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1 Samuel 12:22

Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.

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ASV

For Jehovah will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake, because it hath pleased Jehovah to make you a people unto himself.

KJV

For the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people.

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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֠יkiforH3588 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
יִטֹּ֤שׁyi.Toshhe will abandonH5203 →
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
עַמּ֔וֹa.Mopeople hisH5971 →
בַּעֲב֖וּרba.'a.Vurforsake ofH5668 →
שְׁמ֣וֹshe.Moname hisH8034 →
הַגָּד֑וֹלha.ga.Dol<the> greatH1419 →
כִּ֚יkiforH3588 →
הוֹאִ֣ילho.'Ilhe was determinedH2974 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
לַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.Sotto makeH6213 →
אֶתְכֶ֛ם'et.Khem<obj.> youH853 →
ל֖וֹlofor <the> himself
לְעָֽם׃le.'Aminto a peopleH5971 →

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Hebrews 13:5Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”Esther 4:14For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows if perhaps you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”Psalms 37:25I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.Romans 11:1I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.Isaiah 41:9I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said, ‘You are My servant.’ I have chosen and not rejected you.Isaiah 48:11For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.Deuteronomy 14:2for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.Philippians 1:6being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.Psalms 106:8Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.Deuteronomy 7:7–8The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.Ezekiel 16:8Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord GOD.Lamentations 3:31For the Lord will not cast us off forever.1 Kings 6:13And I will dwell among the Israelites and will not abandon My people Israel.”Romans 11:29For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.Jeremiah 14:21For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.Psalms 94:14For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.Joshua 7:9When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth. Then what will You do for Your great name?”Galatians 1:15But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased

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