17 occurrences

'Sakes' in the Bible

And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

Verse ConceptsFiftiesNumbers Of Righteous PeopleA Good Man

But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.

Verse ConceptsAncestorsGod Remembering His CovenantI Am The LordI Will Be Their GodGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptGod Keeps Covenantcovenant

Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.

Verse ConceptsGod Angry With Individualsland

But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.

Verse ConceptsGod Angry With Individuals

Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityGod Angry With Individuals

And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.

Verse ConceptsComplaints

Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodGrowing UpPeople WaitingNot MarryingWaiting Till Marriage

He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.

Verse ConceptsGod On High

He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;

Verse ConceptsRebukeGod ForbiddingGod Requite Them!For The Sake Of God's People

They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:

Verse ConceptsRashness

For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.

Verse ConceptsFamily LoveFriendship And LoveLove And FamilyFamily And Friends

Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.

Verse ConceptsGrapesNot DestroyedFor The Sake Of God's People

Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.

Verse ConceptsNot For The SakeMisusing God's Name

Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.

Verse ConceptsNot For The SakeShame Of Bad Conduct

But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.

Verse ConceptsThoughts Of The RighteousGod Giving UnderstandingGod Revealing MysteriesNot MeWhy It Happened

And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.

Verse ConceptsVinesLand ProducingFinancesrebukingbugs

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