Rejection

If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before it hated you.

The righteous cried, and Jehovah heard, And delivered them out of all their troubles. — read the full passage →

unto whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but with God elect, precious,

When my father and my mother forsake me, Then Jehovah will take me up.

For Jehovah will not cast off his people, Neither will he forsake his inheritance.

And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we esteemed him not.

He came unto his own, and they that were his own received him not.

He that heareth you heareth me; and he that rejecteth you rejecteth me; and he that rejecteth me rejecteth him that sent me.

casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.

The stone which the builders rejected Is become the head of the corner.

What then shall we say to these things? If Godisfor us, whoisagainst us?

For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →

There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, these may forget, yet will not I forget thee.

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

And my God shall supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Delight thyself also in Jehovah; And he will give thee the desires of thy heart.

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith Jehovah; because they have called thee an outcast, saying, It is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.

Come, and hear, all ye that fear God, And I will declare what he hath done for my soul. — read the full passage →

Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake. — read the full passage →

For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and Jehovah hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from the corners thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee and not cast thee away;

Commit thy works unto Jehovah, And thy purposes shall be established.

Wherefore receive ye one another, even as Christ also received you, to the glory of God.

For judgment is without mercy to him that hath showed no mercy: mercy glorieth against judgment.

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.

Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner; This was from the Lord, And it is marvellous in our eyes?

All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise my hurt.

For narrow is the gate, and straitened the way, that leadeth unto life, and few are they that find it.

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own; — read the full passage →

Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before it hated you. — read the full passage →

But this cometh to pass, that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

Behold, my servant shall deal wisely, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high.

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, — read the full passage →

For consider him that hath endured such gainsaying of sinners against himself, that ye wax not weary, fainting in your souls.

pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten down, yet not destroyed;

For the Lord will not cast off for ever. — read the full passage →

Be strong and of good courage, fear not, nor be affrighted at them: for Jehovah thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my sayings, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I spake, the same shall judge him in the last day.

And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, as ye go forth out of that house or that city, shake off the dust of your feet.

That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life — read the full passage →

who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

The last enemy that shall be abolished is death.

Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Canaan. — read the full passage →

we are pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair; — read the full passage →

and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

And as Jesus passed by from thence, he saw a man, called Matthew, sitting at the place of toll: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. — read the full passage →

Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, yea and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are:

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

but I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;

rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing stedfastly in prayer;

And Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.

Will the Lord cast off for ever? And will he be favorable no more?

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

Since thou hast been precious in my sight, and honorable, and I have loved thee; therefore will I give men in thy stead, and peoples instead of thy life.

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

See that ye despise not one of these little ones: for I say unto you, that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven.

Therefore he that rejecteth, rejecteth not man, but God, who giveth his Holy Spirit unto you.

Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, — read the full passage →

Though a host should encamp against me, My heart shall not fear: Though war should rise against me, Even then will I be confident. — read the full passage →

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. — read the full passage →

Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: — read the full passage →

Blessedbethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ: — read the full passage →

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

But first must he suffer many things and be rejected of this generation.

And coming into his own country he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? — read the full passage →

O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. — read the full passage →

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: — read the full passage →

Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded; — read the full passage →

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; — read the full passage →

and stedfastness, approvedness; and approvedness, hope:

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her own brood under her wings, and ye would not!

And those of you that escape shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captive, how that I have been broken with their lewd heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which play the harlot after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.

I will bless Jehovah at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth. — read the full passage →

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;

I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

In that hour came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven? — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Now when he was risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. — read the full passage →

and, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence; for they stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

inasmuch as he hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

and Paul, as his custom was, went in unto them, and for three sabbath days reasoned with them from the scriptures,

And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. — read the full passage →