Verse 14

Certainly the LORD does not forsake his people; he does not abandon the nation that belongs to him.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 12:22 : 22 The LORD will not abandon his people because he wants to uphold his great reputation. The LORD was pleased to make you his own people.
  • Rom 11:1-2 : 1 Israel’s Rejection not Complete nor Final So I ask, God has not rejected his people, has he? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew! Do you not know what the scripture says about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?
  • Ps 37:28 : 28 For the LORD promotes justice, and never abandons his faithful followers. They are permanently secure, but the children of evil men are wiped out.
  • Deut 32:9 : 9 For the LORD’s allotment is his people, Jacob is his special possession.
  • Eph 1:18 : 18 – since the eyes of your heart have been enlightened– so that you can know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
  • Heb 13:5 : 5 Your conduct must be free from the love of money and you must be content with what you have, for he has said,“I will never leave you and I will never abandon you.”
  • Ps 34:12 : 12 Do you want to really live? Would you love to live a long, happy life?
  • Ps 94:5 : 5 O LORD, they crush your people; they oppress the nation that belongs to you.
  • Isa 49:14-15 : 14 The Lord Remembers Zion“Zion said,‘The LORD has abandoned me, the Lord has forgotten me.’ 15 Can a woman forget her baby who nurses at her breast? Can she withhold compassion from the child she has borne? Even if mothers were to forget, I could never forget you!
  • Jer 10:16 : 16 The LORD, who is the inheritance of Jacob’s descendants, is not like them. He is the one who created everything. And the people of Israel are those he claims as his own. His name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.”
  • Jer 32:39-40 : 39 I will give them a single-minded purpose to live in a way that always shows respect for me. They will want to do that for their own good and the good of the children who descend from them. 40 I will make a lasting covenant with them that I will never stop doing good to them. I will fill their hearts and minds with respect for me so that they will never again turn away from me.
  • John 10:27-31 : 27 My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish; no one will snatch them from my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can snatch them from my Father’s hand. 30 The Father and I are one.” 31 The Jewish leaders picked up rocks again to stone him to death.
  • Rom 8:30 : 30 And those he predestined, he also called; and those he called, he also justified; and those he justified, he also glorified.
  • Rom 8:38-39 : 38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor heavenly rulers, nor things that are present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.