1 Samuel 12:22 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.
1 Samuel 12:22, King James Version
In context
21 And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
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.
23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 14:2 For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
- 1 Kings 6:13 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
- Psalms 106:8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.
- Philippians 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
- Jeremiah 14:21 Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.