KJV King James Version
For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
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Psalm 94:14
For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.
WEB World English Bible
For Yahweh won’t reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
ASV American Standard Version
For Jehovah will not cast off his people, Neither will he forsake his inheritance.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For Jehovah leaveth not His people, And His inheritance forsaketh not.
Surrounding context — Psalm 94
11 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.
12 Blessed [is] the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
15 But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? [or] who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
17 Unless the LORD [had been] my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
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1 Samuel 12:22For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.Psalm 37:28For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.Romans 11:1-2I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, [of] the tribe of Benjamin.Romans 8:30Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.Deuteronomy 32:9For the LORD’S portion [is] his people; Jacob [is] the lot of his inheritance.John 10:27-31My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:Hebrews 13:5[Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.Ephesians 1:18The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,Isaiah 49:14-15But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.Romans 8:38-39For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,Jeremiah 32:39-40And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:Psalm 34:12What man [is he that] desireth life, [and] loveth [many] days, that he may see good?Jeremiah 10:16The portion of Jacob [is] not like them: for he [is] the former of all [things]; and Israel [is] the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts [is] his name.Psalm 94:5They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.
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