Isaiah 48:9
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9 “For(A) My name’s sake (B)I will [a]defer My anger,
And for My praise I will restrain it from you,
So that I do not cut you off.
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- Isaiah 48:9 delay
Psalm 78:38
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38 (A)But He, being full of (B)compassion, forgave their iniquity,
And did not destroy them.
Yes, many a time (C)He turned His anger away,
And (D)did not stir up all His wrath;
Daniel 9:17-19
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17 Now therefore, our God, hear the prayer of Your servant, and his supplications, (A)and (B)for the Lord’s sake [a]cause Your face to shine on [b]Your sanctuary, (C)which is desolate. 18 (D)O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes (E)and see our desolations, and the city (F)which is called by Your name; for we do not present our supplications before You because of our righteous deeds, but because of Your great mercies. 19 O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, my God, for Your city and Your people are called by Your name.”
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- Daniel 9:17 Be gracious
- Daniel 9:17 The temple
Ezekiel 20:44
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44 (A)Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I have dealt with you (B)for My name’s sake, not according to your wicked ways nor according to your corrupt doings, O house of Israel,” says the Lord God.’ ”
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Ezekiel 20:22
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22 Nevertheless I [a]withdrew My hand and acted for My name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the Gentiles, in whose sight I had brought them out.
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- Ezekiel 20:22 Refrained from judgment
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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Jeremiah 14:7
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7 O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us,
Do it (A)for Your name’s sake;
For our backslidings are many,
We have sinned against You.
Isaiah 48:11
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11 For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it;
For (A)how should My name be profaned?
And (B)I will not give My glory to another.
Isaiah 37:35
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35 ‘For I will (A)defend this city, to save it
For My own sake and for My servant (B)David’s sake.’ ”
Psalm 143:11
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11 (A)Revive me, O Lord, for Your name’s sake!
For Your righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble.
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.
Psalm 103:8-10
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8 (A)The Lord is merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.
9 (B)He will not always strive with us,
Nor will He keep His anger forever.
10 (C)He has not dealt with us according to our sins,
Nor punished us according to our iniquities.
Psalm 79:9
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9 Help us, O God of our salvation,
For the glory of Your name;
And deliver us, and provide atonement for our sins,
(A)For Your name’s sake!
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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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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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.
Isaiah 30:18
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God Will Be Gracious
18 Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be (A)gracious to you;
And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
(B)Blessed are all those who (C)wait for Him.
Proverbs 19:11
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11 (A)The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger,
(B)And his glory is to overlook a transgression.
Psalm 25:11
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11 (A)For Your name’s sake, O Lord,
Pardon my iniquity, for it is great.
Nehemiah 9:30-31
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30 Yet for many years You had patience with them,
And [a]testified (A)against them by Your Spirit (B)in Your prophets.
Yet they would not listen;
(C)Therefore You gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
31 Nevertheless in Your great mercy
(D)You did not utterly consume them nor forsake them;
For You are God, gracious and merciful.
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- Nehemiah 9:30 admonished or warned them
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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