What does the Bible say about name?
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The Bible teaches that names reveal identity, calling, reputation, and above all the saving character and authority of God. God declares his covenant name to Moses in Exodus 3:15 and calls his people by name in Isaiah 43:1, showing his personal faithfulness and sovereign care. Jesus was named because he saves his people from their sins, and Acts 4:12 proclaims that salvation is found in no other name. Philippians 2:9-11 teaches that God has exalted Christ’s name above every name, before which all will bow. Believers therefore honor God’s name, avoid taking it vainly, and seek a good name through godly character, as Proverbs 22:1 teaches.
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- Acts 4:12 7 votes
There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!"
- Proverbs 22:1 6 votes
A good name is more desirable than great riches, And loving favor is better than silver and gold.
- Revelation 2:17 5 votes
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he who receives it.
- Matthew 1:21 5 votes
She shall bring forth a son. You shall call his name Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins."
- Isaiah 43:1 4 votes
But now thus says Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel: Don't be afraid, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name, you are mine.
- Exodus 3:15 4 votes
God said moreover to Moses, "You shall tell the children of Israel this, 'Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.
- John 10:3 4 votes
The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.
- Philippians 2:9-11 4 votes
[9] Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name; [10] that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth, [11] and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
- Revelation 3:12 4 votes
He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will go out from there no more. I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my own new name.
- Exodus 20:7 3 votes
"You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
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