1 Peter 2:6

American Standard Version (1901)

Because it is contained in scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.

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  • Isa 28:16 : 16 therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner-[ stone] of sure foundation: he that believeth shall not be in haste.
  • Eph 2:20 : 20 being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone;
  • Rom 9:32-33 : 32 Wherefore? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling; 33 even as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.
  • 1 Pet 2:4 : 4 unto whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but with God elect, precious,
  • Zech 10:4 : 4 From him shall come forth the corner-stone, from him the nail, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler together.
  • Matt 12:18 : 18 Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; My beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit upon him, And he shall declare judgment to the Gentiles.
  • Mark 12:10 : 10 Have ye not read even this scripture: The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;
  • Rom 10:11 : 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be put to shame.
  • Eph 1:4 : 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:
  • 2 Tim 3:16 : 16 Every scripture inspired of God [is] also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness.
  • Isa 45:16-17 : 16 They shall be put to shame, yea, confounded, all of them; they shall go into confusion together that are makers of idols. 17 [ But] Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be put to shame nor confounded world without end.
  • John 7:38 : 38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from within him shall flow rivers of living water.
  • Dan 10:21 : 21 But I will tell thee that which is inscribed in the writing of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me against these, but Michael your prince.
  • 2 Pet 3:16 : 16 as also in all [his] epistles, speaking in them of these things; wherein are some things hard to be understood, which the ignorant and unstedfast wrest, as [they do] also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
  • Acts 1:16 : 16 Brethren, it was needful that the Scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spake before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was guide to them that took Jesus.
  • Isa 50:7 : 7 For the Lord Jehovah will help me; therefore have I not been confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame.
  • Isa 54:4 : 4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth; and the reproach of thy widowhood shalt thou remember no more.
  • Luke 23:35 : 35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also scoffed at him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen.
  • Isa 41:11 : 11 Behold, all they that are incensed against thee shall be put to shame and confounded: they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.
  • Isa 42:1 : 1 Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
  • Ps 89:19 : 19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints, And saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
  • Ps 40:14 : 14 Let them be put to shame and confounded together That seek after my soul to destroy it: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt.
  • 2 Pet 1:20 : 20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of private interpretation.

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  • 1 Pet 2:7-9
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    7For 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;

    8and, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence; for they stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

    9But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for [God's] own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

  • 1 Pet 2:3-5
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    3if ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious:

    4unto whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but with God elect, precious,

    5ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

  • Isa 28:16
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    16therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner-[ stone] of sure foundation: he that believeth shall not be in haste.

  • Rom 9:32-33
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    83%

    32Wherefore? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;

    33even as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.

  • Acts 4:11
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    11He is the stone which was set at nought of you the builders, which was made the head of the corner.

  • Eph 2:19-22
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    19So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

    20being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone;

    21in whom each several building, fitly framed together, groweth into a holy temple in the Lord;

    22in whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.

  • Ps 118:22
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    22The stone which the builders rejected Is become the head of the corner.

  • Mark 12:10-11
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    76%

    10Have ye not read even this scripture: The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;

    11This was from the Lord, And it is marvellous in our eyes?

  • Luke 20:17-18
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    17But he looked upon them, and said, What then is this that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner?

    18Every one that falleth on that stone shall be broken to pieces; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.

  • Matt 21:42
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    42Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner; This was from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes?

  • 1 Cor 3:10-12
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    10According to the grace of God which was given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder I laid a foundation; and another buildeth thereon. But let each man take heed how he buildeth thereon.

    11For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

    12But if any man buildeth on the foundation gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, stubble;

  • Rom 10:11
    71%

    11For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be put to shame.

  • Isa 8:14-15
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    14And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

    15And many shall stumble thereon, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

  • 1 Pet 1:19-21
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    19but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, [even the blood] of Christ:

    20who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of times for your sake,

    21who through him are believers in God, that raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.

  • Matt 21:44
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    44And he that falleth on this stone shall be broken to pieces: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.

  • Isa 54:11
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    11O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will set thy stones in fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

  • Job 38:6
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    6Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,

  • 1 Pet 1:6-8
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    6Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold trials,

    7that the proof of your faith, [being] more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

    8whom not having seen ye love; on whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

  • 2 Tim 2:19
    68%

    19Howbeit the firm foundation of God standeth, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his: and, Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.

  • Acts 2:30
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    30Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins he would set [one] upon his throne;

  • 2 Pet 1:10
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    10Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never stumble:

  • Acts 15:15
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    15And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,

  • Hab 2:11
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    11For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

  • Heb 5:6
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    6as he saith also in another [place], Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.

  • 1 Pet 1:2
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    2according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

  • 1 Pet 1:4
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    4unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

  • Acts 2:25
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    25For David saith concerning him, I beheld the Lord always before my face; For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:

  • 1 Kgs 7:10
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    10And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.

  • Acts 13:35
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    35Because he saith also in another [psalm], Thou wilt not give Thy Holy One to see corruption.

  • 1 Cor 3:17
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    17If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.

  • Acts 2:36
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    36Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly, that God hath made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom ye crucified.

  • 1 Pet 1:16
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    16because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I am holy.

  • 2 Pet 3:2
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    2that ye should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandments of the Lord and Saviour through your apostles: