1 Peter 2:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,”
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“As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,”
King James Version · Public Domain“unto whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but with God elect, precious,”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“to whom coming--a living stone--by men, indeed, having been disapproved of, but with God choice, precious,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Peter 2:4 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 118:22The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
- Isaiah 8:14And He will be a sanctuary— but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.
- Isaiah 28:16So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.
- Isaiah 42:1“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.
- Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David.
- Jeremiah 3:22“Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God.
- Daniel 2:34As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them.
- Daniel 2:45And just as you saw a stone being cut out of the mountain without human hands, and it shattered the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold, so the great God has told the king what will happen in the future. The dream is true, and its interpretation is trustworthy.”
- Zechariah 3:9See the stone I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave on it an inscription, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.
- Zechariah 4:7What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain. Then he will bring forth the capstone accompanied by shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”
- Matthew 11:28Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- Matthew 12:18“Here is My Servant, whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will proclaim justice to the nations.
- Matthew 21:42Jesus 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’?
- Mark 12:10Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
- Luke 20:17But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?
- John 5:26For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.
- John 5:40yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.
- John 6:37Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
- John 6:57Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.
- John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
- John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
- John 14:19In a little while the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you also will live.
- Acts 4:11This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’
- Romans 5:10For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!
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