Devine Scripture

1 Samuel 12:22

1 Samuel chapter 12 · verse 22 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.21and turn ye not aside; for then would ye go after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are vain.

v.22This passage

v.23Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Jehovah in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezekiel 20:14

    But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.

  • Philippians 1:6

    being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:

  • 1 Kings 6:13

    And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.

  • Romans 9:13

    Even as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.

  • Deuteronomy 14:2

    For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and Jehovah hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

  • Isaiah 42:16

    And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not; in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things will I do, and I will not forsake them.