1 Samuel 12:22
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.
Context
This verse from 1 Samuel Chapter 12 connects to 10 cross-references. Samuel's farewell address calls Israel to witness that he has been honest and never defrauded them. He recounts God's saving acts from Moses and Aaron through the judges, then describes asking for a king as wickedness. He calls on God …
Other Translations
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.
for Jehovah doth not leave His people, on account of His great name; for Jehovah hath been pleased to make you to Him for a people.
For the Lord will not give his people up, because of the honour of his name; for it was the Lord's pleasure to make of you a people for himself.
Cross References
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I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide …
For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a …
Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for …