Rejection

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

The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. — read the full passage →

To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,

When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.

For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

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

He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

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

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.

What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

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

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

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

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

For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor 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 shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake. — read the full passage →

For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.

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

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

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

Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.

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

For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

The Lord 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.

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

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?

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

Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of 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 hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. — read the full passage →

But this cometh to pass, that the word might 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 the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.

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

For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

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

Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord 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 unto him, to shew unto his servants 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 words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

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

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

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

The last enemy that shall be destroyed 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 wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. — read the full passage →

We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; — read the full passage →

And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

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

And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: 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 shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:

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

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but 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 favourable 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 wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

Take heed 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 which is in heaven.

He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, — read the full passage →

Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. — read the full passage →

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

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: — read the full passage →

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: — read the full passage →

But God commendeth his 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 when he was come 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 Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. — read the full passage →

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →

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

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: — read the full passage →

And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.

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

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

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

At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the 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 in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

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

And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

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

Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that 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 manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of 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 →