1 Peter 2:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious, and he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.

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  • Isa 28:16 : 16 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation: he who believes shall not act hastily.
  • Eph 2:20 : 20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone;
  • Rom 9:32-33 : 32 Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone; 33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense; and whoever believes on Him shall not be put to shame.
  • 1 Pet 2:4 : 4 Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious,
  • Zech 10:4 : 4 Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the peg, out of him the battle bow, out of 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 show judgment to the Gentiles.
  • Mark 12:10 : 10 Have you not read this scripture: 'The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone:
  • Rom 10:11 : 11 For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame."
  • Eph 1:4 : 4 According as He has chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love:
  • 2 Tim 3:16 : 16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,
  • Isa 45:16-17 : 16 They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together, those who are makers of idols. 17 But Israel shall be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation: you shall not be ashamed nor confounded forever and ever.
  • John 7:38 : 38 He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.
  • Dan 10:21 : 21 But I will show you what is noted in the Scripture of truth; and no one stands with me in these things, but Michael your prince.
  • 2 Pet 3:16 : 16 As also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to understand, which those who are unlearned and unstable twist, as they do also the other scriptures, to their own destruction.
  • Acts 1:16 : 16 Men and brethren, this Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was a guide to those who arrested Jesus.
  • Isa 50:7 : 7 For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
  • Isa 54:4 : 4 Fear not; for you shall not be ashamed: neither be you confounded; for you shall not be put to shame: for you shall forget the shame of your youth, and shall not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore.
  • Luke 23:35 : 35 And the people stood looking on. But the rulers, with them, sneered, saying, He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is Christ, the chosen of God.
  • Isa 41:11 : 11 Behold, all those who were incensed against you shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and those who strive with you shall perish.
  • Isa 42:1 : 1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen one, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
  • Ps 89:19 : 19 Then you spoke in a vision to your holy one, and said, I have given help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
  • Ps 40:14 : 14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame who wish me evil.
  • 2 Pet 1:20 : 20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

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  • 1 Pet 2:7-9
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    7Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient, the stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone,

    8And a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.

    9But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

  • 1 Pet 2:3-5
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    3If indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

    4Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious,

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

  • Isa 28:16
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    16Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation: he who believes shall not act hastily.

  • Rom 9:32-33
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    32Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone;

    33As it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense; and whoever believes on Him shall not be put to shame.

  • Acts 4:11
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    11This is the stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.

  • Eph 2:19-22
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    19Now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God;

    20And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone;

    21In whom all the building fitly framed together grows to a holy temple in the Lord:

    22In whom you also are built together for a habitation of God through the Spirit.

  • Ps 118:22
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    22The stone which the builders refused has become the chief cornerstone.

  • Mark 12:10-11
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    10Have you not read this scripture: 'The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone:

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

  • Luke 20:17-18
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    17And he looked at them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same has become the cornerstone?

    18Whoever falls upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it falls, it will grind him to powder.

  • Matt 21:42
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    42Jesus said to them, Did you never read in the Scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?

  • 1 Cor 3:10-12
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    10According to the grace of God which is given to me, as a wise master builder, I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let every man be careful how he builds on it.

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

    12Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw;

  • Rom 10:11
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    11For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes on Him will 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 offense to both the houses of Israel, for a trap and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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

  • 1 Pet 1:19-21
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    19But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

    20He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

    21Who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

  • Matt 21:44
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    44And whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.

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

  • Job 38:6
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    6On what are its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,

  • 1 Pet 1:6-8
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    6In which you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials:

    7That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

    8Whom having not seen you love; in whom, though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,

  • 2 Tim 2:19
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    19Nevertheless, the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: "The Lord knows those who are His," and, "Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity."

  • Acts 2:30
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    30Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne,

  • 2 Pet 1:10
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    10Therefore, brethren, be diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you do these things, you shall never fall:

  • Acts 15:15
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    15And this agrees with the words of the prophets, as it is written,

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

  • Heb 5:6
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    6As He also says in another place, 'You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.'

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

  • 1 Pet 1:4
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    4To an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, which does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,

  • Acts 2:25
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    25For David says concerning Him: 'I saw the Lord always before me, for He is at my right hand, that I may not be shaken:

  • 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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    35Therefore he says also in another psalm, You shall not allow your Holy One to see corruption.

  • 1 Cor 3:17
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    17If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him; for the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.

  • Acts 2:36
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    36Therefore, let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.

  • 1 Pet 1:16
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    16Because it is written, "Be holy; for I am holy."

  • 2 Pet 3:2
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    2That you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior: