1Sa 12:22 Cross References
1 Samuel 12:22
22: The LORD will not abandon his chosen people, for that would dishonor his great name. He made you a special nation for himself.
Deuteronomy 7:7
- "The LORD did not choose you and lavish his love on you because you were larger or greater than other nations, for you were the smallest of all nations!
- It was simply because the LORD loves you, and because he was keeping the oath he had sworn to your ancestors. That is why the LORD rescued you with such amazing power from your slavery under Pharaoh in Egypt.
Philippians 1:6
- And I am sure that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on that day when Christ Jesus comes back again.
Psalms 106:8
- Even so, he saved them--to defend the honor of his name and to demonstrate his mighty power.
1 Kings 6:13
- I will live among the people of Israel and never forsake my people."
Joshua 7:9
- For when the Canaanites and all the other people living in the land hear about it, they will surround us and wipe us off the face of the earth. And then what will happen to the honor of your great name?"
Jeremiah 14:21
- For the sake of your own name, LORD, do not abandon us. Do not disgrace yourself and the throne of your glory. Do not break your covenant with us. Please don't forget us!
Romans 11:29
- For God's gifts and his call can never be withdrawn.
Deuteronomy 14:2
- You have been set apart as holy to the LORD your God, and he has chosen you to be his own special treasure from all the nations of the earth.
Lamentations 3:31
- For the Lord does not abandon anyone forever.
- Though he brings grief, he also shows compassion according to the greatness of his unfailing love.
1 Peter 2:9
- But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are a kingdom of priests, God's holy nation, his very own possession. This is so you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.
Ezekiel 20:14
- But again I held back in order to protect the honor of my name. That way the nations who saw me lead my people out of Egypt wouldn't be able to claim I destroyed them because I couldn't take care of them.
Matthew 11:26
- Yes, Father, it pleased you to do it this way!
Ezekiel 20:9
- But I didn't do it, for I acted to protect the honor of my name. That way the surrounding nations wouldn't be able to laugh at Israel's God, who had promised to deliver his people.
Isaiah 43:25
- "I--yes, I alone--am the one who blots out your sins for my own sake and will never think of them again.
Ephesians 1:12
- God's purpose was that we who were the first to trust in Christ should praise our glorious God.
Exodus 32:12
- The Egyptians will say, `God tricked them into coming to the mountains so he could kill them and wipe them from the face of the earth.' Turn away from your fierce anger. Change your mind about this terrible disaster you are planning against your people!
Psalms 94:14
- The LORD will not reject his people; he will not abandon his own special possession.
1 Chronicles 28:9
- "And Solomon, my son, get to know the God of your ancestors. Worship and serve him with your whole heart and with a willing mind. For the LORD sees every heart and understands and knows every plan and thought. If you seek him, you will find him. But if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.
Isaiah 37:35
- For my own honor and for the sake of my servant David, I will defend it."
Isaiah 41:17
- "When the poor and needy search for water and there is none, and their tongues are parched from thirst, then I, the LORD, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will never forsake them.
1 Corinthians 4:7
- What makes you better than anyone else? What do you have that God hasn't given you? And if all you have is from God, why boast as though you have accomplished something on your own?
Jeremiah 33:24
- "Have you heard what people are saying?--`The LORD chose Judah and Israel and then abandoned them!' They are sneering and saying that Israel is not worthy to be counted as a nation.
- But this is the LORD's reply: I would no more reject my people than I would change my laws of night and day, of earth and sky.
- I will never abandon the descendants of Jacob or David, my servant, or change the plan that David's descendants will rule the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Instead, I will restore them to their land and have mercy on them."
2 Kings 21:14
- Then I will reject even those few of my people who are left, and I will hand them over as plunder for their enemies.
Deuteronomy 31:17
- Then my anger will blaze forth against them. I will abandon them, hiding my face from them, and they will be destroyed. Terrible trouble will come down on them, so that they will say, `These disasters have come because God is no longer among us!'
Isaiah 48:11
- I will rescue you for my sake--yes, for my own sake! That way, the pagan nations will not be able to claim that their gods have conquered me. I will not let them have my glory!
John 15:16
- You didn't choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name.
Ephesians 1:6
- So we praise God for the wonderful kindness he has poured out on us because we belong to his dearly loved Son.
Malachi 1:2
- "I have loved you deeply," says the LORD. But you retort, "Really? How have you loved us?" And the LORD replies, "I showed my love for you by loving your ancestor Jacob. Yet Esau was Jacob's brother,
Deuteronomy 9:5
- It is not at all because you are such righteous, upright people that you are about to occupy their land. The LORD your God will drive these nations out ahead of you only because of their wickedness, and to fulfill the oath he had sworn to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Hebrews 13:5
- Stay away from the love of money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, "I will never fail you. I will never forsake you."
Isaiah 42:16
- I will lead blind Israel down a new path, guiding them along an unfamiliar way. I will make the darkness bright before them and smooth out the road ahead of them. Yes, I will indeed do these things; I will not forsake them.
Lamentations 5:20
- Why do you continue to forget us? Why have you forsaken us for so long?
Deuteronomy 32:26
- I decided to scatter them, so even the memory of them would disappear.
- But I feared the taunt of the enemy, that their adversaries might misunderstand and say, "Our power has triumphed! It was not the LORD who did this!"'
Exodus 19:5
- Now if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure from among all the nations of the earth; for all the earth belongs to me.
- And you will be to me a kingdom of priests, my holy nation.' Give this message to the Israelites."
Jeremiah 14:7
- The people say, "LORD, our wickedness has caught up with us. We have sinned against you. So please, help us for the sake of your own reputation.
Numbers 14:13
- "But what will the Egyptians think when they hear about it?" Moses pleaded with the LORD. "They know full well the power you displayed in rescuing these people from Egypt.
- They will tell this to the inhabitants of this land, who are well aware that you are with this people. They know, LORD, that you have appeared in full view of your people in the pillar of cloud that hovers over them. They know that you go before them in the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night.
- Now if you slaughter all these people, the nations that have heard of your fame will say,
- `The LORD was not able to bring them into the land he swore to give them, so he killed them in the wilderness.'
- "Please, Lord, prove that your power is as great as you have claimed it to be. For you said,
Romans 9:13
- In the words of the Scriptures, "I loved Jacob, but I rejected Esau."
- What can we say? Was God being unfair? Of course not!
- For God said to Moses, "I will show mercy to anyone I choose, and I will show compassion to anyone I choose."
- So receiving God's promise is not up to us. We can't get it by choosing it or working hard for it. God will show mercy to anyone he chooses.
- For the Scriptures say that God told Pharaoh, "I have appointed you for the very purpose of displaying my power in you, and so that my fame might spread throughout the earth."
2 Chronicles 15:2
- and he went out to meet King Asa as he was returning from the battle. "Listen to me, Asa!" he shouted. "Listen, all you people of Judah and Benjamin! The LORD will stay with you as long as you stay with him! Whenever you seek him, you will find him. But if you abandon him, he will abandon you.