What Does the Bible Say About Rejection?

Isaiah 53:3

“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.”

Psalm 27:10

“Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me.”

Matthew 21:42

“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'?”

1 Peter 2:4

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

Romans 8:31

“What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?”

1 Samuel 16:7

“But the LORD said to Samuel, 'Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.'”

Hebrews 13:5

“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.'”