1 Samuel 12:22

Bishops' Bible (1568)

For the Lorde will not forsake his people, because of his great names sake: because it hath pleased the Lorde to make you his people.

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  • 1 Kgs 6:13 : 13 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
  • Ps 106:8 : 8 Neuerthelesse, he saued them for his names sake: that he myght make his power to be knowen.
  • Deut 7:7-8 : 7 The Lorde dyd not set his loue vpon you, nor chose you because ye were mo in number then any people (for ye were the fewest of all people) 8 But because the Lorde loued you, and because he would kepe the othe which he had sworne vnto your fathers, therfore hath the Lorde brought you out through a mightie hande, and deliuered you out of the house of bondage, euen from the hande of Pharao kyng of Egypt.
  • Josh 7:9 : 9 Surely the Chanaanites, and all the inhabitauntes of the lande shal heare of it, and shall conspire against vs, and destroy the name of vs out of the worlde: And what wilt thou do vnto thy mightie name?
  • Jer 14:21 : 21 Cast vs not of (O Lord) for thy names sake, forget not thy louyng kindnesse, ouerthrowe not the throne of thine honour, breake not the couenaunt that thou hast made with vs.
  • Lam 3:31-32 : 31 For the Lord wil not forsake for euer. 32 But though he punishe, yet according to the multitude of his mercies he receaueth to grace agayne.
  • Ezek 20:9 : 9 And I wrought for my names sake that it shoulde not be polluted before the heathen among whom they were, to whom I was manifestly knowen, in bryngyng them foorth of the lande of Egypt.
  • Ezek 20:14 : 14 And I wrought for my names sake, lest it shoulde be defiled before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
  • Rom 11:29 : 29 For the gyftes and callyng of God, are without repentaunce.
  • Eph 1:12 : 12 That we shoulde be vnto the prayse of his glorie, whiche before beleued in Christe.
  • Phil 1:6 : 6 And beyng perswaded of this same thyng, that he which hath begun good worke in you, wyll perfourme it vntyll the day of Iesus Christe,
  • Ps 94:14 : 14 For God wyll not reiect his people: neither wil he forsake his inheritaunce.
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royall priesthood, an holy nation, a peculier people: that ye should shewe foorth the vertues of hym that called you out of darknesse into his marueylous lyght.
  • Deut 14:2 : 2 For thou art an holye people vnto the Lorde thy God, and the Lorde hath chosen thee to be a seuerall people vnto hym selfe, aboue all the nations that are vpon the earth.
  • Exod 32:12 : 12 Wherfore should the Egyptians speake and say: For a mischiefe dyd he bryng them out, euen for to slay them in the mountaynes, & to consume them from the face of the earth? Turne from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this euyll deuise agaynst thy people.
  • Num 14:13-19 : 13 And Moyses sayde vnto the Lorde: Then the Egyptians shall heare it, (for thou broughtest this people in thy might from among them.) 14 And it wylbe tolde to the inhabiters of this lande also: for they haue hearde lykewyse, that thou Lorde art among this people, and that thou Lorde art seene face to face, and that thy cloude standeth ouer them, & that thou goest before them by day tyme in a pyller of a cloude, and in a pyller of fire by nyght. 15 If thou shalt kyll all this people as they were but one man: then the nations whiche haue hearde the fame of thee, wyll say: 16 Because the Lord is not able to bryng in this people into the lande whiche he sware vnto them, therefore he hath slaine them in the wyldernesse. 17 And nowe I beseche thee, let the power of my Lord be great, accordyng as thou hast spoken, saying: 18 The Lorde is long yer he be angrie, and of great mercy, and suffreth iniquitie and sinne, and leaueth no man innocent, and visiteth the vnrighteousnesse of the fathers vpon the chyldren, in the thirde and fourth generations. 19 Be mercyfull I beseche thee vnto the sinne of this people accordyng vnto thy great mercy, as thou hast forgeuen this people from Egypt, euen vntyll nowe.
  • Deut 9:5 : 5 It is not for thy righteousnesse sake, or for thy right heart, that thou goest to possesse their lande: But for the wickednesse of these nations, the Lord thy God doth cast them out before thee, eue to perfourme the worde whiche the Lord thy God sware vnto thy fathers. Abraham, Isahac, and Iacob.
  • Deut 31:17 : 17 And then my wrath wyll waxe hot against them in that day, & I wil forsake them, & wyll hide my face from them, and they shalbe consumed, and much aduersitie and tribulations shall come vpon them, so that then they wyll say: Are not these troubles come vpon me, because God is not with me?
  • Deut 32:26-27 : 26 I haue sayde, I wyll scatter them abrode, and make the remembraunce of them to ceasse from among men: 27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemie, lest their aduersaries should vtterly withdrawe the selues, and lest they shoulde say: our hye hande hath done all this, and not the Lorde.
  • Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Nowe therefore yf ye wyll heare my voyce in deede, and kepe my couenaunt, ye shall be as a deare treasure vnto me aboue all nations: for al the earth is myne. 6 Ye shalbe vnto me also a kingdome of priestes, & an holy people: And these are the wordes whiche thou shalt say vnto the children of Israel.
  • Isa 37:35 : 35 And I wyll kepe and saue this citie saith he for myne owne and for my seruaunt Dauids sake.
  • Isa 41:17 : 17 When the thirstie and poore seeke water and finde none, and when their tongue is drye of thirst, I geue it them saith the Lorde, I the God of Israel forsake them not.
  • Isa 42:16 : 16 I wyll bryng the blinde into a streete that they know not, and leade them into a foote path that they are ignoraunt in: I shall make darknesse light before them, and the thing that is crooked to be straight: These things haue I done vnto them, and not forsaken them.
  • Isa 43:25 : 25 Where as I yet, euen I am he onlye that for my owne selues sake do away thine offences, and forget thy sinnes, so that I wyll neuer thinke vpon them.
  • Isa 48:11 : 11 And that only for myne owne sake, yea euen for myne owne sake wyll I do this: or els what dishonour woulde they do to my name? surely I wyll not geue my glorie vnto another.
  • Jer 14:7 : 7 Doubtlesse our owne wickednesse doth rewarde vs: but Lorde do thou accordyng to thy name, though our transgression and sinnes be many, and agaynst thee haue we sinned.
  • 2 Kgs 21:14 : 14 And I will leaue the remnaunt of myne inheritaunce, and deliuer them into the hand of their enemies, and they shalbe robbed and spoyled of all their aduersaries:
  • 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And thou Solomon my sonne, knowe thou the God of thy father, and serue him with a pure heart and with a wyllyng minde: For the Lord searcheth al heartes, and vnderstandeth all the immaginations of thoughtes: And if thou seeke him, he wyll be founde of thee: but if thou forsake him, he wyll cast thee of for euer.
  • 2 Chr 15:2 : 2 And he went out to meete Asa, and said vnto him: Heare me Asa, and al Iuda and Beniamin, the Lorde is with you, while ye be with him: and when ye seeke him, he wyll be founde of you: and againe when ye forsake him, he also wyll forsake you.
  • Heb 13:5 : 5 Let your conuersation be without couetousnesse, beyng content with such thynges as ye haue. For he hath sayde: I wyll not fayle thee, neither forsake thee.
  • 1 Cor 4:7 : 7 For who seperateth thee? And what hast thou, that thou hast not receaued? If thou haue receaued it, why reioycest thou, as though thou haddest not receaued it?
  • Eph 1:6 : 6 To the prayse of the glorie of his grace, wherein he hath made vs accepted in the beloued.
  • Mal 1:2 : 2 I haue loued you saith the Lord: yet ye say, wherein hast thou loued vs? Was not Esau Iacobs brother, saith the Lorde, yet loued I Iacob?
  • Matt 11:26 : 26 Euen so it is O father, for so was it thy good pleasure.
  • John 15:16 : 16 Ye haue not chosen me, but I haue chosen you, and ordayned you, to go, and bryng foorth fruite, and that your fruite shoulde remayne, that whatsoeuer ye aske of the father in my name, he may geue it you.
  • Rom 9:13-18 : 13 As it is written: Iacob haue I loued, but Esau haue I hated. 14 What shall we say then? Is there any vnrighteousnes with God? God forbid. 15 For he sayth to Moyses: I wyll shewe mercy to whom I shewe mercy: And wyll haue compassion, on whom I haue compassion. 16 So then it is not of the wyller, nor of the runner: but of the mercy of God. 17 For the scripture sayth vnto Pharao: Euen for this same purpose haue I stirred thee vp, to shewe my power in thee, & that my name myght be declared throughout all the worlde. 18 So hath he mercy on whom he wyll, and whom he wyll, he hardeneth.
  • Lam 5:20 : 20 Wherefore wylt thou styll forget vs, and forsake vs so long?
  • Jer 33:24-26 : 24 Considerest thou not what this people speaketh? Two kinredes say they had the Lorde chosen, and those same two hath he cast away: for so they haue despised my people, and they reputed them as though they were no people. 25 Therefore thus saith the Lord, If I haue made no couenaunt with day and night, and geuen no statute vnto heauen and earth: 26 Then will I also cast away the seede of Iacob and Dauid my seruaunt, so that I wyll take no prince out of his seede to rule the posteritie of Abraham, Isaac, and Iacob: but yet I will turne agayne their captiuitie, and be mercyfull vnto them.

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  • Ps 94:14
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    14For God wyll not reiect his people: neither wil he forsake his inheritaunce.

  • Deut 4:31
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    31(For the Lorde thy God is a mercifull God) he wyll not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the appoyntment of thy fathers, which he sware vnto them.

  • 1 Sam 12:23
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    23Moreouer, God forbid that I shoulde sinne against the Lord, and ceasse praying for you: but I will shewe you the good and right way.

  • 1 Chr 17:21-22
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    21Moreouer, what nation on the earth is like thy people Israel, to whom God hath vouchsafed to come and redeeme them to be his owne people, and to make thee a name of excellencie & terriblenes, with casting out nations from before the people, whom thou hast deliuered out of Egypt?

    22Thy people of Israel diddest thou make thyne owne people for euer, and thou becamest their God.

  • 1 Kgs 6:13
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    13And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.

  • 1 Sam 12:21
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    21Neither turne ye away, for then ye go after vayne thinges, which are not able to profite you, nor deliuer you, for they are but vanitie.)

  • Jer 14:21
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    21Cast vs not of (O Lord) for thy names sake, forget not thy louyng kindnesse, ouerthrowe not the throne of thine honour, breake not the couenaunt that thou hast made with vs.

  • Deut 26:18-19
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    18And the Lorde hath set thee vp this day, to be a seuerall people vnto hym, as he hath promised thee, and that thou kepe his commaundementes:

    19And to make thee hye aboue all nations whiche he hath made, in prayse, in name, and honour, and that thou mayest be an holy people vnto the Lord thy God, as he hath sayde.

  • Isa 48:9
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    9Neuerthelesse, for my names sake I wyll withdrawe my wrath, and for my honours sake I will patiently forbeare thee, that I do not roote thee out.

  • Lam 3:31
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    31For the Lord wil not forsake for euer.

  • Jer 51:5
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    5As for Israel and Iuda they shall not be forsaken of their God of the Lord of hoastes, yea for the holy one of Israels sake haue the Chaldees fylled their lande full of sinne.

  • Ps 9:10
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    10And they that knowe thy name wyll put their trust in thee: for thou O God hast neuer fayled them that seeke thee.

  • Jer 14:9-10
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    9Why wylt thou make thy selfe a cowarde, and as it were a giaunt that yet may not helpe? But thou O Lorde art in the middest of vs, and thy name is called vpon of vs, forsake vs not.

    10Thus hath the Lorde sayde vnto his people, seyng they haue had such a lust to wander abrode, and haue not refrayned their feete: therfore the Lorde hath no pleasure in them, but he wyll nowe bring againe to remembraunce all their misdeedes, and punishe all their sinnes.

  • Ps 106:8
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    8Neuerthelesse, he saued them for his names sake: that he myght make his power to be knowen.

  • Neh 9:31
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    31And for thy great mercies sake, thou hast not vtterly consumed them, neither forsaken them: for thou art a gratious and mercifull God.

  • Ps 37:28
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    28For God loueth iudgement, he forsaketh not his saintes: they are preserued for euermore, but the seede of the vngodlye shalbe rooted vp.

  • Ps 33:12
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    12Blessed is the nation that hath God to be their Lorde: that people hath he chosen to be an inheritaunce for him.

  • Num 32:15
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    15For if ye turne away from after hym, he wyll yet agayne leaue the people in the wildernesse, and ye shall destroy all this folke.

  • Ps 132:10
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    10For thy seruaunt Dauids sake: turne not away from the face of thyne annoynted.

  • Deut 14:2
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    2For thou art an holye people vnto the Lorde thy God, and the Lorde hath chosen thee to be a seuerall people vnto hym selfe, aboue all the nations that are vpon the earth.

  • Ps 135:14
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    14For God wyll iudge his people: and he will be pacified beyng displeased with his seruauntes.

  • Deut 28:9
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    9The Lorde shall make thee an holy people vnto him self, as he hath sworne vnto thee: if thou shalt kepe the commaundementes of the Lorde thy God, and walke in his wayes.

  • 2 Kgs 8:19
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    19And the Lord woulde not destroy Iuda and that because of Dauid his seruaunt, as he promised him, to geue him alway a light among his children.

  • 2 Sam 7:23-24
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    23And what one people in the earth is lyke thy people, lyke Israel, whose God went and redeemed them to hym selfe, that they myght be his people, and that he myght make hym a name, and do for you great thynges and terrible for thy lande, O Lorde euen for thy people which thou redeemedst to thee out of Egypt euen from the nations and their gods.

    24For thou hast ordeyned thy people Israel to be thy people for euer, and thou Lorde art become their God.

  • Ezek 36:21-22
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    21Then spared I my holy name, which the house of Israel had dishonoured among the gentiles where they came.

    22Therfore tel the house of Israel, thus saith the Lorde God: I do not this for your sakes O house of Israel, but for my holy names sake which ye dishonoured among the heathen where ye came.

  • Ps 135:4
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    4For the Lorde hath chosen Iacob vnto hym selfe: and Israel for his owne possession.

  • 1 Kgs 8:57
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    57The Lorde our God be with vs, as he was with our fathers, and forsake vs not, neither leaue vs:

  • Jer 13:11
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    11For as straytly as a girdle lyeth vpon a mans loynes, so straytly dyd I bynde the whole house of Israel, and the whole house of Iuda vnto me, saith the Lorde: that they myght be my people, that they might haue a glorious name, that they might be in honour: but they woulde not obey me.

  • Ps 25:11
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    11Pardon thou therfore for thy name sake O God my wickednesse: for it is very great.

  • Ezek 20:22
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    22Neuerthelesse, I withdrewe my hand and wrought for my names sake, lest it shoulde be defiled in the sight of the heathen, before whom I had brought them foorth.

  • Joel 2:18
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    18And then the Lorde wyll be ielous ouer his lande, & wyll spare his people.

  • 2 Sam 22:22
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    22For I haue kept the wayes of ye Lord: and did not wickedly agaynst my God.

  • Josh 24:16
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    16The people aunswered and sayd: God forbyd, that we should forsake the Lord, and serue straunge goddes.

  • Jer 30:22
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    22Ye shalbe my people also, and I wyll be your God.

  • Deut 9:27
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    27Remember thy seruauntes, Abraham, Asahac, and Iacob, and looke not vnto the stubbernesse of this people, nor to their wickednesse and sinne:

  • Deut 29:12
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    12That thou shouldest go into the couenaunt of the Lorde thy God, and into his othe which the Lorde thy God maketh with thee this day:

  • Deut 29:25
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    25And men shall say: Because they haue forsaken the couenaunt of the Lorde God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them out of the lande of Egypt.

  • 2 Kgs 13:23
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    23And the Lorde had mercie on them, and pitied them, and had respect vnto them, because of his appoyntment made with Abraham, Isahac, and Iacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from him as yet.

  • Isa 62:12
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    12For they whom the Lorde deliuereth, shalbe called the holy people: and as for thee, thou shalt be named the greatlye occupied, and not the forsaken citie.

  • 1 Sam 20:15
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    15But I require that thou cut not of thy mercy from my house for euer, no not when the Lord hath destroyed the enemies of Dauid, euery one from the face of the earth.

  • Gen 12:2
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    2And I will make of thee a great people, and wyll blesse thee, and make thy name great, that thou shalt be euen a blessyng.

  • 1 Sam 2:30
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    30Wherefore the Lorde God of Israel saith: I sayde, that thy house and the house of thy father should walke before me for euer: But nowe the Lorde saith, That be farre fro me: For them that worship me, I wyll worship, and they that despise me, shall come to shame.

  • Deut 7:6
    68%

    6For thou art an holy people vnto the Lorde thy God, the Lorde thy God hath chosen thee, to be a speciall people vnto hym selfe, aboue all nations that are vpon the earth.

  • 1 Sam 15:29
    68%

    29The strength of Israel wyl not beguyle, nor repent: for he is not a man that shoulde repent.

  • Deut 10:15
    67%

    15Notwithstandyng, the Lorde had a delight in thy fathers to loue them, and chose their seede after them, euen you aboue all nations, as thou seest this day.