Acts 4:11

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'This is the stone which was rejected by you, the builders, but which has become the cornerstone.'

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  • Ps 118:22-23 : 22 The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. 23 This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.
  • Isa 28:16 : 16 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Behold, I am laying a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation. The one who believes will not panic.'
  • Prov 28:1 : 1 The wicked flee when no one pursues them, but the righteous are as confident as a young lion.
  • Isa 58:1-2 : 1 Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a trumpet; announce to my people their rebellion and to the house of Jacob their sins. 2 Day after day they seek me and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that practiced righteousness and did not forsake the justice of their God. They ask me for righteous judgments and delight in drawing near to God.
  • Ezek 2:6-7 : 6 You, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not fear though briars, thorns, or scorpions are around you. Do not be afraid of their words or terrified by their presence, for they are a rebellious house. 7 You shall speak my words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.
  • Ezek 3:7-9 : 7 But the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me. The entire house of Israel is hard-headed and stubborn-hearted. 8 Look, I have made your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as strong as their foreheads. 9 I have made your forehead like the hardest stone, harder than flint. Do not fear them or be dismayed by their faces, even though they are a rebellious house. 10 And he said to me, "Son of man, take into your heart all the words I speak to you and listen closely with your ears." 11 Go to the exiles, to your people, and speak to them. Say to them, 'This is what the Lord GOD says,' whether they listen or refuse to listen.
  • Ezek 3:18-19 : 18 If I say to a wicked person, 'You will surely die,' and you do not warn him or speak out to warn him to turn from his wicked ways to save his life, that wicked person will die in his sin, but I will hold you accountable for his blood. 19 But if you warn the wicked person and he does not turn from his wickedness or his wicked way, he will die in his sin, but you will have saved yourself.
  • Ezek 33:7-9 : 7 Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. So hear the word I speak and give them warning from me. 8 When I say to the wicked, ‘You wicked person, you will surely die,’ and you do not speak out to dissuade them from their ways, that wicked person will die for their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood. 9 But if you do warn the wicked person to turn from their ways and they do not do so, they will die for their sin, but you will have saved yourself.
  • Zech 3:9 : 9 See, the stone I have set before Joshua! There are seven eyes on that stone, and I will engrave an inscription on it,' declares the LORD Almighty, 'and I will remove the sin of this land in a single day.'
  • Zech 4:6-7 : 6 He said to me, 'This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: 7 Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel, you will become a plain. He will bring out the capstone with shouts of 'Grace, grace to it!'
  • Matt 21:42-45 : 42 Jesus said to them, 'Have you never read in the Scriptures: The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This came from the Lord and is wonderful in our eyes? 43 Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruit. 44 Whoever falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it falls, it will crush him to powder. 45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew he was speaking about them.
  • Mark 9:12 : 12 Jesus replied, 'Elijah does come first and restores all things. And how is it written about the Son of Man that he must suffer many things and be rejected?'
  • Mark 12:10-12 : 10 Have you not read this Scripture: 'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.'? 11 'This came from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes.' 12 They sought to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because they understood that he had spoken the parable against them. So they left him and went away.
  • Luke 20:16-18 : 16 He will come and destroy those farmers and give the vineyard to others. When they heard this, they said, 'May it never happen!' 17 But Jesus looked at them and said, 'Then what is this that is written: "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone"?' 18 Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it falls, it will crush them.'
  • Acts 7:52 : 52 Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have betrayed and murdered him—
  • Acts 20:26-27 : 26 Therefore, I testify to you today that I am innocent of the blood of everyone. 27 For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole plan of God.
  • 2 Cor 3:12 : 12 Since we have such a hope, we act with great boldness,
  • 2 Cor 4:1 : 1 Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as we were shown mercy, we do not lose heart.
  • Eph 2:20-22 : 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone. 21 In Him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord. 22 And in Him you too are being built together to become a dwelling place for God in the Spirit.
  • 1 Pet 2:6-8 : 6 For it stands in Scripture: 'Behold, I lay in Zion a chosen, precious cornerstone, and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.' 7 So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe: 'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,' 8 and, 'a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.' They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were determined to do.

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  • Ps 118:22-23
    2 verses
    88%

    22 The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

    23 This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.

  • Mark 12:10-11
    2 verses
    87%

    10 Have you not read this Scripture: 'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.'?

    11 'This came from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes.'

  • Luke 20:17-18
    2 verses
    86%

    17 But Jesus looked at them and said, 'Then what is this that is written: "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone"?'

    18 Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it falls, it will crush them.'

  • Matt 21:42
    85%

    42 Jesus said to them, 'Have you never read in the Scriptures: The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This came from the Lord and is wonderful in our eyes?

  • 1 Pet 2:4-8
    5 verses
    84%

    4 As you come to Him, the living Stone—rejected by people but chosen and precious to God—

    5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

    6 For it stands in Scripture: 'Behold, I lay in Zion a chosen, precious cornerstone, and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.'

    7 So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe: 'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,'

    8 and, 'a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.' They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were determined to do.

  • Acts 4:7-10
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    79%

    7 They brought them before them and asked, 'By what power or in whose name have you done this?'

    8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, 'Rulers of the people and elders of Israel,'

    9 'If we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a sick man—how this man was healed—'

    10 'let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that it is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified and whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.'

  • Isa 28:16
    76%

    16 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Behold, I am laying a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation. The one who believes will not panic.'

  • Eph 2:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.

    21 In Him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

  • 1 Cor 3:10-11
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    75%

    10 According to the grace God has given me, like a wise master builder, I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each one should be careful how they build.

    11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.

  • Matt 21:44
    75%

    44 Whoever falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it falls, it will crush him to powder.

  • Acts 4:12
    75%

    12 'And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among humanity by which we must be saved.'

  • Rom 9:32-33
    2 verses
    74%

    32 Why not? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works. They stumbled over the stone of stumbling,

    33 Just as it is written: 'Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.'

  • Acts 2:36
    71%

    36 Therefore, let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.

  • Mark 15:29
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    29 Those who passed by were hurling insults at Him, shaking their heads and saying, 'Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

  • Acts 3:13-15
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    71%

    13 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus, whom you handed over and denied before Pilate, though he had decided to release Him.

    14 You denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you.

    15 You killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. We are witnesses of this.

  • Acts 2:22-24
    3 verses
    71%

    22 Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with miracles, wonders, and signs that God did through Him among you, as you yourselves know—

    23 He was delivered up by God’s determined plan and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.

    24 But God raised Him from the dead, freeing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on Him.

  • Isa 8:14-15
    2 verses
    69%

    14 He will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel he will be a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. And for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, he will be a trap and a snare.

    15 Many will stumble over it; they will fall and be broken, they will be ensnared and captured.

  • Hab 2:11
    69%

    11 For the stone will cry out from the wall, and the wooden beam will answer it.

  • Acts 4:27
    69%

    27 'Indeed, in this city, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.'

  • Mark 13:2
    69%

    2 Jesus replied, 'Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.'

  • Acts 4:25
    69%

    25 'You spoke through the mouth of your servant David, saying: Why did the nations rage, and the peoples plot in vain?'

  • Acts 5:30
    69%

    30 The God of our ancestors raised up Jesus, whom you killed by hanging him on a tree.

  • Luke 21:5-6
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    68%

    5 Some people were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and offerings, and he said,

    6 ‘As for these things you see, days are coming when not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.’

  • Job 38:6
    68%

    6 On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone?

  • Jer 51:26
    68%

    26 No stone will be taken from you for a cornerstone or foundation, for you will be desolate forever, declares the Lord.

  • Mark 14:58
    68%

    58 "We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple made with human hands and in three days will build another, not made with hands.'"

  • John 2:19
    68%

    19 Jesus answered them, 'Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.'

  • Acts 2:14
    68%

    14 Then Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: 'Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen carefully to my words.'

  • Zech 10:4
    68%

    4 From Judah will come the cornerstone, the tent peg, the battle bow, and every ruler together.

  • Acts 5:39
    68%

    39 'But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop it. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.' They were persuaded by him.

  • Matt 27:40
    68%

    40 'You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!'