Bible Verses About Rejection

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

I am forgotten from their hearts like a dead man. I am like broken pottery.

Psalms 31:12

For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

Psalms 69:9

Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can’t escape.

Psalms 88:8

I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.

Psalms 102:7

The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.

The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

Psalms 118:22

Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, says to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and rise up, princes, and they shall worship, because of Yahweh who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

Isaiah 49:7

I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

I gave my back to those who beat me, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair. I didn’t hide my face from shame and spitting.

Isaiah 50:6

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.

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of suffering and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn’t respect him.

Isaiah 53:3

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?

Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes’?

Matthew 21:42

But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.

Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own house.”

Mark 6:4

He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

He came to his own, and those who were his own didn’t receive him.

John 1:11

If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.

John 15:18

Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his lord.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

John 15:20

To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,

Come to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.

1 Peter 2:4

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,

For you who believe therefore is the honor, but for those who are disobedient, “The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone,”

1 Peter 2:7