1 Peter 2:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the value is for you who have faith; but it is said for those without faith, The very stone which the builders put on one side, was made the chief stone of the building;

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  • Ps 118:22-23 : 22 The stone which the builders put on one side has become the chief stone of the building. 23 This is the Lord's doing; it is a wonder in our eyes.
  • 1 Pet 2:8 : 8 And, A stone of falling, a rock of trouble; the word is the cause of their fall, because they go against it, and this was the purpose of God.
  • Matt 21:42 : 42 Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has been made the chief stone of the building: this was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?
  • Mark 12:10-11 : 10 Have you not seen this which is in the Writings: The stone which the builders put on one side, the same was made the chief stone of the building: 11 This was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?
  • Acts 4:11-12 : 11 He is the stone which you builders had no use for, but which has been made the chief stone of the building. 12 And in no other is there salvation: for there is no other name under heaven, given among men, through which we may have salvation.
  • Acts 26:19 : 19 So, then, King Agrippa, I did not go against the vision from heaven;
  • Rom 10:21 : 21 But about Israel he says; All the day my hands have been stretched out to a people whose hearts were turned away, and who put themselves against my word.
  • Rom 15:31 : 31 So that I may be kept safe from those in Judaea who have not put themselves under the rule of God, and that the help which I am taking for Jerusalem may be pleasing to the saints;
  • 2 Cor 2:16 : 16 To the one it is a perfume of death to death; to the other a perfume of life to life. And who is enough for such things?
  • Phil 3:7-9 : 7 But those things which were profit to me, I gave up for Christ. 8 Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward, 9 And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: 10 That I may have knowledge of him, and of the power of his coming back from the dead, and a part with him in his pains, becoming like him in his death;
  • Col 2:10 : 10 And you are complete in him, who is the head of all rule and authority:
  • Titus 3:3 : 3 For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.
  • Heb 4:11 : 11 Because of this, let us have a strong desire to come into that rest, and let no one go after the example of those who went against God's orders.
  • Heb 11:31 : 31 By faith Rahab, the loose woman, was not put to death with those who had gone against God's orders, because she had taken into her house in peace those sent to see the land.
  • 1 Pet 1:8 : 8 To whom your love is given, though you have not seen him; and the faith which you have in him, though you do not see him now, gives you joy greater than words and full of glory:
  • Luke 2:32 : 32 A light of revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.
  • Luke 20:17 : 17 But he, looking on them, said, Is it not in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has become the chief stone of the building?
  • John 4:42 : 42 And they said to the woman, Now we have faith, but not because of your story: we ourselves have given ear to his words, and we are certain that he is truly the Saviour of the world.
  • John 6:68-69 : 68 Then Simon Peter gave this answer: Lord, to whom are we to go? you have the words of eternal life; 69 And we have faith and are certain that you are the Holy One of God.
  • Song 5:9-9 : 9 What is your loved one more than another, O fairest among women? What is your loved one more than another, that you say this to us? 10 My loved one is white and red, the chief among ten thousand. 11 His head is as the most delicate gold; his hair is thick, and black as a raven. 12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the water streams, washed with milk, and rightly placed. 13 His face is as beds of spices, giving out perfumes of every sort; his lips like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh. 14 His hands are as rings of gold ornamented with beryl-stones; his body is as a smooth plate of ivory covered with sapphires. 15 His legs are as pillars of stone on a base of delicate gold; his looks are as Lebanon, beautiful as the cedar-tree. 16 His mouth is most sweet; yes, he is all beautiful. This is my loved one, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
  • Isa 28:5 : 5 In that day will the Lord of armies be a crown of glory, and a fair ornament, to the rest of his people;
  • Hag 2:7 : 7 And I will make a shaking of all the nations, and the desired things of all nations will come: and I will make this house full of my glory, says the Lord of armies.
  • Zech 4:7 : 7 Who are you, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel you will become level: and he will let all see the headstone, with cries of Grace, grace, to it.
  • Matt 13:44-46 : 44 The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth in a field, which a man came across and put back again; and in his joy he goes and gives all he has, to get that field. 45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a trader searching for beautiful jewels. 46 And having come across one jewel of great price, he went and gave all he had in exchange for it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Pet 2:3-6
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    3 If you have had a taste of the grace of the Lord:

    4 To whom you come, as to a living stone, not honoured by men, but of great and special value to God;

    5 You, as living stones, are being made into a house of the spirit, a holy order of priests, making those offerings of the spirit which are pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.

    6 Because it is said in the Writings, See, I am placing a keystone in Zion, of great and special value; and the man who has faith in him will not be put to shame.

  • 1 Pet 2:8-10
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    8 And, A stone of falling, a rock of trouble; the word is the cause of their fall, because they go against it, and this was the purpose of God.

    9 But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.

    10 In the past you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; then there was no mercy for you, but now mercy has been given to you.

  • Acts 4:10-11
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    10 Take note, all of you, and all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you put to death on the cross, whom God gave back from the dead, even through him is this man now before you completely well.

    11 He is the stone which you builders had no use for, but which has been made the chief stone of the building.

  • Ps 118:22
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    22 The stone which the builders put on one side has become the chief stone of the building.

  • Luke 20:17-18
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    17 But he, looking on them, said, Is it not in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has become the chief stone of the building?

    18 Everyone falling on that stone will be broken, but the man on whom the stone comes down will be crushed to dust.

  • Mark 12:10-11
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    10 Have you not seen this which is in the Writings: The stone which the builders put on one side, the same was made the chief stone of the building:

    11 This was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?

  • Matt 21:42
    77%

    42 Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has been made the chief stone of the building: this was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?

  • Isa 28:16
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    16 For this cause says the Lord God, See, I am placing in Zion as a base, a stone, a tested stone, an angle-stone which is certain and of great value: and he who has faith will not give way.

  • Rom 9:32-33
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    32 Why? Because they were not searching for it by faith, but by works. They came up against the stone which was in the way;

    33 As it is said, See, I am putting in Zion a stone causing a fall, and a rock in the way: but he who has faith in him will not be put to shame.

  • Matt 21:44
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    44 Any man falling on this stone will be broken, but he on whom it comes down will be crushed to dust.

  • Isa 8:14-15
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    14 And he will be for a holy place: but for a stone of falling and a rock of trouble to the two houses of Israel, and to the men of Jerusalem, for a net in which they may be taken.

    15 And numbers of them, falling on the stone, will be broken, and will be taken in the net.

  • Eph 2:20-22
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    20 Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone,

    21 In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord;

    22 In whom you, with the rest, are united together as a living-place of God in the Spirit.

  • 1 Cor 3:10-12
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    10 In the measure of the grace given to me, I, as a wise master-builder, have put the base in position, and another goes on building on it. But let every man take care what he puts on it.

    11 For there is no other base for the building but that which has been put down, which is Jesus Christ.

    12 But on the base a man may put gold, silver, stones of great price, wood, dry grass, cut stems;

  • 1 Pet 1:6-8
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    6 You have cause for great joy in this, though it may have been necessary for you to be troubled for a little time, being tested in all sorts of ways,

    7 So that the true metal of your faith, being of much greater value than gold (which, though it comes to an end, is tested by fire), may come to light in praise and glory and honour, at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

    8 To whom your love is given, though you have not seen him; and the faith which you have in him, though you do not see him now, gives you joy greater than words and full of glory:

  • 1 Pet 1:18-21
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    67%

    18 Being conscious that you have been made free from that foolish way of life which was your heritage from your fathers, not through a payment of things like silver or gold which come to destruction,

    19 But through holy blood, like that of a clean and unmarked lamb, even the blood of Christ:

    20 Who was marked out by God before the making of the world, but was caused to be seen in these last times for you,

    21 Who through him have faith in God who took him up again from the dead into glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.

  • 2 Pet 3:17
    65%

    17 For this reason, my loved ones, having knowledge of these things before they take place, take care that you are not turned away by the error of the uncontrolled, so falling from your true faith.

  • Rom 11:30
    65%

    30 For as you, in time past, were not under the rule of God, but now have got mercy through their turning away,

  • 1 Cor 1:23
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    23 But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles;

  • 1 Kgs 7:10
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    10 And the base was of great masses of highly priced stone, some ten cubits and some eight cubits square.

  • Isa 30:12
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    12 For this cause the Holy One of Israel says, Because you will not give ear to this word, and are looking for help in ways of deceit and evil, and are putting your hope in them:

  • 1 Cor 3:17
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    17 If anyone makes the house of God unclean, God will put an end to him; for the house of God is holy, and you are his house.

  • 1 Pet 1:4
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    4 And a heritage fair, holy and for ever new, waiting in heaven for you,

  • 1 Pet 2:25
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    25 Because, like sheep, you had gone out of the way; but now you have come back to him who keeps watch over your souls.

  • Acts 2:36
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    36 For this reason, let all Israel be certain that this Jesus, whom you put to death on the cross, God has made Lord and Christ.

  • 2 Pet 1:1
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    1 Simon Peter, a servant and Apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who with us have a part in the same holy faith in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:

  • 1 Cor 1:28
    64%

    28 And the low things of the world, and the things without honour, did God make selection of, yes, even the things which are not, so that he might make as nothing the things which are:

  • Acts 2:23
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    23 Him, when he was given up, by the decision and knowledge of God, you put to death on the cross, by the hands of evil men:

  • Hab 2:11
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    11 For the stone will give a cry out of the wall, and it will be answered by the board out of the woodwork.

  • 2 Pet 1:10
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    10 For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall:

  • 2 Tim 2:19
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    19 But God's strong base is unchanging, having this sign, The Lord has knowledge of those who are his: and, Let everyone by whom the name of the Lord is named be turned away from evil.

  • Jude 1:5
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    5 Now it is my purpose to put you in mind, though you once had knowledge of all these things, of how the Lord, having taken a people safely out of Egypt, later sent destruction on those who had no faith;