1 Peter 2:6

World English Bible (2000)

Because it is contained in Scripture, "Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen, and precious: He who believes in him will not be disappointed."

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  • Isa 28:16 : 16 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, "Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not act hastily.
  • Eph 2:20 : 20 being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;
  • Rom 9:32-33 : 32 Why? Because they didn't seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone; 33 even as it is written, "Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed."
  • 1 Pet 2:4 : 4 coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.
  • Zech 10:4 : 4 From him will come forth the cornerstone, 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 on him. He will proclaim justice to the nations.
  • Mark 12:10 : 10 Haven't you even read this Scripture: 'The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner.
  • Rom 10:11 : 11 For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed."
  • Eph 1:4 : 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without blemish before him in love;
  • 2 Tim 3:16 : 16 Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,
  • Isa 45:16-17 : 16 They will be disappointed, yes, confounded, all of them. Those who are makers of idols will go into confusion together. 17 Israel will be saved by Yahweh with an everlasting salvation. You will not be disappointed nor confounded to ages everlasting.
  • John 7:38 : 38 He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water."
  • Dan 10:21 : 21 But I will tell you that which is inscribed in the writing of truth: and there is none who holds with me against these, but Michael your prince."
  • 2 Pet 3:16 : 16 as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
  • Acts 1:16 : 16 "Brothers, it was necessary that this Scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus.
  • Isa 50:7 : 7 For the Lord Yahweh will help me; therefore I have not been confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be disappointed.
  • Isa 54:4 : 4 "Don't be afraid; for you shall not be ashamed: neither be confounded; for you shall not be disappointed: for you shall forget the shame of your youth; and the reproach of your widowhood you shall remember no more.
  • Luke 23:35 : 35 The people stood watching. The rulers with them also scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others. Let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen one!"
  • Isa 41:11 : 11 Behold, all those who are incensed against you will be disappointed and confounded. Those who strive with you will be like nothing, and shall perish.
  • Isa 42:1 : 1 "Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delights-- I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.
  • Ps 89:19 : 19 Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, "I have bestowed strength on the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.
  • Ps 40:14 : 14 Let them be disappointed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it. Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who 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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    7 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,"

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

    9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

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

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

    5 You also, as living stones, are built up as 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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    16 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, "Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not act hastily.

  • Rom 9:32-33
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    32 Why? Because they didn't seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;

    33 even as it is written, "Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed."

  • Acts 4:11
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    11 He is 'the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.'

  • Eph 2:19-22
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    19 So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

    20 being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;

    21 in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;

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

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

  • Mark 12:10-11
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    10 Haven't you even read this Scripture: 'The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner.

    11 This was from the Lord, it is marvelous in our eyes'?"

  • Luke 20:17-18
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    17 But he looked at them, and said, "Then what is this that is written, 'The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the chief cornerstone?'

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

  • Matt 21:42
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    42 Jesus said to them, "Did you 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. It is marvelous in our eyes?'

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    10 According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it.

    11 For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.

    12 But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or stubble;

  • Rom 10:11
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    11 For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed."

  • Isa 8:14-15
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    14 He will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel, he will be a trap and a snare for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

    15 Many will stumble over it, fall, be broken, be snared, and be captured."

  • 1 Pet 1:19-21
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    19 but with precious blood, as of a faultless and pure lamb, the blood of Christ;

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

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

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    44 He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whoever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust."

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    11 "You afflicted, tossed with storms, and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in beautiful colors, and lay your foundations with sapphires.

  • Job 38:6
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    6 Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials,

    7 that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ--

    8 whom not having known you love; in whom, though now you don't see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory--

  • 2 Tim 2:19
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    19 However God's firm foundation stands, having this seal, "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness."

  • Acts 2:30
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    30 Therefore, 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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    10 Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.

  • Acts 15:15
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    15 This agrees with the words of the prophets. As it is written,

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

  • Heb 5:6
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    6 As he says also in another place, "You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek."

  • 1 Pet 1:2
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    2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

  • 1 Pet 1:4
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    4 to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn't fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,

  • Acts 2:25
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    25 For David says concerning him, 'I saw 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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    10 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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    35 Therefore he says also in another psalm, 'You will not allow your Holy One to see decay.'

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

  • Acts 2:36
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    36 "Let all the house of Israel therefore know certainly that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified."

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

  • 2 Pet 3:2
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    2 that you should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandments of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior: