Ezekiel 36:22
So tell the people of Israel, 'the Lord Jehovah says: I am about to do something, people of Israel. I will not do this for your sake but for the sake of my holy name, which you have dishonored among the nations wherever you have gone.'
Ezekiel 36:32
I want you to know that I am not doing this for your sake,' proclaims the Lord Jehovah. 'Be ashamed and disgraced because of your ways, people of Israel.'
Deuteronomy 7:7-8
Jehovah set his heart on you. He chose you, even though you did not outnumber all the other people. You were the smallest of all nations.
Psalm 106:8
Nevertheless he saved them for the sake of his name that he might make his power known.
Deuteronomy 9:5-7
It is not because you have been living right or because you are so honest that you enter to take possession of their land. It is because these people are so wicked that Jehovah your God is forcing them out of your way. It is also because Jehovah wants to confirm the promise he swore to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Psalm 115:1-2
Do not give glory to us, O Jehovah. Do not give glory to us. Give glory to your name because of your loving kindness and faithfulness.
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