Ezekiel 36:32

Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord God, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.

Cross-reference

In Ezekiel 36:22, the same point is made: God acts for His name's sake, not Israel's merit, reinforcing the reason for shame.

Ezekiel 16:63 ties shame and silence to God's atonement — directly echoes being confounded for ways.

In Ezekiel 16:61, future shame when receiving sisters echoes 'not for your sake'—God's action despite their covenant failure.

Ezekiel 6:9 Parallel

Ezekiel 6:9 describes survivors being loathsome in their own sight — same call to shame and self-loathing as in Ezekiel 36:32, within the same prophetic book.

In Ezekiel 16:52, the same call to bear shame for worse sins reinforces Israel's unworthiness and God's sole justification.

Titus 3:3-6 describes former foolishness and salvation not by works but by mercy — echoes shame and grace.

2 Timothy 1:9 explains salvation not by works but by God's own purpose and grace — mirrors not by your merit.

Daniel 9:19 Parallel

Daniel 9:19 pleads for God to act for His own sake — directly parallels not for Israel's sake but for God's name.

Daniel 9:18 Parallel

Daniel 9:18 echoes not presenting pleas because of righteousness but because of great mercy — same principle: not for our sake.

Ezra 9:6 Parallel

Ezra 9:6 expresses shame and inability to lift face because of sins — same confession of unworthiness.

In Deuteronomy 9:5, God states He gives the land not because of Israel's righteousness, the same principle as here — grace not merit.

Isaiah 43:25 says God blots out transgressions for His own sake — same motivation as in Ezekiel 36:32, acting for His own name.

Psalm 115:1 Parallel

Psalm 115:1 explicitly says 'Not to us... but to your name give glory' — directly echoing the principle that God acts for His own glory, not human merit.

In 1 Kings 20:28, God defeats the Syrians to prove He is God of valleys too — same pattern of acting for His name's sake, not Israel's merit.

Romans 3:27 Parallel

In Romans 3:27, boasting is excluded by faith—directly parallels the 'not for your sake' theme of no human merit.

In Deuteronomy 9:4, Moses warns Israel not to think their righteousness earned the land — same logic that God acts for His own reasons, not their merit.

Genesis 19:29 God saves Lot not for his sake but because of Abraham — similar 'not for your sake' principle.