What Does the Bible Say About Rejection?
Key Scriptures and spiritual guidance on rejection
The Bible addresses rejection in many places, showing us that even in times of feeling rejected, we are loved and accepted by God. Jesus himself experienced rejection during his time on earth, being despised and rejected by men. However, despite this rejection, he remained steadfast in his mission and found his worth and acceptance in God. The Bible encourages us to find our identity and worth in God's love, knowing that we are chosen and accepted by Him, even when the world may reject us.
Bible Verses About Rejection
Isaiah 53:3KJV
“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.”
Matthew 21:42KJV
“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?”
John 1:11KJV
“He came unto his own, and his own received him not.”
Romans 8:35KJV
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?”
Ephesians 1:4–5KJV
“According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,”
1 Peter 2:4KJV
“To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,”
1 John 3:1KJV
“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.”
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