Verse 1

Not to us, O LORD, not to us! But to your name bring honor, for the sake of your loyal love and faithfulness.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 79:9-9 : 9 Help us, O God, our deliverer! For the sake of your glorious reputation, rescue us! Forgive our sins for the sake of your reputation! 10 Why should the nations say,“Where is their God?” Before our very eyes may the shed blood of your servants be avenged among the nations!
  • Isa 48:11 : 11 For my sake alone I will act, for how can I allow my name to be defiled? I will not share my glory with anyone else!
  • Ezek 36:22 : 22 “Therefore say to the house of Israel,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: It is not for your sake that I am about to act, O house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy reputation which you profaned among the nations where you went.
  • Ezek 36:32 : 32 Understand that it is not for your sake I am about to act, declares the Sovereign LORD. Be ashamed and embarrassed by your behavior, O house of Israel.
  • Dan 9:19 : 19 O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, pay attention, and act! Don’t delay, for your own sake, O my God! For your city and your people are called by your name.”
  • Ezek 20:14 : 14 I acted for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
  • Ps 96:8 : 8 Ascribe to the LORD the splendor he deserves! Bring an offering and enter his courts!
  • Mic 7:20 : 20 You will be loyal to Jacob and extend your loyal love to Abraham, which you promised on oath to our ancestors in ancient times.
  • Rom 15:8-9 : 8 For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth to confirm the promises made to the fathers, 9 and thus the Gentiles glorify God for his mercy. As it is written,“Because of this I will confess you among the Gentiles, and I will sing praises to your name.”
  • Eph 1:6 : 6 to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son.
  • Rev 4:10-11 : 10 the twenty-four elders throw themselves to the ground before the one who sits on the throne and worship the one who lives forever and ever, and they offer their crowns before his throne, saying: 11 “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, since you created all things, and because of your will they existed and were created!”
  • Ps 89:1-2 : 1 A well-written song by Ethan the Ezrachite. I will sing continually about the LORD’s faithful deeds; to future generations I will proclaim your faithfulness. 2 For I say,“Loyal love is permanently established; in the skies you set up your faithfulness.”
  • Josh 7:9 : 9 When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will turn against us and destroy the very memory of us from the earth. What will you do to protect your great reputation?”
  • Ps 61:7 : 7 May he reign forever before God! Decree that your loyal love and faithfulness should protect him.
  • Ps 74:22 : 22 Rise up, O God! Defend your honor! Remember how fools insult you all day long!