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Ezekiel 20:44
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44 And you shall know that I am the Lord when I deal with you for my name’s sake, not according to your evil ways or corrupt deeds, O house of Israel, says the Lord God.(A)
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Ezekiel 20:39
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39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus says the Lord God: Go serve your idols, every one of you now and hereafter, if you will not listen to me, but my holy name you shall no more profane with your gifts and your idols.(A)
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Isaiah 48:5
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5 I declared them to you from long ago,
before they came to pass I announced them to you,
so that you would not say, “My idol did them;
my carved image and my cast image commanded them.”(A)
Deuteronomy 32:26-27
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26 I said, “I will make an end of them[a]
and blot out the memory of them from humankind,”(A)
27 but I feared provocation by the enemy,
for their adversaries might misunderstand
and say, “Our hand is triumphant;
it was not the Lord who did all this.” ’(B)
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- 32.26 Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
Romans 2:24
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24 For, as it is written, “The name of God is blasphemed[a] among the gentiles because of you.”(A)
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- 2.24 Or despised
John 5:23
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23 so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.(A)
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Isaiah 52:5
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5 Now therefore what am I doing here, says the Lord, seeing that my people are taken away without cause? Their rulers howl, says the Lord, and continually, all day long, my name is despised.(A)
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