Isaiah 48:11
“For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it [I refrain and do not completely destroy you];
For how can My Name be defiled and profaned [as it would if My chosen people were completely destroyed]?
And I will not give My glory to another [by permitting the worshipers of idols to triumph over you].
Isaiah 42:8
“I am the Lord, that is My Name;
My glory I will not give to another,
Nor My praise to carved idols.
Ezekiel 20:9
But I acted for My Name’s sake, that it would not be profaned in the sight of the [pagan] nations among whom they lived, in whose sight I made Myself known to them by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 32:26-27
‘I would have said, “I will cut them to pieces [scattering them far away],
I will remove the memory of them from men,”
Numbers 14:15-16
Now if You kill these people as one man, then the nations (Gentiles) that have heard of Your fame will say,
1 Samuel 12:22
The Lord will not abandon His people for His great name’s sake, because the Lord has been pleased to make you a people for Himself.
Isaiah 37:35
‘For I will defend this city to save it, for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
Isaiah 43:25
“I, only I, am He who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake,
And I will not remember your sins.
Isaiah 48:5
I have declared them to you long ago;
Before they came to pass I announced them to you,
So that you could not say, ‘My idol has done them,
And my carved image and my cast image have commanded them.’
Isaiah 52:5
But now, what do I have here,” declares the Lord, “seeing that My people have been taken away without reason? Those who rule over them howl [with taunting and mockery of salvation],” declares the Lord, “and My name is continually blasphemed all day long.
Jeremiah 14:7
“O Lord, though our many sins testify against us” [prays Jeremiah],
“Act now [for us and] for Your name’s sake [so that the faithless may witness Your faithfulness]!
For our backslidings are countless;
We have sinned against You.
Ezekiel 20:14
But I acted for My Name’s sake, that it would not be profaned in the sight of the [pagan] nations in whose sight I had brought them out [of slavery].
Ezekiel 20:22
Yet I withdrew My hand and acted for My Name’s sake, that it would not be profaned in the sight of the [pagan] nations in whose sight I had brought them out [of slavery].
Ezekiel 20:39
“As for you, O house of Israel,” thus says the Lord God, “Go, let everyone serve his idols; but later you shall most certainly listen to Me, and you shall no longer profane My holy name with your gifts and with your idols.
Ezekiel 20:44
And you will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord when I have dealt with you for My Name’s sake, not in accordance with your evil ways nor with your corrupt conduct, O house of Israel,” says the Lord God.’”
John 5:23
Romans 2:24
For, “the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” just as it is written [in Scripture].
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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Mine own
I will not
Bible References
Mine own
“For the sake of My Name I refrain from My wrath,
And for My praise I restrain Myself from you,
So that I do not cut you off.
For how
‘I would have said, “I will cut them to pieces [scattering them far away],
I will remove the memory of them from men,”
I will not
I have declared them to you long ago;
Before they came to pass I announced them to you,
So that you could not say, ‘My idol has done them,
And my carved image and my cast image have commanded them.’
“I am the Lord, that is My Name;
My glory I will not give to another,
Nor My praise to carved idols.