Deuteronomy 9:5

5 aNot because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart are you going in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out from before you, and that he may confirm bthe word that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

Ezekiel 36:22

I Will Put My Spirit Within You

22Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: cIt is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, dwhich you have profaned among the nations to which you came.

Daniel 9:18-19

18 eO my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see four desolations, and gthe city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy. 19O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. hDelay not, ifor your own sake, O my God, because jyour city and kyour people are called by your name.”

2 Timothy 1:9

9 lwho saved us and mcalled us to
Or with
a holy calling, onot because of our works but because of phis own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus qbefore the ages began,
Greek before times eternal

Titus 3:3-6

3For swe ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. 4But when tthe goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5he saved us, unot because of works done by us in righteousness, but vaccording to his own mercy, by wthe washing of regeneration and xrenewal of the Holy Spirit, 6whom he ypoured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
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