1 Peter 2:7

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“To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,””

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“To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,””

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“Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,”

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“For you therefore that believe is the preciousness: but for such as disbelieve, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;”

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“to you, then, who are believing <FI>is<Fi> the preciousness; and to the unbelieving, a stone that the builders disapproved of, this one did become for the head of a corner,”

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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Peter 2:7 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 118:22The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
  2. Song of Solomon 5:9How is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful among women? How is your beloved better than another, that you charge us so?
  3. Isaiah 28:5On that day the LORD of Hosts will be a crown of glory, a diadem of splendor to the remnant of His people,
  4. Haggai 2:7I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts.
  5. 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!’”
  6. Matthew 13:44The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.
  7. 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’?
  8. Mark 12:10Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
  9. Luke 2:32a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”
  10. 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’?
  11. John 4:42They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.”
  12. John 6:68Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
  13. Acts 4:11This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’
  14. Acts 26:19So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.
  15. Romans 10:21But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”
  16. Romans 15:31Pray that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that my service in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints there,
  17. 2 Corinthians 2:16To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?
  18. Philippians 3:7But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.
  19. Colossians 2:10And you have been made complete in Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
  20. Titus 3:3For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
  21. Hebrews 4:11Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
  22. Hebrews 11:31By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.
  23. 1 Peter 1:8Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
  24. 1 Peter 2:8and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.

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