But for this purpose I have caused you to stand: to show you my strength, and so that my name may be declared in all the earth.

so that they might keep his commands and obey his laws. Praise the Lord!

For the sake of David, your servant, do not reject your chosen king!

You are to tell your son on that day, ‘It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’

Her rival wife used to upset her and make her worry, for the Lord had not enabled her to have children.

For the sake of your promise and according to your purpose you have done this great thing in order to reveal it to your servant.

and sent word through Nathan the prophet that he should be named Jedidiah for the Lord’s sake.

They are dismayed because the ground is cracked because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers, too, are dismayed and bury their faces in their hands.

We’re eager to trade silver for the poor, a pair of sandals for the needy! We want to mix in some chaff with the grain!”

But you are the ones who will be forced to leave! For this land is not secure! Sin will thoroughly destroy it!

Abraham spoke to him again, “What if forty are found there?” He replied, “I will not do it for the sake of the forty.”

Abraham said, “Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty are found there?” He replied, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty.”

Finally Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak just once more. What if ten are found there?” He replied, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”

He replied, “You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof that I dug this well.”

Then prepare for me some tasty food, the kind I love, and bring it to me. Then I will eat it so that I may bless you before I die.”

He also prepared some tasty food and brought it to his father. Esau said to him, “My father, get up and eat some of your son’s wild game. Then you can bless me.”

The Lord will not abandon his people because he wants to uphold his great reputation. The Lord was pleased to make you his own people.

David realized that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

Then David asked, “Is anyone still left from the family of Saul, so that I may extend kindness to him for the sake of Jonathan?”

But Amnon became frustrated because he was so lovesick over his sister Tamar. For she was a virgin, and to Amnon it seemed out of the question to do anything to her.