New Revised Standard Version
For my name’s sake I defer my anger, for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you, so that I may not cut you off.

Contemporary English Version
I, the LORD, am true to myself; I will be praised for not punishing and destroying you.

New American Bible
For the sake of my name I restrain my anger, for the sake of my renown I hold it back from you, lest I destroy you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For my name's sake I will remove my wrath far off: and for my praise I will bridle thee, lest thou shouldst perish.

For my name's sake I will remove my wrath far off: and for my praise I will bridle thee, lest thou shouldst perish.

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Isaiah 48:11 For my own sake, for my own sake will I do it, that I may not be blasphemed: and I will not give my glory to another.

Isaiah 37:35 And I will protect this city, and will save it for my own sake, and for the sake of David my servant.

Isaiah 43:25 I am, I am he that blot out thy iniquities for my own sake, and I will not remember thy sins.

Joshua 7:9 The Chanaanites, and all the inhabitants of the land, will hear of it, and being gathered together will surround us, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do to thy great name?

1 Samuel 12:22 And the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because the Lord hath sworn to make you his people.

Psalm 25:11 For thy name's sake, O Lord, thou wilt pardon my sin: for it is great.

Psalm 79:9 Help us, O God, our saviour: and for the glory of thy name, O Lord, deliver us: and forgive us our sins for thy name's sake:

Psalm 106:8 And he saved them for his own name's sake: that he might make his power known.

Psalm 143:11 for thy name's sake, O Lord, thou wilt quicken me in thy justice. Thou wilt bring my soul out of trouble:

Jeremiah 14:7 If our iniquities have testified against us, O Lord, do thou it for thy name's sake, for our rebellions are many, we have sinned against thee.

Ezekiel 20:9,14,22,44 But I did otherwise for my name's sake, that it might not be violated before the nations, in the midst of whom they were, and among whom I made myself known to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt. . . .

Daniel 9:17-19 Now, therefore, O our God, hear the supplication of thy servant, and his prayers: and shew thy face upon thy sanctuary, which is desolate, for thy own sake. . . .

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Nehemiah 9:30,31 And thou didst forbear with them for many years, and didst testify against them by thy spirit by the hand of thy prophets: and they heard not, and thou didst deliver them into the hand of the people of the lands. . . .

Psalm 78:38 But he is merciful, and will forgive their sins: and will not destroy them. And many a time did he turn away his anger: and did not kindle all his wrath.

Psalm 103:8-10 The Lord is compassionate and merciful: longsuffering and plenteous in mercy. . . .

Proverbs 19:11 The learning of a man is known by patience: and his glory is to pass over wrongs.