Quotes about God's name
For the choirmaster: To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm of Asaph. A song. We give thanks to You, O God; we give thanks, for Your Name is near. The people declare Your wondrous works.
— Psalm 75:1
You dare not lift your hands to place God's name in blessing on his people until you have first clasped them in penitent petition for his grace.
— Edmund Clowney
You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.
— Exodus 20:7
Then Moses asked God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ What should I tell them?”
— Exodus 3:13
But if the distance is too great for you to carry that with which the LORD your God has blessed you, because the place where the LORD your God will choose to put His Name is too far away,
— Deuteronomy 14:24
The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name.
— Exodus 15:3
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— Scot McKnight
If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
— Psalm 44:20
It is easy to speak God's name and to record his glory on paper and walls; but to praise God with an upright heart, to bless him for his benevolence, to call upon him in every distress, and to seek consolation from him—those are truly the greatest works, though rarely seen, alongside faith. When
— Martin Luther
Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.
— Psalm 48:10
How is God's name hallowed among us? When both our doctrine and living are truly Christian.
— Martin Luther
My hope is that every reader will see that God's God-centeredness-- God's commitment to magnify his name, his holiness, and his glory as the ultimate aim of his providence-- is not a threat to our joy but the basis of it
— John Piper