'Rejected' in the Bible
Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
He answered them, “Elijah does come first and restores and reestablishes all things. And yet how is it written of the Son of Man that He will suffer many things [grief and physical distress] and be treated with contempt [utterly despised and rejected]?
And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, "Listen carefully: This child is destined to be the cause of the falling and rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be rejected.
But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.
But he who denies Me before men will be denied in the presence of the angels of God.
But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob the God of our ancestors has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you betrayed and rejected in the presence of Pilate, even though he had decided to let him go.
You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked to have a murderer released to you,
He is "the stone that was rejected by you builders, which has become the cornerstone.'
“This Moses, whom they rejected when they said, Who appointed you a ruler and a judge?—this one God sent as a ruler and a redeemer by means of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
but our ancestors refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and wished to return to Egypt.
but the unbelieving Jews [who rejected Jesus as Messiah] stirred up and embittered the minds of the Gentiles against the believers.
I ask, then, has God rejected His people? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew. Or don’t you know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah—how he pleads with God against Israel?
For if their rejection brings reconciliation to the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?
But I buffet my body, and lead it captive, lest after having preached to others I should be myself rejected.
But we have rejected the hidden things of shame, not walking in deceit, nor falsifying the word of God, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God.
Test and evaluate yourselves to see whether you are in the faith and living your lives as [committed] believers. Examine yourselves [not me]! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves [by an ongoing experience] that Jesus Christ is in you—unless indeed you fail the test and are rejected as counterfeit?
But I hope you will acknowledge that we do not fail the test nor are we to be rejected.
And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
having faith and a good conscience. Some have rejected these and have suffered the shipwreck of their faith.
For everything created by God is good, and nothing should be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,
having condemnation, because they have rejected their first pledge.
Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, rejected in regard to the faith.
But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
Make sure that you do not reject the One who speaks. For if they did not escape when they rejected Him who warned them on earth, even less will we if we turn away from Him who warns us from heaven.
Coming to Him, a living stone—rejected by men but chosen and valuable to God—