'Rejected' in the Bible
Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the scriptures: 'The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?
Then Jesus began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
Have you not read this scripture: 'The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
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.
However, the Pharisees and the experts in religious law rejected God's purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)
saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and on the third day be raised."
But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
But Jesus looked straight at them and said, "Then what is the meaning of that which is written: 'The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone'?
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and rejected in the presence of Pilate after he had decided to release him.
But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a man who was a murderer be released to you.
This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, that has become the cornerstone.
This same Moses they had rejected, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and judge?' God sent as both ruler and deliverer through the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
So I ask, God has not rejected his people, has he? 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! Do you not know what the scripture says about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?
But we have rejected shameful hidden deeds, not behaving with deceptiveness or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience before God.
To do this you must hold firmly to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck in regard to the faith.
For every creation of God is good and no food is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.
Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
For you know that later when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no opportunity for repentance, although he sought the blessing with tears.
So as you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but chosen and priceless in God's sight,
So you who believe see his value, but for those who do not believe, the stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,
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Bible Theasaurus
- Decline (11 instances)
- Disapprove (1 instance)
- Disdain (13 instances)
- Eliminate (48 instances)
- Refuse (146 instances)
- Reject (99 instances)
- Rejected (150 instances)
- Resist (41 instances)
- Scorn (90 instances)
- Spurn (17 instances)
- Spurned (19 instances)
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