Rejection Bible Verses

"And the Lord told him: "Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king.""

— 1 Samuel 8:7

"Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me."

— Luke 10:16

"The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone."

— Psalm 118:22

"If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet."

— Matthew 10:14

"He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him."

— John 1:11

"My God will reject them because they have not obeyed him; they will be wanderers among the nations."

— Hosea 9:17

"You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit! Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute? They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him."

— Acts 7:51-52

"But some scoundrels said, "How can this fellow save us?" They despised him and brought him no gifts. But Saul kept silent."

— 1 Samuel 10:27

"But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the people."

— Psalm 22:6

""Truly I tell you," he continued, "no prophet is accepted in his hometown.""

— Luke 4:24

"If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first."

— John 15:18

"When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him."

— Genesis 37:4

"Saul was very angry; this refrain displeased him greatly. "They have credited David with tens of thousands," he thought, "but me with only thousands. What more can he get but the kingdom?" And from that time on Saul kept a close eye on David."

— 1 Samuel 18:8-9

"Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the Scriptures: 'The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?""

— Matthew 21:42

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

— Luke 17:25

"He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again."

— Mark 8:31

"Even after Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still would not believe in him. This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: "Lord, who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?""

— John 12:37-38

"All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away."

— John 6:37

"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

— Romans 8:38-39

"Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.""

— Hebrews 13:5

"For the Lord will not reject his people; he will never forsake his inheritance."

— Psalm 94:14

"For the sake of his great name the Lord will not reject his people, because the Lord was pleased to make you his own."

— 1 Samuel 12:22

"For the Lord loves the just and will not forsake his faithful ones. Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed; the offspring of the wicked will perish."

— Psalm 37:28

"I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew."

— Romans 11:1-2

"For no one is cast off by the Lord forever. Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love."

— Lamentations 3:31-32

"Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me."

— Isaiah 49:15-16

"The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged."

— Deuteronomy 31:8

"Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you."

— Psalm 9:10

"I took you from the ends of the earth, from its farthest corners I called you. I said, "You are my servant"; I have chosen you and have not rejected you."

— Isaiah 41:9

"The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing."

— Zephaniah 3:17

"The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: "I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.""

— Jeremiah 31:3

"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."

— Romans 5:8

"he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will."

— Ephesians 1:5

"Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God."

— John 1:12

"He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem."

— Isaiah 53:3

"For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin."

— Hebrews 4:15

"He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him."

— John 1:10-11

"And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his own town and in his own home.""

— Matthew 13:57

"For even his own brothers did not believe in him."

— John 7:5

"Isn't this the carpenter? Isn't this Mary's son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren't his sisters here with us?" And they took offense at him."

— Mark 6:3

"But this has all taken place that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples deserted him and fled."

— Matthew 26:56

"About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" (which means "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?")."

— Matthew 27:46

"Then Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked him. Dressing him in an elegant robe, they sent him back to Pilate."

— Luke 23:11

"Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, "You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!""

— Matthew 27:39-40

"But they shouted, "Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!" "Shall I crucify your king?" Pilate asked. "We have no king but Caesar," the chief priests answered."

— John 19:15

"The men who were guarding Jesus began mocking and beating him. They blindfolded him and demanded, "Prophesy! Who hit you?""

— Luke 22:63-64

"They shouted back, "No, not him! Give us Barabbas!" Now Barabbas had taken part in an uprising."

— John 18:40

"Scorn has broken my heart and has left me helpless; I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found none."

— Psalm 69:20

"Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists. Others slapped him and said, "Prophesy to us, Messiah. Who hit you?""

— Matthew 26:67-68

"and went up to him again and again, saying, "Hail, king of the Jews!" And they slapped him in the face."

— John 19:3

"As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him."

— 1 Peter 2:4

"For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love."

— Ephesians 1:4

"But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light."

— 1 Peter 2:9

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!"

— 2 Corinthians 5:17

"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."

— Galatians 2:20

"For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God."

— Colossians 3:3

"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus."

— Romans 8:1

"For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."

— Ephesians 2:10

"See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him."

— 1 John 3:1

"But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ."

— Philippians 3:20

"So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith."

— Galatians 3:26

"and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority."

— Colossians 2:10

"The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory."

— Romans 8:16-17

"I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you."

— John 15:15

"Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God's people and also members of his household."

— Ephesians 2:19

"No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us."

— Romans 8:37

"And, "I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.""

— 2 Corinthians 6:18

"For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins."

— Colossians 1:13-14