Bible Verses About Rejection
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for rejection, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 14,716 votes, led by John 15:18. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Rejection
John 15:18927 votes
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
Psalms 34:17-20919 votes
The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
1 Peter 2:4861 votes
To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
Psalms 27:10768 votes
When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.
Psalms 94:14523 votes
For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
2 Corinthians 12:9518 votes
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Isaiah 53:3461 votes
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
John 1:11434 votes
He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
Luke 10:16433 votes
He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
1 Peter 5:7422 votes
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Psalms 118:22346 votes
The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
Romans 8:31319 votes
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
Psalms 139:13-14303 votes
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
Romans 8:1279 votes
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Isaiah 49:15269 votes
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
1 Peter 5:8252 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Philippians 4:19238 votes
But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Psalms 37:4201 votes
Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Romans 15:13174 votes
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Jeremiah 30:17168 votes
For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
Hebrews 13:5155 votes
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Deuteronomy 14:2146 votes
For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
Psalms 66:16-20146 votes
Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
Luke 6:22-23146 votes
Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.
Matthew 10:34142 votes
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
What does the Bible say about rejection?
Readers most often cite John 15:18 on the subject of rejection. Across 14,716 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 34:17-20, 1 Peter 2:4, Psalms 27:10. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.