25 Bible Verses about For The Sake Of God's People
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The Lord appeared to him that night and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham."
I will shield this city and rescue it for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant.'"
I will add fifteen years to your life and rescue you and this city from the king of Assyria. I will shield this city for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant."'"
I will shield this city and rescue it for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant."'"
However, for your father David's sake I will not do this while you are alive. I will tear it away from your son's hand instead.
But I will not tear away the entire kingdom; I will leave your son one tribe for my servant David's sake and for the sake of my chosen city Jerusalem."
He will retain one tribe, for my servant David's sake and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.
Nevertheless for David's sake the Lord his God maintained his dynasty in Jerusalem by giving him a son to succeed him and by protecting Jerusalem.
But the Lord was unwilling to destroy Judah. He preserved Judah for the sake of his servant David to whom he had promised a perpetual dynasty.
For the sake of my servant Jacob, Israel, my chosen one, I call you by name and give you a title of respect, even though you do not recognize me.
Why, Lord, do you make us stray from your ways, and make our minds stubborn so that we do not obey you? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your inheritance!
This is what the Lord says: "When juice is discovered in a cluster of grapes, someone says, 'Don't destroy it, for it contains juice.' So I will do for the sake of my servants -- I will not destroy everyone.
"For the sake of Zion I will not be silent; for the sake of Jerusalem I will not be quiet, until her vindication shines brightly and her deliverance burns like a torch."
This is what the Lord says, your protector, the Holy One of Israel: "For your sake I send to Babylon and make them all fugitives, turning the Babylonians' joyful shouts into mourning songs.
And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.
And if the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would be saved. But because of the elect, whom he chose, he has cut them short.
So for this reason I have asked to see you and speak with you, for I am bound with this chain because of the hope of Israel."
In regard to the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but in regard to election they are dearly loved for the sake of the fathers.
If you forgive anyone for anything, I also forgive him -- for indeed what I have forgiven (if I have forgiven anything) I did so for you in the presence of Christ,
Or is he not surely speaking for our benefit? It was written for us, because the one plowing and threshing ought to work in hope of enjoying the harvest.
For all these things are for your sake, so that the grace that is including more and more people may cause thanksgiving to increase to the glory of God.
He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was manifested in these last times for your sake.
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