KJV dictionary & concordance
Cause, account, purpose, interest, or benefit; used in phrases meaning because of or for the benefit of someone or something.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 3:17
Complete exact-word concordance
And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have wrought with you for my name’s sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord God.
And ye shal know that I am the LORD, when I haue wrought with you for my Names sake, not according to your wicked wayes, nor according to your corrupt doings, O yee house of Israel, saith the LORD God.
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.
Therefore say vnto the house of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God, I doe not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy Names sake, which ye haue prophaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.
Now therefore, O our God, heare the prayer of thy seruant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine vpon thy Sanctuary that is desolate, for the LORDs sake.
O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
O LORD heare, O LORD forgiue, O LORD hearken and doe: deferre not for thine owne sake, O my God: for thy citie, & thy people are called by thy Name.
And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.
And he said vnto them, Take me vp, and cast mee foorth into the sea; so shall the sea be calme vnto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is vpon you.
Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Ierusalem shal become heapes, and the mountaine of the house, as the high places of the forrest.
1611 marginal noteIer.26.18
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousnesse sake: for theirs is the kingdome of heauen.
1611 marginal note1.Pet. 3.14.
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Blessed are ye, when men shall reuile you, and persecute you, and shal say all manner of euill against you falsly for my sake.
1611 marginal noteGr. lying.
1611 marginal note1.Pet. 4.14.
And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
And yee shall be brought before Gouernours and Kings for my sake, for a testimonie against them, and the Gentiles.
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
And yee shall be hated of all men for my Names sake: but he that endureth to the end, shalbe saued.
1611 marginal noteMark. 13.13.
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